Hope TV and TV1 News 24×7 licenses cancelled by I&B Ministry
Both channels dropped on November 3rd from the database with the reason for cancellation given as ‘not required’.
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) on November 3rd has cancelled licenses of 2 private satellite TV channels TV1 News 24×7 and Hope TV stating the reason for cancellation as ‘not required’.
Hope TV was a free to air Christian devotional channel from Noida Software Technology Park Ltd. (NSTPL). Earlier in June this year, the I&B Ministry prohibited the broadcast of this channel for 30 days due to failure in depositing the annual permit fee for downlinking and use of an unauthorised logo.
TV1 News 24×7, on the other hand, was a Kannada news channel from Lakshmi Gold Khazana Pvt. Ltd. headquartered in Bengaluru. It was owned by Sri K.P. Nanjundi and had Mr Shiva Prasad T.R as the group Editor-in-chief.
Earlier in October, the ministry had cancelled the license of Sony Marathi HD and granted TV Today Network Limited a fresh satellite TV license for the Aaj Tak Bangla channel in the news genre. With the recent changes, the total number of cancelled channels increased to 355.
Thanks: Kannadiga, DreamDTH Community Forums
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