The Industrial Television Committee forbade the National Council of Ukraine on Television and Radio Broadcasting from using the Teletriumph trademark without proper permission.  This is stated in the letter the organization sent to the state body yesterday.

The Teletriumph National Television Award was established in 2001 year. This year, applications for participation should be filed from 16 to 30 June. According to the Teletriumph Regulations, those authors’, collectives’ and TV companies’ (organizations’, studios’…) works, that were broadcasted for the first time from July 2007 to June 2008, may participate in the contest.        

Industrial Television Committee (ITK) is the industry association which is engaged into the protection of the Ukrainian TV marketers’ interests. It was founded on 27 August 2002. The committee unites the highest rated Ukrainian TV channels: Inter, 1+1, Novyi (New), ICTV, STB, Ukraina, TET, NTN, M1, M2, TONIS, and Megasport. Together they make more than 77,6% of the national TV audience attention. Other members of the association are advertising agencies Publicis Groupe Media (earlier known as DMD&B/Starcom MediaVest Group), Provid/BBDO, ²n³t³at³ve med³a and FCB MA, and large advertisers like Ukrainian representatives of Coca-Cola, Unilever and Procter&Gamble and Gillette.