The Information and Broadcasting (I&B) ministry has decided to ban Malayalam news channel MediaOne citing security reasons.
“MediaOne channel telecast has once again been disallowed by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, citing security reasons. The Government has not been forthcoming with the details”, read a statement from Pramod Raman, Editor, MediaOne.
Raman further added that MediaOne is taking urgent legal steps for the restoration of the channel, and hope to get back to the viewers as soon as we can.
MediaOne channel telecast has once again been disallowed by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, citing security reasons. The Goverment has not been forthcoming with the details.#MediaOneTV #MediaOne pic.twitter.com/pkbTf7XUQa
— MediaoneTV Live (@MediaonetvL) January 31, 2022
“For the time being,we are suspending our telecast, confident that justice will prevail,” Raman added.
This is the second time MediaOne has been banned by the I&B Ministry. In March 2020, the ministry banned MediaOne along with Asianet News for 48 hours over their “biased” coverage of the Delhi riots, stating that their reports sided “towards a particular community” among other violations of the Cable TV Act.
MediaOne TV operated by Madhyamam Broadcasting Limited under Jamaat-e-Islami Kerala chapter. The channel was licensed in September 2011 and was officially launched on 10 February 2013.
