Head of 5th TV channel ready to provide air time to Shohakat channel 

ArmInfo.  Channel 5 is ready to allocate airtime for the spiritual and cultural programming of the church-based channel Shoghakat, previously closed by Armenian  authorities. This was announced on Channel 5 Executive Director  Harutyun Harutyunyan's Facebook page.  "As a proposal and a  statement: Channel 5 is ready to allocate airtime for Shoghakat's  spiritual and cultural programming," he wrote.

As a reminder, on December 25, the government approved a draft law  amending and supplementing the Law on Audiovisual Media. The draft  law envisages the closure of the church-based channel Shoghakat.

On October 24, the Armenian parliament adopted draft amendments to  the Law on Audiovisual Media, which provide for a reduction in the  number of public broadcasters to two, while simultaneously  eliminating the requirement for an educational and cultural channel.