The Information and Broadcasting ministry has clarified that multi-system operators/Cable operators can only provide content permissible under the “Cable TV Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995” and in conformity with advertisement and programme codes prescribed under the “Cable Television Networks Rules 1994.”
The ministry also said in a clarificatory note issued recently that Rule 6(3) of the Cable Television Networks Rules 1994 clarifies that “no content can be included in cable service in respect of which copyright subsists under the Copyright Act, 1957 unless he has been granted a license by the owners of copyright.”
In view of this, the ministry said it is expected that MSOs/cable operators will provide content to telecom licensees for Internet protocol TV (IPTV) services only after obtaining the relevant rights for the same failing which it will be treated as a violation of programme code liable for suitable action as per law.
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