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Khalsa TV loses broadcast licence in UK over Khalistani propaganda

Khalsa Television Limited has surrendered its licence to broadcast in the UK after an investigation by the country's media watchdog found its KTV channel breached broadcasting rules with Khalistani......

UK media watchdog suspends Khalsa TV licence over Khalistani propaganda

The UK's media watchdog has suspended the licence of Khalsa Television Limited to broadcast in the country after an investigation found its KTV channel breached broadcasting rules with Khalistani......

Ukraine invasion: UK media watchdog revokes Russian channel RT's licence

The UK's communications regulator, Office of Communications, on Friday revoked the licence of Russian television channel RT to broadcast in the country with immediate effect after an investigation......

UK media watchdog fines Khalsa TV for violence, terror references

The United Kingdom's media watchdog has imposed a total fine of 50,000 pounds on Khalsa Television Ltd or KTV in Britain for broadcasting a music video and a discussion programme that was an......

China bans BBC from broadcasting for violating reporting guidelines

In an apparent tit for tat move, China has banned BBC World News from broadcasting in the country for seriously violating its guidelines for reporting, China's television and radio regulator has......

Dish TV's Goel defends entry barriers

Jawahar Goel is on the phone when I enter his office in Noida. He motions me to one of the seating areas of the massive room.The 56-year-old managing director of Dish TV always reminds me of Nirma......

India needs independent media regulator

Sun TV's fall from grace is just one instance of the huge gaping hole in media regulation in India. It happened partly because there are no clearly defined cross-media caps.Nor is there anything......

The fastest Internet in the world!

The fastest broadband city in the world is Masan in South Korea, according to an analysis. The data, from network giant Akamai reveals the average global net speed is only 1.7 Mbps (megabits per......

Self-regulation by new channels: Will it work?

The functioning of News Broadcasters Association, the apex body of 14 leading news broadcasters, has come under a cloud with one of its members -- India TV -- withdrawing from the association.......

BT may offer low-powered GSM in India

British Telecom of the UK is considering a low-powered global system for mobile communications service in India, which can bring down the costs significantly on calls made by mobile phones inside......

Another Indian gets bullied on Big Brother

Reality television show Big Brother is in hot water once again, as watchdog Ofcom has received almost 300 complaints that Marcus Akin racially bullied Indian contender Sree Dasari. Ofcom has said......

NRI human rights lawyer to review Big Brother

Channel 4 has appointed non resident Indian human rights lawyer Rabinder Singh QC to join its review of the reality show Big Brother, which came under flak after Jade Goody and other housemates......

Column: Shilpa has done India proud

It started off as just another series ofa tired, flagging reality show and ended up becoming the most internationally criticisedtelevision show of its time. When I left Mumbai to go home to......

Channel 4 denies racism against Shilpa

Amid a raging row over alleged racism against Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty, UK's Channel 4 has denied that the Indian star suffered racist bullying on its TV show Celebrity Big Brother, but......

English Premier League rights auction to be probed by regulator

British media regulator Ofcom said on Tuesday it would investigate whether the method used by the Premier League to sell live media rights for soccer matches to its home market distorted......

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