A Parliamentary committee has 'strongly' emphasised to the Information and Broadcasting Ministry that the digitisation deadline in the border areas should be advanced by taking proactive initiatives by the Government to check illegal television channels.
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology to which the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Second Amendment Bill has been referred to, has pointed out that the ministry too has asserted that digitisation can provide a mechanism to regulate/monitor the problem of illegal channels being carried by cable operators.
It noted that the Ministry had stated that cable operators in the border areas can take the feed of the terrestrial channels of neighbouring countries which are not allowed to be shown in India. It is also possible that cable operator can pick illegal channels via broadband/internet or IPTV, mobile TV, video streaming and re-transmitting them.
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The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology to which the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Second Amendment Bill has been referred to, has pointed out that the ministry too has asserted that digitisation can provide a mechanism to regulate/monitor the problem of illegal channels being carried by cable operators.
It noted that the Ministry had stated that cable operators in the border areas can take the feed of the terrestrial channels of neighbouring countries which are not allowed to be shown in India. It is also possible that cable operator can pick illegal channels via broadband/internet or IPTV, mobile TV, video streaming and re-transmitting them.
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