In 2007, FTV was suspended from broadcasting in India for two months for showing scantily-clad models on its show
Midnight Hot. The channel was suspended again in 2010 for 10 days for airing a show containing topless models associated with the Bella Club TV show. FTV is currently available on
Airtel digital TV and through some of the local Cable TV service providers. FTV India, owned by Modi Entertainment Networks (MEN) - a joint venture between
Lalit Modi and
Walt Disney, had signed an agreement with Programmgesellschaft mbH, the parent company of the FTV brand in August 2001 for broadcast rights in India for franchising FTV Bars, the channel's owned nightclubs. FTV India was to pay a minimum annual guarantee of $720,000 per annum and the channel would only be available on
pay television to Indian viewers. However, in 2003, FTV India went
free-to-air, triggering the dispute over revenue sharing and outstanding payments. On 24 May 2011, the
Delhi High Court restrained FTV from terminating the agreement. This injunction was later removed by an arbitral tribunal. On 4 January 2012, the case was heard by the
Supreme Court of India. The channel was banned in 2007 in
Bhutan, which was described by local academic Karma Ura of the
Center of Bhutan Studios as being the antithesis of Buddhism. == Israel ==