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Hundreds of Armenians Continue Their Protests against Horizon's Proposed Closure
16:28, 2 February, 2013
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 2, ARMENPRESS: Members of Armenian Community
continue gatherin signatures and organizing new protests in order to
denounce Charter Communications', the fourth largest cable operator in
the country, decision to stifle Horizon Television, a channel that has
been serving the Armenian-American community for almost 25 years. As
reports Armenpress, referring to Asbarez, the task force is planning a
large demonstration Friday, February 8 at 11 p.m. at Charter's
regional headquarters.
`Charter is acting in bad faith and violating the principles of a
good corporate citizen by ignoring the needs of the community and
being insensitive to the customers they serve,' said Zanku Armenian a
spokesperson for the Save Horizon TV Task Force.
In a matter of days there are thousands of responses to the online
petition, which is directed to Charter Communications regional
management and the Federal Communications Commission. The paper
petition, which was circulated at various community events since
Saturday, has also received thousands of signatures.
`As a franchisee in Glendale, Burbank and La Crescenta, Charter
serves at the pleasure of the citizens of these cities and with their
callous actions they are demonstrating they don't care about their
customers,' explained Armenian.
Armenian-Americans comprise more than 40 percent of the population in
Glendale and La Crescenta and 35 percent of the total population in
Burbank - the area covered by Charter Communications that carries
Horizon Armenian Television.
16:28, 2 February, 2013
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 2, ARMENPRESS: Members of Armenian Community
continue gatherin signatures and organizing new protests in order to
denounce Charter Communications', the fourth largest cable operator in
the country, decision to stifle Horizon Television, a channel that has
been serving the Armenian-American community for almost 25 years. As
reports Armenpress, referring to Asbarez, the task force is planning a
large demonstration Friday, February 8 at 11 p.m. at Charter's
regional headquarters.
`Charter is acting in bad faith and violating the principles of a
good corporate citizen by ignoring the needs of the community and
being insensitive to the customers they serve,' said Zanku Armenian a
spokesperson for the Save Horizon TV Task Force.
In a matter of days there are thousands of responses to the online
petition, which is directed to Charter Communications regional
management and the Federal Communications Commission. The paper
petition, which was circulated at various community events since
Saturday, has also received thousands of signatures.
`As a franchisee in Glendale, Burbank and La Crescenta, Charter
serves at the pleasure of the citizens of these cities and with their
callous actions they are demonstrating they don't care about their
customers,' explained Armenian.
Armenian-Americans comprise more than 40 percent of the population in
Glendale and La Crescenta and 35 percent of the total population in
Burbank - the area covered by Charter Communications that carries
Horizon Armenian Television.