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"2 (aa) exhibition by means of video means an exhibition in public on payment for admission of moving pictures or series of pictures by playing or replaying and "a pre-recorded cassette or any other device, by whatever name called by means of a video cassette player or any other apparatus, by whatever name called."

There has been constant and continuous technological advancement from time to time. The means and mode of providing entertainment, exhibiting cinemas had gone to sea change from the date when U.P. Cinemas (Regulation) Act, 1955 was enacted. To cope up with technological advancement and to take cognizance of transmission of encrypted and crypted signals transmitting audio and visual images, amendment was also brought by U.P. Cinema (Regulation) (Amendment) Act, 2009, U.P. Act No. 27 of 2009. The prefatory note of the said amendment provides as follows:

Much emphasis has been laid down on the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Amendment Act, 2011 (U.P. Act No. 21 of 2011). The prefatory note of the amendment Act records the Statement of Objects and Reasons for amendment which are to the following effect:

"Prefatory Note-Statement of Objects and Reasons.- The Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995 was enacted for the purpose of regulating the operations of cable television networks in the country so as to bring uniformity in their operations, avoid undesirable programmes from being made available to viewers as well as to enable the optimal exploitation of the technology which had the potential of making available to the subscribers a vast pool of information and entertainment