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Soni brings illegal channels to notice of home minister Ians October 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - With reports of some cable operators showing illegal channels, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni Friday said she has written to Home Minister P. Chidambaram and the chief ministers to take requisite action in this regard. “I have written to the home minister and chief ministers of the states (in which such channels are shown), Soni told reporters when asked about cable operators beaming non-licensed TV channels into Indian households. Soni wrote to Chidambaram around two weeks ago as channels seeking to broadcast in India also have to get security clearance from the home ministry. Some of these channels, such as Peace TV, ARY Q TV, TV Maldives and Saudi TV, are exclusively focused on Islamic teachings. None of these channels are permitted to broadcast in India, but they are being illegally downlinked by some cable operators, reportedly in league with broadcasters, in violation of Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act. According to the guidelines laid down by the information and broadcasting ministry, all channels are required to obtain downlinking permission from the ministry to beam inside the country. Peace Urdu TV, promoted by Islamic Research Foundation, is being beamed by many cable operators in Delhi. It is being uplinked from Dubai and illegally downlinked by cable operators. Pakistan-based ARY Q TV, popularly known as Quran TV, is also illegally shown by cable operators in Delhi and other northern States. ------------------------------------ -- INFORMATION OVERLOAD? Get all ZESTMedia mails sent out in a span of 24 hours in a single mail. Subscribe to the daily digest version by sending a blank mail to [email protected], OR, if you have a Yahoo! Id, change your settings at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/join/ PARTICIPATE Share media news, discuss journalism issues and network with media professionals across South Asia on this mailing list. Just write to [email protected] TELL FRIENDS TO SIGN UP If you got this mail as a forward, subscribe to ZESTMedia by sending a blank mail to [email protected] OR, if you have a Yahoo! ID, by visiting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/join/ Also have a look at our sister list, ZESTCaste: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
