Latvia wants to launch a new channel

Over the next two weeks, the National Council for Radio and Television (NRTP) wouuld convene the conditions of competition for the creation of a new free TV channel, which is next offered five, has become the sixth primary channel for Latvia. Such a statement has the president of Latvia - Valdis Zatlers, after meeting with a representative of NRTP.

The total cost of launching a new station could reach 200 thousand years. The project is to make the country which will cover a quarter or half the cost. The tender wants to start Latvian association of regional television, but the organization stresses that without the support of the country it is impossible to create the channel.

The new channel is to ensure the interests of the smaller regional stations, which operates throughout Latvia 25 Some of them give an hour or one and a half hours a week. Moreover, local channels are a big problem with the transition to digital broadcasting, because it absorbs the huge costs.