Welcoming the move to force ad-free or 'clean feed' broadcasting of foreign channels, Association of Television Channel Owners (ATCO) on Saturday urged all relevant stakeholders to cooperate with the government in implementing the decision.
"The clean feed legislation is 15 years old. It should have been implemented long ago,” ATCO Senior Vice President Mozammel Haque Babu noted in a virtual press conference Saturday evening.
"The balance between clean feed and digitalisation will benefit all stakeholders," said Babu, managing director of Ekattor TV.
Regarding the blackout of foreign TV channels in the last few days, he said that the decision was taken by cable operators, not the government.
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Cable Operators Association Of Bangladesh (COAB) have shown interest in holding dialogue with the government over the matter, Babu further informed.