Comments on: Georgia: Parliamentary Election Media Situation http://blog.oneworld.am/2008/05/14/georgia-parliamentary-election-media-situation/ News, Photography, Blogs & Analysis Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:53:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Uzogh http://blog.oneworld.am/2008/05/14/georgia-parliamentary-election-media-situation/#comment-7219 Uzogh Thu, 15 May 2008 10:30:28 +0000 http://blog.oneworld.am/2008/05/14/georgia-parliamentary-election-media-situation/#comment-7219 Oh, and one more thing - the numbers in my post about the armenian paid political airtime are measured in seconds. Oh, and one more thing - the numbers in my post about the armenian paid political airtime are measured in seconds.

]]> By: Uzogh http://blog.oneworld.am/2008/05/14/georgia-parliamentary-election-media-situation/#comment-7218 Uzogh Thu, 15 May 2008 10:28:16 +0000 http://blog.oneworld.am/2008/05/14/georgia-parliamentary-election-media-situation/#comment-7218 There's another great news piece about TV market in Georgia: there was an failure of transmitter of the only oppositional TV channel in Georgia (Kavkasia). Possible source of outage is electrical shortcut. So this channel is not broadcasting right now, and nobody knows when it will be on air, because transmitter itself is very expensive piece of hardware (30-50 K$) and requires really difficult installation. There’s another great news piece about TV market in Georgia: there was an failure of transmitter of the only oppositional TV channel in Georgia (Kavkasia). Possible source of outage is electrical shortcut. So this channel is not broadcasting right now, and nobody knows when it will be on air, because transmitter itself is very expensive piece of hardware (30-50 K$) and requires really difficult installation.

]]> By: Uzogh http://blog.oneworld.am/2008/05/14/georgia-parliamentary-election-media-situation/#comment-7217 Uzogh Thu, 15 May 2008 10:24:36 +0000 http://blog.oneworld.am/2008/05/14/georgia-parliamentary-election-media-situation/#comment-7217 While armenian politicians were complaining about the prices for TV political ads, almost all of them have used paid airtime: A. Geghamian 7183 A. Baghdasarian 7014 V. Hovhannesian 6910 L. Ter-Petrosian 6293 S. Sargsian 5681 T. Karapetian 4071 V. Manukian 1059 A. Harutiunian 118 A. Melikian 0 And while a lot of analysts and politicians (notably LTP, A. Bagdasaryan and A.Karapetyan) were guessing, that those prices will be affordable for candidates that are currently in power those numbers are proving the opposite. Source for this data is TEAM center (AFAIK closely affiliated with YPC) monitoring of 2008 presidential elections. While armenian politicians were complaining about the prices for TV political ads, almost all of them have used paid airtime:
A. Geghamian 7183
A. Baghdasarian 7014
V. Hovhannesian 6910
L. Ter-Petrosian 6293
S. Sargsian 5681
T. Karapetian 4071
V. Manukian 1059
A. Harutiunian 118
A. Melikian 0
And while a lot of analysts and politicians (notably LTP, A. Bagdasaryan and A.Karapetyan) were guessing, that those prices will be affordable for candidates that are currently in power those numbers are proving the opposite.

Source for this data is TEAM center (AFAIK closely affiliated with YPC) monitoring of 2008 presidential elections.

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