Pemra has advised all the landing rights permission holders to apply for renewal of their permission strictly in accordance with the Pemra laws and rules.
Pertinently, Pemra issues landing rights permissions to off-shore satellite TV channels for a period of five years, resultantly all the permission holders are obliged to apply afresh for renewal of their permission at least six months before expiry of the same under rule 12 (1) of Pemra Rules. Subsequently, the authority processes the renewal application as per eligibility criteria and subject to fulfilment of legal requirements as well as payment of relevant fees, etc. The authority renews the licence for a similar term.
Relevantly, it is also pointed out that some landing rights permission holders including Geo Super (28.2.2011), AXN (16.5.2011), Discovery (24.5.2011), Animal Planet (24.5.2011) and Ujala TV (19.8.2011) have not applied for renewal of their permissions despite the fact that their permissions are expiring on the dates mentioned above. During routine enforcement activities Pemra has seized three illegal FM Radios in Swabi.-PR