DUSHANBE, November 4, Asia-Plus — The CIS TV and radio companies have established interstate information pool.
An appropriate agreement was signed at a session of the council of heads of TV and radio organizations of the CIS states that was held in Moscow on October 31.
Marina Gutsalo, a spokeswoman for the CIS Executive Committee, said that the establishment of the CIS interstate information pool was the major topic of the session.
The information pool will be on the principles of TV information exchange: the latest news of the CIS member nations will be formed into information packages. TV and radio companies of other companies will also be able to get these information packages but they will not be allowed making changes that would strain their sense. The Mir Interstate TV and Radio Company will coordinate the mutual exchange of video materials.
The heads of the CIS TV and radio companies also considered the implementation of joint television products, the issues related to the preparations and celebrations of the 65th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.
“In January 2009, the pool will work in a test regime and starting from February 1, 2008, it will operate regularly,” the spokeswoman said.
The council of the heads of the state-run and public TV and radio companies of the CIS states was founded in 2007 to promote expansion of cooperation between the CIS countries in TV and radio broadcasting. Partaking in the work of the council are representatives of Belarus, Russia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
