Birth of a law on Public TV and Radio in 2005 had almost banned all commercial ads except socially useful advertisements on Mongolian National Public Television.

But in some local areas, particularly in Zavkhan aimag, over 700 kms in the northwest from Capital City Ulaanbaatar, the situation has been absolutely different.

However, the law prohibits broadcasting of commercial ads via the public television, the local branch of Mongolia Telecommunication Company, the sole national communication carrier has been directly closing national TV programs in order to air local ads, making sharp frustration among local population with about 17000 people.

It has been willfully infringing the law provision stated not to exceed volume of TV ads over 2 percent of daily program hours and to prohibit to air commercial and hidden ads.

Among the local population in Zavkhan aimag center, 1200 of total 2000 families regularly watch television programs.

Such kind of situation is almost same everywhere in local areas in Mongolia.

P.Batbold /Globe’s monitor of north west region /