 The Committee to Protect Journalists suggested that these amendments are primarily aimed at keeping the independent TV station A1+ off the air.It also pointed out that GALA TV, another, functioning independent broadcaster based in Gyumri, will be taken off the air in 2015 because of the amendments.Both A1+ and GALA TV failed to win new licenses in supposedly competitive tenders administered by the National Commission on Television and Radio in late 2010.