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The Verkhovna Rada adopted the must carry law

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On October, 6 the Verkhovna Rada adopted in second reading and in the whole the law No. 3504 “On Amendments to the Law of Ukraine “On Television and Radio Broadcasting” (with respect to clarify the conditions of radio and television programs distribution within the universal program service)”. 290 deputies voted for this decision.

This law establishes that the must carry chahhels are a list of television and radio programs required to provide to all subscribers of the program service provider. According to the law no. 3504,  must carry will include TV and radio programs broadcasted by:

  1. The National Public TV and Radio Broadcasting Company of Ukraine, Public Joint Stock Company
  2. Local and regional TV and radio broadcasters  which are broadcasted within maximum one region (or exclusively within the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Kyiv and Sevastopol) and which carry out on-air or digital broadcasting using radio frequency resource in compliance with the license on the territory of respective multichannel television network location used by the program service provider, and such providers do not rebroadcast the programs of other providers and do not have other licenses that allow to carry out on-air or multichannel broadcasting in other regions of Ukraine.
  3. Parliamentary TV channel Rada State Enterprise or its successor provided that it has a license to broadcast.

The law requires all operators to provide their subscribers with access to the programs included to UPS. At the same time, the provider is not obliged to conclude any contracts with the relevant providers for UPS distribution.

The list of UPS programs for locality (village, town, city, district, region, the whole territory of Ukraine)  is approved by the National Council. A decision on approval the programs list is not a regulatory act, so, it is not required a state registration in the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine.

On July, 12 the Verkhovna Rada adopted the draft law No. 3504 “On Amendments to the Law of Ukraine” On Television and Radio Broadcasting” (with respect to clarify the conditions of radio and television programs distribution within the universal program service)” in the first reading.

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