Communications Regulatory Committee adopted resolutions on “General regulatory conditions and requirements  of the Digital content service”, “General regulatory conditions and requirements of the Television and Radio broadcasting”, which entered into force on 1st of March, 2011.

The regulation on digital content service includes regulatory articles on the participation of mobile content aggregator and cellular communications operator in the company’s content service. Mobile operator shall receive 10-20 percent and aggregator 80-90 percent of the income received from the content service. Website service provider shall register with the Regulatory Committee in case if access to the website exceeds 3000 times per day in average for a period of one month.

“General regulatory conditions and requirements of  Television and Radio broadcasting” includes the following articles:

4.3. The Regulatory Committee shall publicly disclose information about the ownership transparency.
5.4. Not less than 50 percent of the weekly broadcasting should be produced in Mongolia or by Mongolian citizen, business entity or legal entity registered in Mongolia.
6.4. Advertisement period for each hour shall not exceed fifteen minutes. (Television service provider)
7.2. Advertisement period for each hour shall not exceed eighteen minutes. (Radio service provider)
6.3. Chat or message content sent from the viewers shall not be directly displayed on the screen.  It will be open for the television to organize pole and research through message in accordance with pre-determined content.   
6.2. Age classification shall be given to the cast content, its identifying marks and signs shall be showed on the screen in accordance with relevant standard.
6.6. Banner type of advertisement during the middle of the casting shall be displayed in accordance with the standard.

Cable channel provider shall be issued a Special license to operate as a “cable channel” from the Regulatory Committee and at least 80 percent of the daily program is to be prepared in accordance with its specialized field. (8.4) Moreover, the new regulation will not allow the operation of unlicensed television providers and shall clearly define the line between television and studio/production.

With regard to the adoption of new regulations, all radio, television and multi-channel service providers are renewing their special license contracts.

General regulatory conditions and requirements of the Television and Radio broadcasting

General regulatory conditions and requirements of the Digital content service