[cr-india] "Election panel allows ads on FM channels"

[Arti Jaiman]

Assuming the same conditions are applicable to CR stations, isn't it about time the forum arrived at agreed upon norms for accepting advertising on CR stations. 

What if one party or candidate flooded a CR station with his or her ads - it would almost seem as if the station was "owned" by that party. 


Arti

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--- On Mon, 17/11/08, sajan venniyoor <venniyoor at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: sajan venniyoor <venniyoor at gmail.com>
> Subject: [cr-india] "Election panel allows ads on FM channels"
> To: "CR India" <cr-india at sarai.net>
> Date: Monday, 17 November, 2008, 8:47 AM
> *Election panel allows ads on FM channels*
> Shekhar lyer, Hindustan Times, 17 Nov 2008
> 
> YOU COULD soon hear the election campaign on your favourite
> FM channel.
> 
> The Election Commission has decided to allow political ads
> on private radio
> channels and asked the Information and Broadcasting
> Ministry to amend the
> relevant laws to facilitate the move.
> 
> The decision came on a request from the I&B Ministry,
> which had wanted the
> EC to allow political ads on radio like private TV
> channels.
> 
>  With the EC's green signal, the ministry will have to
> amend the AIR code
> (Code for Commercial Advertising on All India Radio) to
> allow political
> campaign slots with the condition being that the ads cannot
> malign rival
> parties.
> 
> Radio operators are looking forward to the development as
> their revenues are
> likely to shoot if they carry political ads.
> 
> The EC agreed with the view of the I&B ministry that
> since TV channels are
> allowed to carry campaign ads following a Supreme Court
> order, FM channels
> too should be allowed to do so.
> 
> The EC stopped political ads on radio and TV in February
> 2004. It had cited
> the AIR code and the Cable TV Networks (Regulation) Act,
> 1995, which
> prohibited political ads.
> 
> Later, the Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) challenged
> the decision in
> the Supreme Court, arguing broadcasters should be treated
> on a par with the
> print media. The apex court delivered a verdict in support
> of the TV
> channels. The radio was not covered.
> 
> siyer at hindustantimes.com
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