Welcoming the initiative of implementing ad-free (clean-feed) broadcasting of foreign TV channels The Association of Television Channel Owners (ATCO) and Broadcast Journalists Center (BJC) on Saturday said all should help the government implement the law.

ATCO Senior Vice President Mozammel Haque Babu said the clean-feed act which is a 15-years old law, was supposed to be implemented at any time. 

"Somehow the government has started implementing it now," he told a virtual press conference.

The act would ensure interests of all stakeholders through balancing between clean-feed and proper digitization, he said, adding there is a win-win solution in the law though it might take some time.

The government did not stop airing the clean-feed programmes of the foreign TV channels rather local operators have stopped the airing since they could not broadcast clean-feed programmes, he said.

There was no need to create pressure by stopping broadcast of all foreign TV channels, Mozammel Haque Babu also said.

ATCO Senior Vice President said a faction of Cable Operators Association of Bangladesh (COAB)-Oikya Parishad - wanted to sit with the government for proper clean-feed and digitalization showing respect to the law.

Referring to COAB's demonstration, Babu said, the movement would bring no outcome if we do not abide by the law.

BDST: 1152 HRS, OCT 03, 2021
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