Breaking News NaMo TV launched, added on GTPL & InCable

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NaMo Gujarat, named eponymously after Chief Minister Narendra Modi, began operations on Thursday.

The channel, which will telecast Narendra Modi’s speeches and showcase the achievements of his government, can be accessed across the state through GTPL and In-cable, the two largest cable networks in the state.

NaMo Gujarat, named eponymously after Chief Minister Narendra Modi, began operations on Thursday.

The channel, which will telecast Narendra Modi’s speeches and showcase the achievements of his government, can be accessed across the state through GTPL and In-cable, the two largest cable networks in the state.

A hi-tech new studio has been opened for the TV channel in Prahladnagar area of Ahmedabad.

 

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NaMo Gujrat channel goes blank on Day 2


A day after the launch, the NaMo Gujarat channel, which aired Modi's speeches live on Thursday, went blank. The channel derives its name from the commonly-used initials of the CM.

The Election Commission had called a meeting of broadcasters and directed them to follow guidelines on paid news. The officials also told broadcasters to stop telecast on networks without proper clearances. EC officials refused to comment on representations by Congress leaders to probe the funding of the channel, meant to strengthen Modi's propaganda machinery ahead of the crucial assembly polls in December.

"We have requested EC to investigate who is the financer. The name suggests this is Modi's venture. We need to know if he himself is funding it," said Gujarat Congress president Arjun Modhwadia.

Congress leaders say if Modi is involved, the expenses should be added to his election expenditure. "If EC guidelines are being enforced in case of paid news, how can such expenditure go unnoticed even if Modi himself is not funding it," Modhwadia said.


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EC nod for new NaMo TV channel in Gujarat

The Election Commission today gave its go-ahead to a new television channel 'NaMo Gujarat' but with some riders in the assembly election-bound state where the model code of conduct is in force.

The new TV channel was launched a day after the announcement of the assembly election schedule in the state, only to be shut on October 5, pending clearances.

The Commission has now cleared the launch of the channel but has put certain conditions for monitoring political advertisements and possible paid news on the channel during the election period, highly placed sources in the EC told PTI.

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NaMo channel later, govt to seek TRAI views on plugging ‘loopholes’



The dust of the Gujarat Assembly elections may have settled, but a campaign tool which drew much attention — the NaMo Gujarat cable television channel — has set the I & B Ministry thinking. It is set to seek the guidance of broadcast regulator Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) to plug “loopholes” in the rules regarding registration of such ground-based television channels.

While ground-based TV channels are common as most local cable operators and multi-system operators run localised channels, the NaMo model was slightly different. It was a network of separate local cable TV channels operating in several cities airing similar content — mostly CM Narendra Modi’s speeches and his government’s “achievements”.

Since it is not a satellite channel, it did not require a licence from the I&B Ministry, although it did need registration under the Cable Television Networks Rules, 1994.