The prospects for the development of digital broadcasting in Russia and the implementation of the Federal Targeted Programme on the Development of Digital TV and Radio Broadcasting in Russia from 2009 to 2015 were the subject of discussion.
Among those attending the meeting were Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Sobyanin, Deputy Head of the Presidential Executive Office Alexei Gromov, Economic Development Minister Elvira Nabiullina, Minister of Telecommunications and Mass Communications Igor Shchegolev, Presidential Advisor Leonid Reiman, Deputy Finance Minister Tatyana Nesterenko, Head of the Federal Service for Supervision of Telecommunications, Information Technology and Mass Communications Sergei Sitnikov, General Director of the National Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (VGTRK) Oleg Dobrodeyev, General Director of Channel One Konstantin Ernst, General Director of NTV television channel Vladimir Kulistikov, and General Director of Russian Television and Radio Broadcasting Network (RTRS) Alexei Malinin.