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| Three TV channels get notice for violating norms | | | New Delhi | Aug 16
The government has issued showcause notices to three television channels for violating the programme code. They include music channel MTV and news channels IBN-7 and Headlines Today.
MTV has been issued notice for "denigration" of women in its hugely popular reality show 'Splitsvilla'. The programme has 20 teenaged girls seeking the attention of two boys who are the judges and must choose between the girls. Targeted at the youth, the reality show winners have a chance of becoming VJs besides earning fame and fortune.
The information and broadcasting (I&B) ministry received a complaint about an episode telecast on July 12 that was found to be in bad taste and denigrated women by objectifying the girls. It has issued a notice to the channel demanding an explanation within 15 days.
The government has also issued notices to news channels IBN-7 and Headlines Today. IBN-7 has earned the I&B ministry's ire for a programme aired on June 27. An explanation has been sought as to why the channel was "encouraging superstition" by claiming that Lord Ram and Hanuman had appeared in the form of a ball of fire. The programme had shown that the two deities had appeared in a village called Nero, 200 km from Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia.
Headlines Today's programme on July 6 on the bikini completing 62 years was found to be "objectionable and indecent". The channel had, according to the complaint, featured pictures of models in bikinis and photographs of topless women.
This is not the first time that the ministry has come down heavily on television channels. Most such violators are asked to run a public apology as a scroll for a few days but there have been instances when the ministry has banned the channel for a short period. The government had banned fashion channel FTV and AXN for short periods last year. |
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