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The UK media regulator accused Republic TV's prime time show Poochta Hai Bharat of hate speech against Pakistanis. The show is now banned in the country.
LONDON: Worldview Media Network Ltd, the UK licensee for Republic Bharat, the Hindi arm of Arnab Goswami’s Republic TV, has been fined £20,000 (almost Rs 20 lakh) by the UK communications regulator for a Republic Bharat programme, “Poochta Hai Bharat”, that contained “uncontextualised hate speech” seen as “potentially highly offensive”.
Besides the financial penalty, the Office of Communications (Ofcom) has directed the licensee to broadcast a statement of the findings on a date and in a form to be decided by Ofcom because, it said, though it had noted that an apology had been broadcast “279 times”, it found the wording of the apology “would not convey the nature of Ofcom’s concerns”. A detailed Ofcom statement said it had also directed that the programme not be repeated.
The UK broadcast regulator also charged the channel with promoting intolerance.
23 Dec, 2020 - 09:34 AM IST | By indiantelevision.com Team
NEW DELHI: British TV regulatory authority Office of Communications (Ofcom) has imposed a £20,000 fine on Republic Bharat, Republic TV’s Hindi channel, for promoting hate speech and intolerance in a programme that was broadcast last year, on 6 September 2019.
Ofcom, is a government-approved regulatory and competition authority for the broadcasting, telecommunications and postal industries of the United Kingdom.
The decision stated that Republic Bharat’s Poochta Hai Bharat programme – the evening primetime show hosted by Arnab Goswami – had failed to comply with its broadcasting rules in respect of offensive language , hate speech and abusive or derogatory treatment of individuals, groups, religions or communities with its comments against people of Pakistan. The show under the scanner was a discussion t