dear all, congratulations on our victory against TV9.. -lalitha SWAm Chennai
On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 10:54 PM, Bloot Fontaine <blutfonta...@yahoo.co.in>wrote: > > > Congratulations! > > > --- On *Thu, 24/3/11, Aditya Bondyopadhyay <adit.b...@gmail.com>* wrote: > > > From: Aditya Bondyopadhyay <adit.b...@gmail.com> > Subject: g_b Happy to report victory in the TV9 matter > To: > Date: Thursday, 24 March, 2011, 8:53 AM > > > > Dear Friends, > As I had reported earlier, TV9 had aired a Telegu language news feature > where they had taken profiles, pictures, and phone numbers from the gay > dating site Planet Romeo, and revealed them on prime time. They had also > called up some of he guys and asked them leading questions on their sexual > practices under the pretense of being another user and prospective date from > planet Romeo. > > My organisation, "Adhikaar" had at that time sent a legal notice to TV9 > detailing the violations that they have committed under the NBA guidelines > and asked for an apology. Wide publicity was given in both the media and in > forums like Facebook and on the internet to this notice. The community > mobilised and held protests against TV9 offices in many cities including > Delhi, Bangalore, Mumbai, Hyderabad, and Kolkata. > > TV9 had an allowed period of 7 days within which they were to have > responded to the notice sent to them from Adhikaar. They failed and/or > neglected to do so. We had therefore set a deadline of end March to file a > complaint before The News Broadcasting Standards Authority against TV9. It > now transpires that after the publicity that was given to the matter post > our notice and protests against TV9, the The News Broadcasting Standards > Authority took suo-moto cognizance of the matter and sent a notice to TV9. > It thereafter proceeded against TV9 and has now censured TV9 to pay a fine > of Rs.1,00,000 and broadcast an apology in prime time both in English and > in Telugu. > > NBA has determined that TV9 has violated the following codes of ethics and > broadcasting standards by publishing the story “Gay culture rampant in > Hyderabad” > Clause 5: Sex and Nudity > Clause 6: Privacy > Clause 9: Sting operations > > View the news of the order at : > http://gaysifamily.com/2011/03/24/tv9-pays-the-price/ > > It is a victory for the community and and we all should celebrate. But at > the same time we all should now also become more vigilant that no such > violation is done by any other media house in the future, and if they do, we > protest and we bring bring it to the notice of the NBSA. 3 cheers to all who > worked and protested. We came together as a community and we won. > Congratulations..!! > > Best to all, > Aditya Bondyopadhyay > > > >
