(JuHI/IFEX) – According to information received by JuHI, on 9 March 2002, the Kazakhstan Ministry of Transportation and Communications granted the Almaty-based television company TAN temporary broadcasting rights. However, the station is still required to address a number of problems by 7 April. According to sources in Almaty, Mukhtar Ablazov, one of the station’s main […]
(JuHI/IFEX) – According to information received by JuHI, on 9 March 2002, the Kazakhstan Ministry of Transportation and Communications granted the Almaty-based television company TAN temporary broadcasting rights. However, the station is still required to address a number of problems by 7 April. According to sources in Almaty, Mukhtar Ablazov, one of the station’s
main co-owners, stated that the decision to once again allow broadcasts was a result of pressure placed on the government by national and international organisations, as well as the country’s mass media. “The reason why the station’s license was called back is the government’s politically motivated ambitions. We broadcast different political views,” Ablazov explained.
TAN television company’s licence was suspended on the basis of several violations, including a wrongly tuned transmitter, improper registration of the transmitter and unsanitary conditions.
