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Channel 708 not working from 5th May 2021

Bhupinder28 — Wed, 05 May 2021 14:50:18 GMT

Channel 708 Republic Bharat not working in Ireland,any Reasons ?

Re: Channel 708 not working from 5th May 2021

PandJ2020 — Wed, 05 May 2021 15:17:45 GMT

https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/What-s-On/Changes-to-the-Sky-TV-guide-May-2021/td-p/3675896

Wednesday 5th

Republic Bharat (708) closes.

Re: Channel 708 not working from 5th May 2021

TimmyBGood — Wed, 05 May 2021 15:25:29 GMT

@Bhupinder28 @PandJ2020

Possibly not unconnected to their repeatedly being found in breach of broadcasting standards by Ofcom.

Re: Channel 708 not working from 5th May 2021

EnzoBella — Wed, 05 May 2021 19:58:15 GMT

Awful! This channel makes FOX NEWS look like Play School! SKY HAVE BEEN TOO SLOW TO REMOVE THIS RACIST HATE CHANNEL!!! 😡😡

Re: Channel 708 not working from 5th May 2021

Bigal1 — Thu, 06 May 2021 08:21:12 GMT

Should have been taken of YEARS ago.

Its a hatemongering ultra biased chanell that has no place here in UK.

Re: Channel 708 not working from 5th May 2021

TimmyBGood — Thu, 06 May 2021 09:43:42 GMT

@Bigal1 @EnzoBella

Channels either withdraw voluntarily or when Ofcom revokes their licence to broadcast, as happened with CGTN. It's not the place of a broadcast platform to decide who should and should not have access.

Re: Channel 708 not working from 5th May 2021

Bigal1 — Thu, 06 May 2021 10:06:19 GMT

@TimmyBGood

Thanks for the gen

I know of another big Indian chanell (ABP News) who pulled themselves out.

Is it possible to find out if and when licence of R Bharat in UK was cancled on occom website ??

There are couple of documents where Ofcom have fined R Bharat in 2019/2020.

Re: Channel 708 not working from 5th May 2021

TimmyBGood — Thu, 06 May 2021 10:33:33 GMT

@Bigal1 wrote:

Is it possible to find out if and when licence of R Bharat in UK was cancled on occom website ??

Channels are more likely to jump before they are pushed, as Fox News did. If the owners consider they are likely to face Ofcom sanctions in the future, they can simply choose to withdraw from the broadcast sector before that happens.

Ofcom publish the results of any investigations on their website, and there's a search tool here:

https://www.ofcom.org.uk/about-ofcom/latest/media/media-releases

Re: Channel 708 not working from 5th May 2021

Bhanu+Chudasama — Sun, 23 May 2021 07:14:27 GMT

Channel 708 was closed on 5 May 2021.

I have right to see any channel I wish to see and if i don't like any channel that doesn't mine that I can complain and stop the channel for others to viewers.

Please put back channel 708 on sky for the viewers who want to view R Bhart news.

regards,

Bhanu.

Re: Channel 708 not working from 5th May 2021

Mark39 — Sun, 23 May 2021 07:22:41 GMT

@Bhanu+Chudasama wrote:

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I have right to see any channel I wish to see..

Actually you don't, if the channel contravenes UK broadcasting standards.

But the point here is that the channel was closed by the channel owner. Nothing to do with Sky.