Bangladesh authorities decides to shut-down unlawful TV channels

The Info and Broadcasting Ministry in Bangladesh has taken a big and well-expected choice to cease the unlawful broadcasting of home and overseas TV channels and operation of unlicensed business actions on the published media. It consists of unlawful IP TVs in addition to information channels run on YouTube. In line with an official press launch, the ministry took the choices at a gathering with the Posts, Telecommunications and ICT Ministry on the Info and Broadcasting Ministry’s convention room on April 2. State Minister for Info and Broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat chaired the assembly.

In line with ministry’s press launch, the choices taken in the course of the assembly are:

• Solely service suppliers permitted beneath the Cable Tv Community Administration Act, 2006 can transmit home and overseas channels authorized by the federal government to the subscribers.
• Overseas channels or any unauthorized channel can’t be downlinked, broadcast, transmitted or distributed with out clear feed.
• Set-top containers can’t be imported and marketed illegally.
• It’s fully unlawful to hold out campaigns inspiring using apps for streaming TV channels or promoting such apps by putting in in set-top-boxes. The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Fee (BTRC) ought to take authorized motion towards this unlawful act.
• The Ministry of Info and Broadcasting and the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and ICT will take needed steps in accordance with the present legal guidelines and laws towards any criminal activity for Bangladesh’s safety and growing authorities income assortment, stopping cash laundering and preserving the nation’s artwork, literature, tradition and values.
• In line with the Part 3(1) of the Cable Tv Community Administration Act, 2006, no distributor or service supplier shall downlink, market, transmit or broadcast any channel in Bangladesh apart from the channels authorized by the federal government on the idea of designated software type. Moreover, the Ministry of Info and Broadcasting has issued directions concerning clear feed broadcasting of overseas TV channels applications, so no individual or group may broadcast or transmit overseas TV channel applications with out clear feed.
• In line with the Part 3(2) of the Cable Tv Community Administration Act, 2006, no distributor or service supplier can market, transmit or broadcast any channel in Bangladesh via their very own applications like video, VCD, DVD or every other means besides the federal government authorized channels. No individual or establishment shall broadcast or transmit the feed of a home or overseas TV channel or any channel of its personal violating the regulation.
• As per the Part 4(1) of the Cable Tv Community Administration Act, 2006, no individual shall function actions as a distributor or service supplier with out holding license. Subsequently, no individual or group besides license holding distributors or service suppliers can function or broadcast TV channels or applications.
• Approved distributors ought to inform their overseas TV channel broadcasters concerning the selections in written type.
• Authorized motion will probably be taken towards individuals or organizations concerned in illegal, unlawful or unauthorized broadcasting.

It could be talked about right here that, dozens of unlawful IP TVs in addition to YouTube-based information channels are engaged in peddling pretend information and disinformation, whereas a big section of those unlawful channels are concerned in quite a few types of prison actions together with blackmailing and extortion.

This correspondent has recognized a number of information channels on YouTube though it’s unknown if these channels are working legally.