{"id":4250,"date":"2022-10-03T16:55:06","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T16:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/channpardesi.com\/news-websites-tv-channels-told-to-refrain-from-carrying-ads-of-betting-sites\/"},"modified":"2022-10-03T16:55:06","modified_gmt":"2022-10-03T16:55:06","slug":"news-websites-tv-channels-told-to-refrain-from-carrying-ads-of-betting-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/channpardesi.com\/?p=4250","title":{"rendered":"News websites, TV channels told to refrain from carrying ads of betting sites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"arti_content_n\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p class=\"rbig\">The Centre on Monday issued advisories to news websites, OTT platforms and private satellite channels asking them to refrain from carrying advertisements of offshore betting sites.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"imgwidth\" title=\"Ad\" src=\"https:\/\/im.rediff.com\/news\/2018\/feb\/22mobile-advert.gif\" alt=\"Ad\" width=\"1200\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8230;the private satellite television channels are strongly advised to refrain advertisements of online offshore betting platforms and\/or their surrogate news websites or any such product\/service depicting these platforms in a surrogate manner,&#8221; the ministry of information and broadcasting advisory said.<\/p>\n<p>It also warned private satellite television channels of penal action under applicable laws for violation of the advisory.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a separate advisory to publishers of news and current affairs content on digital media and OTT platforms, the ministry issued a similar directive and asked them not to target such advertisements towards the Indian audience.<\/p>\n<p>The ministry said that some online offshore betting platforms have started using news websites as surrogate products to advertise themselves.<\/p>\n<p>It said that in the advertisements of the surrogate news websites operated by the online betting platforms,\u00a0 the logos of the news websites were strikingly similar to the betting platform.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The concerned betting platforms and the corresponding news websites are also not registered with any legal authority under Indian laws,&#8221; the advisory said, adding that the online offshore betting platforms appear to be promoting betting and gambling under the garb of news through surrogate advertising.<\/p>\n<p>The advisory said that the Department of Consumer Affairs has also informed that online betting platforms have been advertising themselves as professional sports blogs and sports news websites.<\/p>\n<p>It has also provided an indicative list of online betting platforms which are using news for surrogate advertising.<\/p>\n<p>The advisory said relevant laws have declared the advertisement of betting platforms an illegal activity and such ads cannot be shown on digital media or TV channels.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n[ad_2]\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rediff.com\/business\/report\/news-websites-tv-channels-told-to-refrain-from-carrying-ads-of-betting-sites\/20221003.htm\">News From This Website <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] The Centre on Monday issued &#8230; 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