The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (MIB) on June 25, 2024, issued a notification regarding the violation of Policy Guidelines, 2022 by the permission holders by letting out the TV Channels.
The following has been stated: -
•The Ministry has received various representations/complaints regarding the violations of provisions of Policy Guidelines by certain TV Channels by misusing permission and authorizing /enabling /contracting out the operations or other core functions/activities of the channel to any non-permitted entity/ person(s)/ company/ LLP through any explicit or implicit agreement or arrangement, without the prior permission of this Ministry.
•Therefore, it is clarified that the letting of the channels to any third party including the group entities, without the prior permission of the Ministry, are not allowed as per the extant Policy Guidelines. Cases where the company/ LLP is found to have misused the permission by authorizing or enabling or contracting out the same to any non-permitted entity/ company/ LLP/ person(s) through any explicit or implicit agreement or arrangement, without prior permission of this Ministry, may result into cancellation/ suspension of permission as per the provisions of Clause 26(2) of Policy Guidelines, 2022.
•Hence, all the permitted broadcasters/ TV Channels are, therefore, advised and directed to follow the above provisions in letter and spirit and also ensure that the operations and core functions/activities of the channel viz, content generation, content transfer, and content uplink are being managed by the permission holder company/ LLP itself.
[Notification No. File No.1501/01/2023-TV (I)]
