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The Government has prohibited the transmission or re-transmission of the satellite channel ‘Free X-TV’ in the country for telecasting programmes that are against good taste or decency and are likely to adversely affect public morality.
An order prohibiting transmission/re-transmission of the above television channel has been issued and has been forwarded to India Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) and all Cable Operators and MSOs. The order has also been sent to all the Chief Secretaries, Director-Generals of Police of all States and Union Territories and also to District Magistrates of all Districts of all States and Union Territories, who are ‘authorized officers’ to implement this decision as per the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995.
It had come to the notice of the Central Government that some cable operators in the country through their Cable Television Networks are transmitting/re-transmitting this channel.
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