The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has directed Internet Protocol Television (IP TV) to stop broadcasting news.
The Ministry's TV section-2 gave the order by a notice on Monday.
The notification also mentioned that legal action will be taken against IP TV which violates this directive.
According to Article 4.3 of the National Online Media Policy-2017, IP TVs cannot broadcast any kind of news. It is observed that some registered/unregistered IP TVs are broadcasting news violating that policy, the notice said.
