India is going to ban Islamic TV channels

by .:Hibat Allah:. Sat Oct 10, 2009 6:43 pm

India is going to ban Islamic TV channels

Soni brings illegal channels to notice of home minister

By IANS,

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.
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