The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has made 10 decisions to prevent the illegal broadcasting of domestic and foreign TV channels and unlicensed commercial activities on the broadcast media.
The decisions were taken at a meeting with the Posts, Telecommunications and ICT Ministry at the Information and Broadcasting Ministry's conference room on April 2, said an official release Monday.
State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat chaired the meeting. The decisions include only service providers authorised under the Cable Television Network Management Act, 2006 can transmit the government approved domestic and foreign channels to subscribers.
Foreign unauthorised channels cannot be downlinked, broadcast, transmitted or distributed without clean feed.
Set-top boxes cannot be imported and marketed illegally.
It is completely illegal to carry out campaigns inspiring the use of apps for streaming TV channels or selling such apps by installing in set-top-boxes.
The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) should take legal action against this illegal act.
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and ICT will take necessary steps in accordance with the existing laws and regulations against any illegal activity for Bangladesh's security and increasing government revenue collection, preventing money laundering and preserving the country's art, literature, culture and values.
According to the Section 3(1) of the Cable Television Network Management Act, 2006, no distributor or service provider shall downlink, market, transmit or broadcast any channel in Bangladesh other than the channels approved by the government on the basis of designated application form.
Info ministry takes 10 decisions to stop illegal airing of TV channels
FE Team | Published: May 07, 2024 02:24:38
Info ministry takes 10 decisions to stop illegal airing of TV channels
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