I&B ministry bans Malayalam news channel MediaOne

MediaOne, a Malayalam news channel, has been banned by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry (I&B) for security considerations.

According to a statement from Pramod Raman, Editor of MediaOne, the government has blocked the channel for security grounds, and the channel has not received any more information about the action.

Raman further stated that the channel will move to court to challenge the government's decree.

It is for the second time that the I&B Ministry is banning MediaOne. The ministry suspended MediaOne and Asianet News for 48 hours in March 2020 for their "biassed" coverage of the Delhi riots, citing news that backed "towards a certain group," among other breaches of the Cable TV Act.

MediaOne TV is run by Madhyamam Broadcasting Limited, which is run by a trust helmed by the Kerala Jamaat-e-Islami. The station received its licence in September 2011 and began broadcasting on February 10, 2013.

“The government is yet to divulge the details of the ban. MediaOne will take legal actions against the ban,” said Raman while announcing that the channel was going off the air.

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