At its December 16 meeting the RA Television and Radio Commission announced the results of contests for broadcasting licenses. The A1+ TV Company was denied a license once again.

In the 11th contest, a package submitted by the A1+ TV Company got only two points, while the one submitted by the ArmNews TV Company got 44 points. Interestingly, seven of the eight Commission members did not give any points to A1+. Ara Tadevosyan, Director of the Mediamax agency, was the only Commission member that gave A1+ and ArmNews two points each.

Also, the ALM TV Company owned by Tigran Karapetyan got 32 points against 40 given to the Yerevan TV channel. After the results were announced, Tigran Karapetyan left the room noisily.

Sixteen TV companies applied for the rest 16 frequencies.