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NEW DELHI: The government is in the process of formalising the complaint redressal mechanism whereby viewers and listeners can file complaints against programmes they find offensive...
BENGALURU: India FM Radio company Music Broadcast Limited (MBL) or Radio City reported higher revenue and improved profits for the quarter ended 30 June 2017 (Q1-18,...
NEW DELHI: Action is taken whenever a channel which has been given permission to uplink fails to do so within a year, the Parliament has been...
NEW DELHI: The Government has said there was no plan to set up a one-stop regulatory authority to receive complaints against broadcasting of programmes on private...
NEW DELHI: All satellite television and private FM channels have been asked by the government to give adequate publicity to ‘Mission Indradhanush’ launched to expand immunisation...
MUMBAI: The Indian Government’s priority is to streamline the copyright process and decrease the turnaround time for applications on IPR to less than three months. Star...
NEW DELHI: Action was taken in 18 cases relating to telecast of content of indecency/obscenity/vulgarity in the last three years, the Parliament has been told. This...
NEW DELHI: Entries have been invited by the government for a ‘Short Film Competition on Divyangjan Sashaktikaran-2017’ on issues relating to disability; The competitive festival is...
NEW DELHI: The government today reiterated in the parliament that there is no proposal for any censorship or any rules and norms for private TV channels...
NEW DELHI: All teleports operators have been asked by the ministry of information and broadcasting (MIB) to provide information with regard to the exact location of...
NEW DELHI: Actor-turned politician Smriti Zubin Irani has been given the additional charge of the information and broadcasting ministry following the resignation of M Venkaiah Naidu...
NEW DELHI: Information and broadcasting minister M Venkaiah Naidu has been named as the ruling National Democratic Alliance’s candidate for becoming the vice-president of India. The...
MUMBAI: Pubcaster Prasar Bharati, in an attempt to reach out to people in the “media dark” region, may be distributing for free around a million direct-...
NEW DELHI: With an increase of just one channel in June 2017, the total number of functional private television channels has gone up to 883, though...
NEW DELHI: Former Supreme Court Judge Justice Vikramajit Sen has been appointed the new Chairperson of Broadcasting Content Complaints Council (BCCC), the independent self-regulatory body set...
NEW DELHI: The newly-launched Scheme for IPR Awareness – Creative India; Innovative India aims to conduct over 4000 IPR awareness workshops/seminars in academic institutions (schools and...
NEW DELHI: Nine more agencies have been added to the revised tender for the evaluation of its schemes to be continued beyond the 12th Plan by...
MUMBAI: Significant change is afoot in the Indian music industry. Almost unnoticed, a new organisation has cropped up to licence and collect fees from the various...
NEW DELHI: Information and broadcasting minister M Venkaiah Naidu has urged the regional news framework to focus on local content, development and bottoms-up approach. He said...
NEW DELHI: Minister for Information and Broadcasting M Venkaiah Naidu while cautioning against transmission of unauthorized TV channels in the country said that content generation in...
MUMBAI: Radio City, a part of Music Broadcast Limited (MBL), has emerged as a leader in the ‘India’s Best Companies To Work For – 2017’ study....
MUMBAI: Seventy six per cent of people now listen to FM radio using their mobile phones, AZ research has shown. AZ Research Partners, a market research...
NEW DELHI: A special webpage on the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on the website of the Press Information Bureau was launched by the principal director-general...
NEW DELHI: Senior Indian Administrative Service officer Narendra Kumar Sinha (NK Sinha) (Bihar:1980) has assumed charge as the secretary in the ministry of information & broadcasting...
MUMBAI: Even as the government has been attempting to convince the industry and the average tax-paper that the goods and services tax (GST) being implemented from...
NEW DELHI: All-India Radio continues to be the most authentic source for news not only in India but also for those living outside the country and...
MUMBAI: The Indian government, in a crucial move, has announced that the senior Bihar cadre IAS officer and culture secretary N K Sinha will take over...
NEW DELHI: ‘Full On Nikki’, a unique youth show with special focus on gender issues among young adults and adolescents, has commenced broadcast on Panjab University...
NEW DELHI: Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis has assured the film industry that he will support the demand to lower the GST rate to 18% in...
MUMBAI: 5 June, 2017. That’s the date the Indian government announced that all foreign direct investment (FDI) proposals relating to the print and broadcast sector will...
NEW DELHI: Offers have been invited by the information and broadcasting ministry for the evaluation of its schemes from 11 short-listed agencies which include Chrome and...
BENGALURU: India FM Radio company Music Broadcast Limited (MBL) or Radio City reported higher revenue and improved profits for the year ended 31 March 2017 (FY-17,...
NEW DELHI: India now has a total of 882 functional private television channels (as on 31 May 2017) which is way short of the claim made...
NEW DELHI: A new online ‘broadcastseva’ portal has been launched by the ministry of information and broadcasting (MIB) as part of its initiative to provide a...
MUMBAI: The Indian Government plans to establish a body to regulate the content broadcast on television and radio channels. In the backdrop of escalating concern of...
MUMBAI: The Allahabad High Court has directed the information and broadcasting ministry to probe allegations that the television shows of godman Nirmal Baba were spreading superstition....
NEW DELHI: Intellectual Property Rights regime in India is undergoing a process of re-engineering with the collaboration of government and industry, Department of Industrial Policy and...
NEW DELHI: There is an urgent need to revise the guidelines/Acts/Rules relating to Cinematograph Act 1952 and Cinematograph Certification Rules 1983 in the light of Shyam...
NEW DELHI: Noting that the National Museum of Indian Cinema in Mumbai is expected to be completed by July this year, a Parliament Committee wants the...
NEW DELHI: While noting the ‘slippages which could have been avoided’, a Parliamentary Committee has taking serious note of the continuous reduction in expenditure in the...
NEW DELHI: The Government has rejected a proposal by Limpkin Telecom Private Limited to bring in 100% foreign investment by Jorden Elizabeth, a UK citizen. Following...
NEW DELHI: A Parliamentary Committee has said that it is “unable to comprehend whether the proposal of centralized content monitoring of television and radio is really...
MUMBAI: Big FM has strengthened its core leadership team as it enters a new financial year, triggering a fresh era of growth for the company. Continuing...
NEW DELHI: Two television news channels – ABP News and Times Now – have been asked by the Delhi State Election Commission to explain telecast of...
NEW DELHI: Expressing disappointment that both, All-India Radio and Doordarshan, failed to use the amounts allocated under the budget for 2016-17, a Parliamentary Committee stated: “Concrete...
NEW DELHI: The utilisation of Internal and Extra Budgetary Resources for New Content Development Scheme of Prasar Bharati generated by Prasar Bharati during the entire 12th...
NEW DELHI: Though there is a committed demand from DTH service providers for 68 more satellite transponders, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) hasn’t yet received...
MUMBAI: The Modi government is reportedly planning to launch a digital platform which will report on international news to a global digital audience with an India...
NEW DELHI: The information and broadcasting minister M Venkaiah Naidu has said that cinema is a powerful communicator and influences the behaviour and societal norms and...
NEW DELHI: The Government has once again ruled out any reconstitution of the Inter-Ministerial Committee which examines complaints against television channels. The minister of state for...
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NEW DELHI: Hamdard Laboratories gathered a cross-section of India’s achievers in New Delhi on Friday, handing out the Hakeem Abdul...
MUMBAI: For decades, creative storytelling has been the cornerstone of brand communication. The “big idea” amplified through catchy jingles, striking...
MUMBAI: Zepto has elevated Ahmad Muneeb to vice president – HR centre of excellence, placing him at the helm of...
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