British Sikh TV station fined £30,000 for inciting violence Sangat TV, a Birmingham-based satellite TV channel, was handed the penalty by Ofcom after screening a programme that was found to have "seriously" breached the regulator's code, which must be followed by independent broadcasters. Ofcom said Sangat TV, which is owned by a company called Regis 1, broadcast statements in a panel discussion programme which "were an indirect call to members of the Sikh community to take violent action against Lt Gen Brar [and] other members of the Indian armed forces." Regis 1 said their channel was run mostly by volunteers and owned by a charitable trust. Anything more than a token fine would be "crippling," it claimed. However, Ofcom ruled the breach was so serious the operators should be fined £30,000.