MediaOne TV is an Indian Malayalam-language television channel operated by Madhyamam Broadcasting Limited.[1][2][3] The channel was licensed in September 2011 and was officially launched on 10 February 2013.[4][5] The main studio is located at Velliparamba, Kozhikode, Kerala.
Broadcasting of the channel was halted by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) in February 2022 after MediaOne's license to distribute the channel was revoked claiming national security issues.[6] Some criticized the ban, which was upheld by a division bench of the Kerala High Court,[7] as being based on undisclosed sealed information. Even though it did not broadcast to television providers,[8] MediaOne continued to distribute its programming online and via social media. On 15 March 2022, the Supreme Court of India issued an interim order staying the ban on MediaOne and allowing it to resume broadcast operations,[9] followed by a judgement in April 2023 that permanently set aside the I&B order.[10][11]
^MADHYAMAM BROADCASTING LIMITED MEDIA ONE HEADQUARTERS v. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS, 18 LiveLaw 1, p.1 (HIGH COURT OF KERALA, India 8th day of February 2022) ("W.P.(C) No.3265/2022 has been filed by a Company that owns Media One TV Channel. The petitioner- Company seeks to call for the records leading to Ext.P4 order whereby the permission granted to the petitioner- Company to uplink and downlink a News and Current Affairs TV Channel, namely Media One, is revoked with immediate effect. The petitioner seeks to direct respondents 1 and 2 to afford an opportunity of hearing to the petitioner before passing an order revoking the permission.").
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