When TV errs: An independent regulatory body can help

The hue and cry raised about TV contents a decade ago was concerning violence and vulgarity. We now seem to have reconciled to that fact. For, the concern now is about immoral and obscene contents. With the multiplication of music channels and the launch of DTH platforms recently, more civil society groups are joining the chorus for some pro-active initiative to curb such uninhibited tendency of TV channels. With such contents getting added now in regional languages, as if in competition with “foreign music channels” being downlinked in the country, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting itself has taken the initiative by holding consultations with stakeholders to find ways of curbing such trends.