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Pradeep Kumar

18/06/21 09:20 AM IST

Cable Television Network Rules amended

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The Central Government issued a notification amending the Cable Television Network Rules, 1994 thereby providing a statutory mechanism for redressal of grievances/complaints of citizens relating to content broadcast by television channels in accordance with the provisions of the Cable Television Network Act, 1995.

Current scenario 
  • At present, there is an institutional mechanism by way of an Inter-Ministerial Committee to address grievances of citizens relating to violation of the Programme/Advertising Codes under the Rules.
  • Similarly, various broadcasters have also developed their internal self-regulatory mechanism for addressing grievances.
  • At present  there are over 900 television channels which have been granted permission by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting all of which are required to comply with the Programme and Advertising Code laid down under the Cable Television Network Rules. 
Changes
  • In the aforementioned background, the Cable Television Network Rules have been amended to provide for this statutory mechanism, which would be transparent and benefit the citizens.
  • At the same time, self-regulating bodies of broadcasters would be registered with the Central Government.
Source: PIB

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