Barely out of the telecast row, the private broadcaster Nimbus
again attracted the ire of Information and Broadcasting Ministry as it issued
another show-cause notice for allegedly showing racist ads during India-West
Indies one-dayers last month. 
"The notice has been issued on Wednesday and they have to reply by Monday,"
a senior ministry official said on Friday, adding that the Ministry had taken
cognizance of the ads on Nimbus Communications' Neo Sports channel much earlier.
The ministry took cognizance of the reports saying the ad campaign, with its
punchline "Its tough being a West Indian in India", had racial overtones
as it showed West Indians in poor light because of their skin colour.
The official said the private broadcaster have to explain it, failing which
the punishment can be anything between an apology to withdrawal of uplinking-downlinking
licence.
Earlier, Nimbus came under fire from the Ministry for not sharing
the live feed of cricket one dayers with Doordarshan and All India
Radio. A settlement has been reached in the court yesterday, as Nimbus was
directed to share live telecast - without seven minutes delay - with Prasar
Bharati-run DD and AIR.
The Ministry had issued a show-cause notice to Nimbus, threatening
to withdraw licence or fine up to Rs one crore, if it failed to remove seven-minutes
delay from the live feed it gives to DD and AIR.
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