BTRC shuts CSB transmission

[daydreamer]

BTRC shuts CSB transmission


now, what else people?

[Force_Recon]

they will ban the Daily Star now!

[Severus]

\m/ Slayer Worships this Caretaker GOVT \m/

[angelmorn]

Reason ki ?!
CSB ebar ki dekhaisilo ?

[daydreamer]

Round-the-clock news channel CSB rings down; BTRC orders the private TV to shut down for going on air sans valid NOC


Dhaka, Sep 6 (UNB) - Private satellite television news network CSB
went phut Thursday evening, as BTRC ordered the Focus Multimedia
Company to shut down on grounds of going on air sans valid
clearance.

A senior journalist of CSB told UNB that a group of officers of
Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (BTRC) went to
the TV head office at Uttara in the capital in the evening with
orders for immediate suspension of broadcast.

They handed over a show-cause notice asking the CSB authority to give
a satisfactory reply within a week as to how it got the no-objection
certificate for allocation of frequency from the Ministry of
Information to air its 24-hour newscast.

The BTRC officials asked them to “switch off” telecasting its
programme. The CSB authorities, in compliance with the orders, rang
down at 6:34pm.

The CSB, first of its kind airing round-the-clock news in the
country, formally went on air on March 26 this year. The CSB news
channel caught the eyes of the viewers by this time.

[SonarChele]

hmm interesting i didnt even heard of that channel. I guess government did that for some good reason. if not.. well.. i guess thats just unfair.

[angelmorn]

BBC Reports :

Bangladesh news channel off air

CSB was warned about showing pictures of the trouble

Bangladesh's only private 24-hour news channel has gone off air, just days after being warned not to broadcast footage of anti-government riots. CSB television said officials from the telecommunications regulator visited with security personnel to close it.
CSB says it has to supply information about its frequency allocation before it can resume broadcasting.
But a senior CSB official told the BBC he was not convinced by the reason. The authorities have yet to comment.
Accused

The channel, which only began broadcasting earlier this year, went off air about 1800 local time (1200 GMT) on Thursday evening.
In a statement, CSB company secretary Mohammad Ali Zakir said four senior officials from the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) visited the station and shut it down.
"They came up with members of the security forces and stopped our transmissions. The BTRC has asked us to explain doubts over the allocation of our frequency within seven days."
He said that during this time the channel had been told its transmissions would be stopped.
CSB was warned about showing pictures of student riots by the Interior Ministry on 23 August.
It was accused of broadcasting provocative news, which the ministry said was endangering national security and public safety.
Other state-run channels did not carry footage of the unrest.
The student protests in Dhaka quickly spread into three days of violent demonstrations across Bangladesh demanding an end to emergency rule.
The violence posed the most serious challenge to the emergency government since it took power six months ago.

[dark_saint]

dis in unfair .....................CSB is a standard private channel ...........do they illegally airing ?

[Force_Recon]

maybe the government got pissed....shouldn't have done it.one move I am against the government.

[maria]

may b there r some reasons.......
ppl shudn't discourage d govt.........
thy may do any worng....................

but i lik CSB