News archive on the topic "language quotas"

From October 13, the National Council for Television and Radio Broadcasting begins in-depth monitoring of the content of television channels for compliance with the law on the total Ukrainization of the airwaves, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Interfax-Ukraine reports this. The state regulator notes that after October 13, 2018, when the legal requirements regarding the share of the Ukrainian language on television of 75% come into force, facts of inconsistency...

The use of language quotas made it possible to increase the volume of Ukrainian-language songs on the air of all radio stations by 5%. Sergei Kostinsky, a member of the National Council for Television and Radio Broadcasting, stated this at a press conference in Kyiv, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “During the first half of 2018, the volume of songs in Ukrainian on the air of all radio stations increased by 5%. The volume of Ukrainian-language songs in…

The National Council for Television and Radio Broadcasting ordered an unscheduled on-site inspection of the radio station “Europe Plus” (TRK “Europe Plus Kyiv” LLC) due to the customer’s violation of language quotas regarding the Ukrainian language, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or VKontakte. The National Council made the corresponding decision at a meeting on February 15. It was noted that monitoring of daily radio broadcasting...

61,2 percent of respondents had a negative attitude towards the blocking of VKontakte and Odnoklassniki in Ukraine. This is evidenced by the results of a survey conducted by the Sofia Center for Social Research, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte 59,7 percent had a negative attitude towards the intention to appoint clergy in agreement with the authorities, and the introduction of a visa regime with Russia was not supported by 51,7 percent of respondents.…

The National Council for Television and Radio Broadcasting fined 10 radio stations for non-compliance with quotas for the Ukrainian language on air. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. This was reported by the press service of the National Council on Facebook. “Radio Vesti, radio Glas (Odessa) and radio 104.FM (Mariupol) were fined for violating the law regarding the volume of broadcasts in the Ukrainian language.…

The adoption by the Verkhovna Rada in the first reading of the law, according to which the share of the Ukrainian language is artificially increased to 75 percent, will force viewers to look for Russian-language content on the Internet. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. This was stated to Kommersant by a member of the Ukrainian parliament representing the pro-presidential faction, who noted that half of TV viewers “will now begin to look for Russian-language content and inevitably watch Russian political television programs,...

By talking about introducing language quotas on television, President Poroshenko tried to divert attention from the scandals rocking Ukraine. Subscribe to the PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. The head of the Third Sector information and analytical center Andrei Zolotarev said this at a press conference in Kiev, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports, calling it “political manipulation” to distract attention. a performance around the detention of the head of the State Fiscal Service...

With quotas for Ukrainian-language content on radio, Ukrainian politicians are only finishing off traditional media in the country. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte This opinion was expressed by Vyacheslav Chechilo, a journalist for the Kyiv publication Capital. “It is obvious that no one will listen to Poplavsky’s students, preferring to turn off the radio altogether. Etc.. As a result, an increasingly large part of the industry’s solvent audience...