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Broadcasters slam ban on TV channel

by laxman
September 22nd, 2007

The two mian broadcasters’ bodies in India have criticised the Centre’s move to bar a TV channel from the airways for a month because of a botched sting operation it carried out on a Delhi school teacher,faseley accusing her of the links with a prostitution racket.

At its annual general meeting,Indian Broadcasting Foundation said it was a part of a trend of “deleivering summary punishments to broadcasters in a trigger happy manner.”The body which represnets all major broadcasters in India said it was concerned at I&B ministry’s attitude. “IBF has noted a series of highly arbitrary and coercive punishments that the ministry has delivered during the last year to a number of broadcaters at its will.All these punishments have been meted out without following any transperent procedure and voilating the basic princilple of natural justice.”

The body said the move appeared “aimed at strangualating the media’s independence and curbing freedom of speech …

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Shweta may be shown the door

by laxman
September 11th, 2007

ShwetaEver since Shweta Tiwari’s personal life came under a cloud, she has been unable to focus on her ongoing soap Kasautii Zindaglli Kay. And the sufferer is none other than Balaji whose schedules are going awry. Says a source very close to the serial, “It’s becoming more and more difficult for us to co-ordinate Shweta’s dates. She sometimes hours and hours late for shooting. This may be a permissible lapse in a feature film.

But in a daily soap even half-an-hour-’s delay means an inexcusable delay in deliverine the episode.”According to inside information, Ekta is now thinking of relocation Kasautii Zindagii Kay from daily primetime to an afternoon slot. As per secret plans at Bajaj, the creative heads now intend to give the channel a brand new show to replace Kasautii which has been on air for over five years at primetime, they plan to …

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