Saturday August 06, 2006

Ban on Indian TV channels strains Quetta 's cable business

Cable operators in Balochistan are facing losses as hundreds of households are canceling subscriptions or refusing to pay monthly fees, following the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority's (PEMRA) directive to ban Indian television channels. “Certainly, our business is being affected. But we cannot afford to squabble with PEMRA,” admitted one cable operator.

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006\08\06\story_6-8-2006_pg7_3

FM Listening:

City Lounge's' inappropriate promo

The Post, Page-A-2

ARTICLE:

Beam me up

Can't make it on TV? Get in touch with your local cable operator

By Shahzada Irfan Ahmed

Gone are the days when budding artists or those claiming themselves to be artists had to stand for hours in long queues outside PTV stations. On every visit, they would be told by the all-powerful producers to come again sometime. Months and even years went by, but their waiting would never come to end.

http://jang.com.pk/thenews/aug2006-weekly/nos-06-08-2006/enc.htm#2

SOURCES :

The News: http://jang.com.pk/thenews/

The Nation: http://www.nation.com.pk/

Daily Times: http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/

The Dawn: http://www.dawn.com

Spider: www.spider.tm

BBC South Asia : http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/

Herald: http://dawn.com/herald/

Aurora : www.aurora@dawn.com

The Economist: www.economist.com

IFEX: http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/158/

Jang: http://www.jang.com.pk/jang/

Nawa-i-waqt: http://www.nawaiwaqt.com.pk

Khabrain: http://www.khabrain.com

Daily Development News: http://asp.isb.sdnpk.org/

The Post: http://www.thepost.com.pk/

Business Recorder: http://www.pakistanpressfoundation.org

Asia Media: www.asiamedia.ucla.edu

PEMRA: www.pemra.gov.pk

States Man: http://www.statesman.com.pk

Frontier Post: www. frontierpost .com.pk

Compiled by , Sajid Gondal Media Monitor, Internews Pakistan .

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