Chairman of Ukraine’s Television and Radio Broadcasting Committee: Systemic attack launched on public television reform

Chairman of the State Committee for Television and Radio Broadcasting of Ukraine Oleh Nalyvaiko has stated a systemic attack was launched to disrupt the reform of transformation of the National Television Company of Ukraine (NTCU) into the National Public Television and Radio Company of Ukraine (NPTRCU) and demands to conduct an internal investigation regarding the officials of the NTCU.

Nalyvaiko said this at a meeting of the board of the State Committee for Television and Radio Broadcasting of Ukraine, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

"A systemic attack to disrupt the reform is being launched at the final stage, during these last 2-3 weeks. The attack has been launched after representatives of one of the media groups failed to lead [the reform process]. I see absolutely clear the traces that remain: the fake news that all is lost with the public television and all is lost with the Eurovision," Nalyvaiko said (read more...)