Azerbaijan, Baku, 11 July / Trend , corr E. Babayev/ New TV channels will be opened in all regions of Azerbaijan by 2010. "We plan to open new TV channels in all regions of Azerbaijan which lack it," Nushiravan Maharramli, chairman of the National Television and Radio Council of Azerbaijan said to Trend .
At present, there are 7 state-owned and 14 regional TVs in Azerbaijan. According to Maharramli, new regional TVs will be opened in Yevlakh and Sheki regions of Azerbaijan before the presidential elections in October 2008. "Later new TVs will be opened in Aran, Karabakh and Agsu-Shirvan regions," Maharramli said. "We plan to open new RV channels so that the candidates will be able to conduct election campaign on TV in 2010 parliament elections," he said.
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