A group of employees of Teleradio PA awarded
A technical base meeting the latest standards is being created today in Azerbaijan with the view of improving the quality of television and radio broadcasting in the country thanks to the care and attention of the head of state.
As a result, currently about 30 public, private and regional TV and radio programs are broadcast with high quality in the territory of the country. Coverage area of state TV and radio programs in the country is 100 percent, public, private TV and radio coverage area is about 75-80 percent.
In parallel with analogue broadcasting, some 99 percent of the country’s population are covered with DVB-T standard digital TV broadcasting.
The Ministry of Communications and High Technologies has awarded a group of employees of Teleradio Production Association (PA) in connection with the anniversary of the establishment of television in Azerbaijan . The awarded are those persons who have been distiguished with fruitful activities in the field of broadcasting for many years.
Moreover, Azermarka LLC of the Ministry of Communications and High Technologies has issued new postage stamps on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of radio broadcasting and 60th anniversary of television broadcasting in the country.
Note that radio broadcsting in our country was launched in 1926, and television broadcasting was launched in 1956. Television was first broadcast two times a week, then three times with a 2-hour program. This period was increased gradually and from January 2005 our state television commenced broadcasting 24 hours a day without intermission.