Indian TV channels were off for 24 hours in Nepal. All this has happened in opposition to a proposed bill, according to which foreign TV channels will be prevented from broadcasting advertisements.
The Internet and Digital Television Committee and the Nepal Cable Television Association also prevented broadcasting of commercial channels from 3 pm on Monday to 3 pm on Tuesday, besides broadcasting of foreign channels.
If the Advertising (Regulation) Bill, proposed in Parliament by the Prime Minister of Nepal, KP Oli is implemented, the foreign channels will not be able to specifically broadcast the Indian channel ads. On the other hand, Indian broadcaster says that they can not give Nepal a clean feed without ads.
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