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Monday, March 12, 2012

[chottala.com] ETV, Bangla Vision, Islamic TV blacked out (Repressive Hasina regime slaughtered freedom of expression and controlled the media by force)

ETV, Bangla Vision, Islamic TV blacked out


Officials of the channels confirmed The Daily Star that government agencies asked Cable Operators' Association of Bangladesh (COAB) to suspend the telecast as the channels were planning to go LIVE with the mass rally


Monday March 12 2012 19:01:39 PM BDT


Viewers across the city could not watch Ekushey Television, Bangla Vision and Islamic TV from around 3:00pm Monday as the private satellite channels were blacked out on the cable without any prior notice.(The Daily Star )

The television channels were unavailable from around hour before opposition leader Khaleda Zia was scheduled to start delivering her speech at the four-party mass rally.

Officials of the channels confirmed The Daily Star that government agencies asked Cable Operators' Association of Bangladesh (COAB) to suspend the telecast as the channels were planning to go LIVE with the mass rally.

Contacted, an influential COAB member acknowledged receiving the instruction.

However Jehsanul Islam, a government-appointed administrator for the COAB, which does not have any elected committee for the last one year, denied the association role in the blacking out the three channels.

Asked why the three channels were blacked out quite simultaneously without any prior notice, he replied: "I cannot say why this happened."


The Daily Star

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