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Advertisers say AXN ban not right
Nilanjana Bose
CNN-IBN
Posted Thursday , January 18, 2007 at 21:52
Updated Thursday , January 18, 2007 at 21:58
New Delhi: First it an NRI doing what he thought was
a funny act of the Mahatma in a video that was put up on you tube.
The video brought the Government's ire on news channels that showed
the clip.
But now it's AXN, the television channel that's been banned for
three months for telecasting what the Information and Broadcasting
Ministry says - "are against good taste or decency and are
likely to adversely affect public morality”.
“Our ministry has decisively decided yesterday and it will
be effective form today to prohibit the transmission and retransmission
of AXN with immediate effect till March 15 throughout the country,”
said Information and Broadcasting Minister Priyaranjan Das Munshi.
This is the first time a channel has been banned completely. Though
earlier, the government has restricted sexually explicit content
from being aired. Whenever it's felt that it would apparently corrupt
traditional values.
“The Government has been regulating the content of cinema
for such a long time so I don’t it as a problem if they are
doing it on television. Every channel ahs guideline and they all
adhere to it,” said Creative Head, SONY, Sandeep Sikand
Last year in Mumbai, a ban on adult content on cable TV has led
to high drama. Even the earlier NDA government had threatened to
ban the French channel, FTV. Though later, an understanding was
reached between the government and the channel.
But this recent ban on AXN has angered the industry that feels that
such actions are undemocratic.
“We call ourselves a democratic
country. But some thing like this can't happen. The Government shouldn't
tell us what we should watch.
Ironically what we saw with the Youtube thing was that very few
people knew about it but when the ban was announced everybody started
watching it,” says CEO, Future Brands Santosh Desai.
So with the Government deciding what people should watch, it looks
like viewers no longer hold the remote control to their televisions.
Punish “guilty” NRI: Mulayam
Friday January 12 2007 16:59 IST
PTI
LUCKNOW: Taking strong exception to an internet video purportedly
showing Mahatma Gandhi dancing with bar girls, Uttar
Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav on Friday said the centre
should not remain silent and the NRI, who allegedly made the film,
should be punished.
“We have taken the matter very seriously...The centre should
forthwith take steps to punish the guilty NRI,” he told reporters
here.
Claiming that the centre was silent on the matter, he said “The
centre also remained silent on the killing of former Iraqi President
Saddam Hussain”.
“Those reaping dividend from the Nehru’s legacy must
also follow his advice that the government should protest wherever
there is a violation of human rights in the world,” he said.
An internet video allegedly made by an NRI showed the Father of
Nation dancing with bar girls.
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