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TV adverts of alcohol to be banned in Azerbaijan

16 February 2006 [17:52] - TODAY.AZ
The advertisement of alcoholic beverages on all television channels in Azerbaijan will be banned in 2008-2009, says head of the senior body regulating the work of the local media.

The National TV and Radio Broadcasting Council chairman Nushiravan Maharramli said in parliament on Wednesday that such advertising is allowed on TV after 11 p.m., which is mainly due to the fact Russia airs unlimited broadcasts [on Channel 1 and RTR Planet channels] in the country, AssA-Irada informs.

Maharramli said the financial standing of local channels is unsatisfactory, and the Council has therefore not forbidden such advertising so far. "But this concession will be lifted in the coming as it improves," he pledged.

/AzerNEWS/

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