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March 7, 2006
ARMENIAN TELEVISION ANNOUNCES SOLIDARITY BROADCAST OF ANDREW GOLDBERG’S
“THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE” WITH USA.
Armenia TV, the largest television broadcaster in the country of
Armenia, announced today it will be airing the new PBS documentary by
Andrew Goldberg, THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE in exactly the same time slot
and date as the PBS broadcast in the USA. In a letter from Armenia TV,
the station president Bagrat Sargsyan said:
“We at Armenia TV will be broadcasting THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE at the
same time as PBS (April 17 at 10pm) in an act of solidarity with the
hundreds of thousands of our fellow Armenians in the USA.”
Additionally, in an unprecedented act, Two Cats Productions, the
producer of THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE has waived all costs, and donated
all broadcast rights for the film to Armenia TV.
A spokesperson for the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) the
largest non-profit Armenian organization in the world, serving some
400,000 Armenians said about the “Broadcast of Solidarity”: “We are
thrilled that so many people around the world will have a chance to
share in this important television event at the same time. The film’s
ability to capture such a difficult subject in such a concise format
and in such a poignant way, is nothing short of outstanding.”
Additionally, Canadian Broadcaster, TV Ontario has acquired the rights
to the film. They too will be showing the film in April.
Said Andrew Goldberg, Executive Producer of the film:
“That so many millions of people across the world will be seeing the
film in April, and that so many will do so at the same time, really
affirms for us that we did the job we set out to do. Our goal was
clear, we wanted to tell the story of the actual events of the
Genocide and to make clear on national, and now international
television, that this event was Genocide, and cannot be denied.”