NEW DELHI: The News Broadcasters Association (NBA) has opined that news channels should not show more than eight minutes of entertainment clips from general entertainment channel in a whole day.

This follows general complaints that news channels show more of entertainment than hard news. Some general entertainment channels have also raised objections in this regard
It is understood that the NBA has sought the opinion of members on this issue.

Several news channels not only beam clips from music, comedy and other reality shows from different general entertainment channels, but also show clips from popular series.