The courts will also ensure that the cable operators do not air ads and broadcast the TV channels following the chronological order fixed by local TV channel owners, Information Minister Hasan Mahmud said on Monday. “We’ll take legal action against those who broadcast ads on foreign channels,” the minister said. Bangladesh Cable Television Network Act 2006 has a provision to cancel licences and impose two-year jail and fine for broadcasting ads on foreign channels. Distributors in different countries, including the UK and India, trim off the ads and run only programmes, during the broadcast by the foreign channels. Many local companies broadcast their ads on foreign channels pushing the local broadcasters into a tight corner as they lose ad revenue to foreign peers.

Source: bd News24 July 01, 2019 09:45 UTC