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CABINET NOD TO ‘CLEAN FEED POLICY’ Foreign pay TV channels to be prohibited from running ads -  Post Report , Kathmandu Jul 23, 2016- The Cabinet on Friday decided to implement “Clean Feed System” on foreign pay TV channels telecast in Nepal. The move is expected to benefit the domestic advertising market, media and related businesses. “Clean Feed” is a transmission of broadcast content without advertisement. Nepali advertising agencies had long been demanding introduction of such a policy, stating unrestricted transmission of advertisements by foreign TV channels hindered growth of domestic media and advertising industry. The Ministry of Information and Communication said the policy will be implemented fully within a year. Secretary at the ministry Dinesh Thapaliya said an action plan will be prepared within mid-September by holding talks with all the stakeholders, and three regulations, including the Broadcasting Regulation, will be amended within mid-October to i...

National Media Policy, 2016 approved Published: July 23, 2016 4:03 am On:  Kathmandu HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE Kathmandu, July 22 A Cabinet meeting held today approved the National Media Policy, 2016 drafted by the high-level committee on information and communication. The committee led by Kashi Raj Dahal had submitted its report to Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Wednesday. As per the new policy, information and communications system will be developed as a medium to uplift people’s living standards and to institutionalise the federal democratic republic. The policy has envisaged development of information and communications system for the establishment of equitable and prosperous information society on the basis of inclusive and participatory principle by promoting national interests and national unity. It has also provided for a provision to recognise media as information and knowledge-based service industry by classifying them as self-employment, small, mediu...