How to destroy freedom of the press without arrests? Make few TV channels government and public, and then forbid all other that charge subscription to air commercials. Small providers will have to charge enormous fees and go out of business, or dont increase fees and go out of business. Clean and fast. By the way, public media companies can continue sell commercials. hrw.org/news/2014/07/25/russia-repeal-new-tv-advertising-law (Moscow) - President Vladimir Putin signed into law on July 21, 2014 a series of amendments banning commercial advertising on paid cable and satellite television channels, Human Rights Watch said today. The law unnecessarily interferes with the right to freedom of expression and should be repealed, Human Rights Watch said. The new amendments to the federal law “On Advertising” bans cable and satellite channels that charge viewers a subscription fee from receiving revenue for commercials in their programming. The law does not apply to Russian public TV channels, including nationwide channels owned or controlled by the Kremlin. According to an assessment by Russia’s state agency for media oversight, the new amendments will affect about 1,400 paid channels, or 40 percent of Russia’s television channels. “The new provisions will strip hundreds of privately owned television channels of a crucial source of income, forcing them to choose between raising the subscription price or shutting down,” said Hugh Williamson, Europe and Central Asia director at Human Rights Watch. “The new law is likely to destroy regional television and independent broadcasting, cut off Russians from important sources of information and further shrink space for media freedom in Russia.”
Posted on: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 21:28:06 +0000
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