Once again there is a channel ban. This time it’s AXN where your favourite shows, like Fear Factor and CSI, are banned by the government for two months.
Once again there is a channel ban. This time it’s AXN where your favourite shows, like Fear Factor and CSI, are banned by the government for two months. According to the Information and Broadcast Ministry, the show — The World’s Sexiest Advertisements — is in bad taste and will affect public morality. But audiences across the city do not think so.
“We’re in an age where we can decide what’s good for ourselves. We don’t need a group of people with a particular chain of thought to decide what’s good for us to watch,” says Herman D’Souza, a content writer in a leading MNC.
This is the second attempt of moral policing by banning a TV channel, with a court order in December restraining Star Movies, HBO and Hallmark from relaying obscene content. Audiences feel that there are some Hindi shows that telecast indecent, suggestive, demoralising and adult content. “Even saas-bahu serials are in bad taste! How can you marry someone to take revenge and two-time your own family members? These shows are superficial with ostentatious homes and lifestyles giving them larger than life identities which people try to emulate,” says Meher Irani, a teacher.
Audiences are showing strong reactions to the AXN ban and this is what a few of them had to say:
“I love watching Guinness Book of Records, The World’s Most Amazing Videos and Fear Factor on AXN. I think that similar content is easily accessible to viewers from all classes and ages using other media like some prominent newspapers which thrive on pictures of semi-clad women. Besides, the internet holds absolutely no restriction to such broadcasts. Other channels telecast similar videos only that they are hidden in indirect implications,” said Huafrid Bhathena, manager for a telecom solutions provider.
“They should not interfere with what we are watching. Stop ruling over us, we are a democratic society. Who are they?” Chinmei Hsiao, a medical student. “It’s unfair. Why should only AXN be targeted. It’s the parent’s duty to monitor children. And I think these programmes are broadcast late at night, so it shouldn’t be a problem!” Gaurav Phanasgaonkar, Web Designer.
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