The transmission of prominent Malayalam-language news channel Mediaone TV, which has the backing of Jamaat-e-Islami, was barred by the Union Information and Broadcasting Ministry citing security reasons. The channel went off-air on Monday at noon. Mediaone TV editor Pramod Raman, in a statement, said the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has imposed a broadcasting ban on the channel. The ministry has said the ban was due to security reasons, but the channel is yet to get the details on it. The Union Government has not made the details about the ban available to Mediaone TV. We have started legal action against the ban. After completing the process, the channel would be back to the audience. We are suspending the broadcasting temporarily with the hope that justice will prevail, at last, said the statement. Channel sources said the license of the TV channel has not expired but the process of renewal of the license of the channel was on when the ban came. While there was no official word from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, senior ministry sources said the order to block it was issued because the channel had not cleared security clearance.
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