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Superseding its earlier order, the
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting’s (MIB)
Inter Ministerial Committee (IMC) has handed
out an even more stringent punishment to
Gujarati news channel Satlon News, owned by
the prominent Gujarati newspaper company
Sandesh Ltd.
The IMC has prohibited the transmission or re-
transmission of Satlon News channel for 30 days
on any platform throughout India with effect from
15 April to 14 May for violation of programme
code of the Cable Television Network Act, 1994.
@On 28 April 2014 at 10.27:22 hours, the channel
had telecast a news report on a private corporate
party organised in a five-star hotel on the Pune–
Mumbai highway. In the report, the channel had
carried actors’ n*de visuals which were not
sufficiently morphed .
The IMC concluded that undoubtedly the said
programme was in gross violation of the
programme code and that the punishment should
be in proportion to the gravity of the mistake
committed by the channel.
Satlon News is not the only channel to be at the
receiving end of the IMC that looks into
programming code violations. The ministry also
issued similar orders against DY 365, TLC, and
NDTV Good Times for non-adherence to
programme code.
The ministry directed these channels to remain
off air from 9 to 10 April. However, following
representation by the broadcasters, the MIB
deferred its orders to pull these channels off air.
Govt orders Gujarati news channel to go off air for 30 days | TelevisionPost.com
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting’s (MIB)
Inter Ministerial Committee (IMC) has handed
out an even more stringent punishment to
Gujarati news channel Satlon News, owned by
the prominent Gujarati newspaper company
Sandesh Ltd.
The IMC has prohibited the transmission or re-
transmission of Satlon News channel for 30 days
on any platform throughout India with effect from
15 April to 14 May for violation of programme
code of the Cable Television Network Act, 1994.
@On 28 April 2014 at 10.27:22 hours, the channel
had telecast a news report on a private corporate
party organised in a five-star hotel on the Pune–
Mumbai highway. In the report, the channel had
carried actors’ n*de visuals which were not
sufficiently morphed .
The IMC concluded that undoubtedly the said
programme was in gross violation of the
programme code and that the punishment should
be in proportion to the gravity of the mistake
committed by the channel.
Satlon News is not the only channel to be at the
receiving end of the IMC that looks into
programming code violations. The ministry also
issued similar orders against DY 365, TLC, and
NDTV Good Times for non-adherence to
programme code.
The ministry directed these channels to remain
off air from 9 to 10 April. However, following
representation by the broadcasters, the MIB
deferred its orders to pull these channels off air.
Govt orders Gujarati news channel to go off air for 30 days | TelevisionPost.com
