Law says that every cable operator shall maintain a register in the prescribed form indicating therein in brief the programmes transmitted or re-transmitted through the cable service during a month and such register shall be maintained by the cable operator for a period of one year after the actual transmission or re-transmission of the said programmes.
relevant provisions of
Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995, as under:
[(aa)] ‘‘cable operator’’ means any person who provides cable service through a cable television network or otherwise controls or is responsible for the management and operation of a cable television network;
(b)‘‘cable service’’ means the transmission by cables of programmes including re-transmission by cables of any broadcast television signals;
(c) "cable television network’’ means any system consisting of a set of closed transmission paths and associated signal generation, control and distribution equipment, designed to provide cable service for reception by multiple subscribers;
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7. Maintenance of register.—Every cable operator shall maintain a register in the prescribed form indicating therein in brief the programmes transmitted or re-transmitted through the cable service during a month and such register shall be maintained by the cable operator for a period of one year after the actual transmission or re-transmission of the said programmes.
Relevant provisions of Cable Television Networks Rules, 1994, as under:
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6. Programme Code:-
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(3) No cable operator shall carry or include in his cable service any programme in respect of which copyright subsists under the copyright Act, 1957, (14 of 1957) unless he has been granted a licence by owners of copyright under that Act in respect of such programme.
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