Since October 16 “AR” TV company stopped its broadcasts. As YPC was told by the Director of “AR” Edgar Manukian, the pause is due to the need for technical re-equipment of the channel, and the broadcasting will be resumed in about a month. Edgar Manukian denied the persistent rumors that the suspension of “AR” activities is related to the forthcoming sale of the channel to the well-known businessman, the President of “Mika” company Mikhail Baghdasarov. As it has been reported, in late 2002 the TV company was acquired by another, equally well-known entrepreneur Hrant Vardanian, the President of “Grand Holding” company and the owner of another TV company, “Hayrenik TV”.
