MediaOne TV had applied for broadcast permissions to be renewed from September 30, 2021 to September 29, 2031. In response to this, the I&B Ministry had stated that the Home Ministry had denied security clearance to Madhyamam Broadcasting Limited, which owns the channel. The reason for denial the security clearance was not mentioned in the I&B Ministry’s order.As a result of the Home Ministry’s denial of security clearance, a show cause notice was served to the company as to why the permission granted to it should not be revoked or cancelled for uplinking or downlinking of the channel.The company, in response to the show cause notice, mentioned that it was unaware of the grounds for denial of the security clearance and requested the authorities not to initiate any proceedings in the matter.In March 2020, I&B Minstry had decided to ban MediaOne channel and Asianet for 48 hours for their “biased” coverage of the Delhi riots, stating that their reports sided “towards a particular community”.The order passed by the Information and Broadcasting ministry stated that both news channels violated Cable Television Network Rules 1994, which state, among other things, “No programme should be carried in the cable service which attack on religions or communities or visuals or words contemptuous of religious groups or which promote communal attitudes”.
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