Amendments to the Law “On Television and Radio Broadcasting”
01 Jan 2017
On 1 January 2017 amendments to the Law “On Television and Radio Broadcasting” came into force. The amendments regulate the registration and licencing procedures for foreign broadcasting companies. Specifically, for the purposes of conducting activities in Kazakhstan, foreign television and radio channels are required to establish local representative offices. Also, foreign television and radio channels distributed by Kazakhstani broadcasting operators are subject to mandatory registration with the authorized state body after prior expertise of the products of the foreign television and radio channels. Finally, a contract between a representative office of the foreign television/radio channel and a local
broadcasting operator is mandatory for retransmission of television and radio.
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Type:
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Entry and establishment (Approval and admission)
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Industry:
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Services (Telecommunications)
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