The list includes Moldova 1, TV8, Prime, Publika TV, Canal 2, Canal 3, Accent TV, NTV Moldova, PRO TV Chisinau, Jurnal TV, RTR Moldova, Orhei TV and Central Television.
The BCC member Artur Cozma wanted to find out the criteria on the basis of which these TV channels were selected for monitoring. As an answer, the BC Chair Dragos Vicol explained that, first of all, they took into account the list of TV channels with national coverage, and second – the TV channels that have newscasts ‘covering the whole spectrum of socio-political events’ and the most representative channels with ‘stronger opinions, regardless of their vision’.
The BC will also monitor these channels in terms of the observance of Council’s decision on the access of people with hearing and visual impairments to the audiovisual program services.