Russia’s Putin signs law banning advertisements on pay TV channels

MOSCOW, Jul 22 (PRIME) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin signed on Tuesday a law imposing a ban on the placement of commercials on pay television channels from January 1, 2015.

The law forbids advertisements during television programs broadcast on channels provided exclusively on a pay basis or with application of decoding technical devices. A list of such channels does not include national generally available channels, as well as channels broadcast in Russia with the use of a limited radio frequency capacity.

The law was adopted in order to make economic conditions equal for free and pay television channels, and to respect consumer rights.

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