Baku, Azerbaijan, Dec. 27
By Huseyn Veliyev - Trend:
Teleradio Production Union of the Ministry of Transport, Communications and High Technologies of Azerbaijan is preparing to deploy pay TV in the country's Shirvan city, a source at Teleradio told Trend.
This is envisaged in the company's plans for the upcoming year.
"The commercial package was deployed in test mode in Shaki for several months. However, as practice has shown, this service is not in demand among the population, in connection with which the project was terminated. Now we are preparing to test it in Shirvan," the source said.
Presently, commercial packages of digital TV are available in Ganja, Lankaran and Guba, as well as nearby settlements. The commercial package is being promoted in Baku, under the "ATV Plus" brand.
The commercial package includes about 100 TV channels. The monthly subscription fee for the commercial package in the regions of Azerbaijan is six manats, in Baku - 10 manats.
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