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India to accept satellite TV channels from Bangladesh
Rebecca Hawkes ©RapidTVNews | 08-09-2011
Privately-owned Bangladeshi satellite TV networks may soon be able to broadcast freely in India following a top level ministerial meeting in Dhaka between the South Asian neighbours.
“The chief ministers [of four Indian states] assured me of taking steps so our private television channels can easily be downlinked in India,” Bangladesh’s Information Minister Abul Kalam Azad is quoted as saying by the Press Trust of India (PTI).
Currently, permission is required from the Indian Government for Bangladeshi TV networks to downlink into India.
Mr Azad’s comments came following a meeting on Tuesday (8 September) between India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, and nine other Bangladeshi ministers.
Lifting the need for permission to downlink would, said Mr Azad, “create an opportunity for building people-to-people cooperation being wanted by both the neighbours.”
Furthermore, by enhancing regional connectivity, Bangladesh would benefit from India’s economic strength, said the latter’s Finance Minister, Abul Maal Abdul Muhith, who moderated the meeting at the Sonargaon Hotel.
India is currently the second largest trading partner of Bangladesh
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Rebecca Hawkes ©RapidTVNews | 08-09-2011
Privately-owned Bangladeshi satellite TV networks may soon be able to broadcast freely in India following a top level ministerial meeting in Dhaka between the South Asian neighbours.
“The chief ministers [of four Indian states] assured me of taking steps so our private television channels can easily be downlinked in India,” Bangladesh’s Information Minister Abul Kalam Azad is quoted as saying by the Press Trust of India (PTI).
Currently, permission is required from the Indian Government for Bangladeshi TV networks to downlink into India.
Mr Azad’s comments came following a meeting on Tuesday (8 September) between India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, and nine other Bangladeshi ministers.
Lifting the need for permission to downlink would, said Mr Azad, “create an opportunity for building people-to-people cooperation being wanted by both the neighbours.”
Furthermore, by enhancing regional connectivity, Bangladesh would benefit from India’s economic strength, said the latter’s Finance Minister, Abul Maal Abdul Muhith, who moderated the meeting at the Sonargaon Hotel.
India is currently the second largest trading partner of Bangladesh
Read more: India to accept satellite TV channels from Bangladesh | News | Rapid TV News http://www.rapidtvnews.com/index.php...#ixzz1XNcGp3fL
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