Monitoring

June 22, 2011
To Buy or Not to Buy a New TV set? Armenian TV Viewers will Not Stay Away from Digitalization Process
According to International Telecommunication Union's treaty of 2006, starting from January 2015 Armenia must transfer from analog broadcasting of radio and TV programs to digital broadcasting. Unlimited broadcasting and HD sound and picture are not the only advantages of digital TV. It gives the chance to broadcast several programs on the same frequency and creates new technical... More...
April 24, 2011
Creative Commons: A Free and Alternative Method of Protecting Copyright on Internet
Should the information be free or the author must vigilantly control the use of his creation? This problem became particularly acute with the development of the Internet, where information is shared with lightning speed, and the author is often "lost" on the road. In 2001, the organization Creative... More...
April 19, 2011
Мagazines Flourishing On Grey Background of Newspapers in Armenia
The number of entertainment magazines in Armenia is growing, while editors of the dailies complaining from the low level of reading. According to the RA Ministry of Justice over the last 3 years 52 new entertainment newspapers and magazines were issued in Armenia. And this is only 4 percent of the... More...
March 1, 2011
Free "Restricted" Zone: Repetition of March Restrictions on Internet Not Excluded in Armenia
The Internet which seems to be absolutely free and without borders might appear under restraint at any moment, if such a desire is expressed by the structures which have an impact on organizations managing this sector. “Actually, freedom of communication means is not absolute: authorities instruct... More...
March 1, 2011
Cyber Attack: Information Security of Armenia On Internet
January 29 will not be marked in black on Armenian cyber calendar, but what happened this year on that day will be remembered for a long time by the experts as a day of mass attack of hackers on Armenian sites. That day hackers damaged about 300 websites registered on the Armenian domain which were... More...
February 28, 2011
Followers of Mashtots on Internet: Armenian E-Content Increases Thanks To Enthusiasts
The Armenian content on the Internet was significantly increased during the last year, and quite a lot of work done in that regard. The chairman of the Union of Information Technology Enterprises Karen Vardanyan says that there was almost nothing in the Armenian language in Internet one year... More...
February 28, 2011
e-Users' map according to 3 operators of RA
Still in 2009 penetration of the Internet in Armenia was estimated less than 15 percent, but today, according to various estimates, this figure approaches 80 percent. According to recent reports of the Commission on Regulation of Public Services of Armenia in October 2010, the Internet is accessed... More...
January 27, 2011
E-Transparency 2010: State Websites of Armenia Far From Perfect
The website of the Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Armenia was recognized as the most available state web resource as a result of a survey conducted among 40 state websites, more available than those of the RA president, National Assembly, Government and Constitutional Court of Armenia. “Our... More...
January 21, 2011
Head of National Committee on TV and Radio, Grigor Amalyan
In the morning of January 21, 2011, TV viewers in Armenia had to once again arrange their TV channels. “ALM” and “TV5” are no longer functioning among the list of channels permanent since 2002. Instead of the two TV channels – “Hayrenik” and “Ar” - belonging to businessman Hrant Vardanyan, “Ar”... More...
January 21, 2011
National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia
For several times in 2010, the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia referred to legislation regarding freedom of expression, the media and information, making amendments to some codes and laws. Some of those amendments have been positively assessed, others criticized by the media field... More...
November 1, 2009
JFF Media Research on “Coverage of Armenian-Turkish Relations and Turkey in Armenian Media in 2006-2009”
The research project “Coverage of Armenian-Turkish Relations and Turkey in Armenian Media in 2006-2009” has been realized by Journalists for the Future NGO with the support of Eurasia Partnership Foundation. It has been realized in July-October of 2009 with application of two research methods –... More...
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