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    USA/Armenia: VOA starts daily Armenian-language TV programme

    Voice of America press release
    3 May 04


    Text of press release by Voice of America on 3 May

    Washington, DC, 3 May 2004: Voice of America (VOA) debuted a daily
    Armenian-language TV feed today, aimed at providing daily TV stories
    to viewers in Armenia and the extensive Armenian diaspora throughout
    the Middle East and Europe. For this venture, VOA has partnered with
    Armenia TV, which will air the feeds during its weekday newscasts and
    present a 30-minute block of VOA television material every Saturday.

    "VOA has been an important source of news and information for
    Armenians since 1951, and this move to television will help us reach
    an even greater audience," said VOA Director David S. Jackson. "This
    is especially important as Armenia faces continued challenges as it
    develops toward a more open and democratic civil society."

    VOA's Armenian service recently ceased its radio broadcasts in order
    to focus on providing television news reports and features. The
    Armenian Service will be able to build upon its already large radio
    audience to reach an even greater number of viewers throughout
    Armenia.

    A recent survey showed that 97 per cent of Armenians use television
    each week as a source of news about current events. Armenia TV reaches
    52 per cent of viewers between the ages of 25 and 50 in Armenia alone
    and is one of the first private TV companies in Armenia to have such
    an extensive reach via satellite. Armenia TV is also available via
    satellite subscription in Western Europe and the Middle East,
    including the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Switzerland, Holland,
    Bulgaria, Romania, Spain, Portugal, Cyprus, Greece, Lebanon, Syria and
    Israel.

    Amerikai Dzain Herustahandes (VOA TV Magazine) is included in each
    weekday news programme, broadcast at 3 p.m. and 6.30 p.m. local time
    (1000 and 1330 UTC) to audiences in Armenia. A compilation of each
    week's reports will air Saturdays at 11 p.m. local time (1800
    UTC). Programmes as well as previews of upcoming shows will soon also
    be available on the Internet at www.VOANews.com/Armenian.

    The Voice of America, which first went on the air in 1942, is a
    multimedia international broadcasting service funded by the US
    government. VOA broadcasts 1,000 hours of news, information,
    educational and cultural programming every week to an estimated
    worldwide audience of 87m people. Programmes are produced in Armenian
    and 43 other languages.

    For more information, call the Office of Public Affairs at (202)
    401-7000, or E-mail [email protected].
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