Broadcasting of foreign channels including advertisements is stopped in the country

News Desk: Only operators have started work to implement ad-free (cleanfeed) broadcasts of foreign channels as per the instructions of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. As a result, the broadcasting of foreign channels that broadcast programs including advertisements is closed in Bangladesh.

From Friday (October 1), the broadcasting of the advertised channels has been stopped. Only the operators have said that it is not possible to broadcast the program by cutting off the advertisements from the foreign channels which broadcast the program with advertisements. For this reason, they have stopped showing the channels. In an emergency notification, the operators said that as per the instructions of the Ministry of Information, no foreign channel with advertisements can be aired after September 30, 2021. According to the government's directive, only the operators have stopped broadcasting foreign channels with advertisements.

They are sorry for the inconvenience. SM Anwar Parvez, founding president of the Cable Operators Association of Bangladesh (COAB), said, "Foreign channels that broadcast programs with advertisements as per government directives cannot be shown in Bangladesh." So we stopped showing. If the government gives any new instructions or steps in the future, we will take action accordingly. '