A parliamentary standing committee on Sunday decided to seek the views of the broadcasting company owners before lending its approval to the government's draft national broadcasting policy.
Committee sources said that they would also examine the policies of international broadcasting companies giving their nod.
They said that the committee on information ministry at a meeting reviewed the draft national broadcasting policy and decided to discuss it again on August 18.
They said that they would also examine broadcasting policies of other countries for the purpose.
They said that the committee decided to have discussions with the owners and top functionaries TV channels and radio stations to seek their views on the issue.
'We have decided to examine the policies followed by the British Broadcasting Corporation, Cable News Network, Aljazeera and some other international broadcasting companies for the purpose,' committee chairman Obaidul Quader told reporters after the meeting.
The committee, he said, would meet the authorities of privately owned TV channels and radio stations to seek their views on the issue.
Besides, he said, the committee would also seek the views of people at different all strata by e-mail.
'We would take all these views into consideration before approving the broadcasting policy,' Quader said.
Source : New Age
