Ecuador: NGO warns over 300 radio, tv stations could disappear overnight

panampost.com/ Belén Marty – Over 300 radio and TV stations in Ecuador could disappear overnight, according to a warning issued by Ecuadorian NGO Fundamedios on Wednesday, October 21.

The Agency for Regulation and Control of Telecommunications (Arcotel) is currently reviewing hundreds of network licenses, and claims that the government agency that originally issued them was “not authorized” to do so.

Arcotel’s list includes media outlets whose licenses were automatically renewed by the Telecommunications Superintendency, formerly known as Supertel, between 1995 and 1997.

Last September, however, Arcotel’s Commission for the Audit of Radio and Television Frequencies ruled the renewals invalid. They claim it was beyond Supertel’s authority to grant those outlets permission to operate. Read Article

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