Media and Advertising
Mandviwalla & Zafar has acted for leading broadcasting companies and satellite operators, advising on the regulatory framework for establishing television channels and preparing the agreements and working papers for satellite channels and distribution platforms. We are well versed in media disputes — complaints, defamation and disputes with regulators — and have appeared in landmark media-sector proceedings before the Supreme Court.
Representative matters
- Pakistan Broadcasters Association — represented before the Supreme Court in media-sector suo motu proceedings.
- Star TV — dispute with the Pakistan Telecom Corporation.
- Pakistan Television (PTV) — proceedings against mobile-telecom operators.
- Television audience measurement — acted for a TAM company in Supreme Court proceedings on regulation of the industry.
- Outdoor advertising — appeared in the Supreme Court suo motu proceedings on the removal of billboards.
- Film & television — challenges to the screening of the film “Jinnah” and of Indian films, and producer and TV-channel arbitrations.
