NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court has adjourned till Tuesday, 13 September, the hearing of the Zee Telefilms versus Indian cricket board case in regards to...
NEW DELHI: A section of the government today ruled out dismantling of the autonomous Prasar Bharati as has been demanded by the organisation’s employees’ union. ...
MUMBAI: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has issued a consultation paper to deliberate on various issues relating to transition from IPv4 to IPv6. This...
MUMBAI: Following an interim order by the Telecom Disputes Settlement Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT), Star India has switched on the services of its bouquet of channels to...
NEW DELHI: Delhi High Court today refused to pass any interim order in a case filed by Zee Telefilms against the Indian cricket board. The case,...
In the subcontinent, government controlled media has more often than not faced accusations of biased coverage. And in this regard, Pakistan’s state media must certainly classify...
MUMBAI: Toronto-headquartered Asian Television Network International Limited (ATN) has received regulatory approval to add Sony Entertainment Television Asia (SET Asia), to the list of eligible satellite...
BANGALORE / MUMBAI: A face-off over declarations that threatened to deny a section of Bangalore viewers access to the ongoing tri-nation cricket series in Sri Lanka...
NEW DELHI: The Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) now has its own website. The site was launched by information and broadcasting minister Jaipal Reddy on Wednesday....
MUMBAI: Earlier this week, Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) deferred yet again a case relating to interconnection agreements between a DTH service and a...
MUMBAI: The information and broadcasting ministry will be organising a workshop to discuss issues related to certification. The one-day workshop will be inaugurated tomorrow (5 July)...
NEW DELHI: Information and broadcasting ministry today indicated further dilution in the ban on smoking scenes in films and TV serials by stating that “aesthetics” cannot...
Entering July and the private FM radio players finally have more than a sob story to recount to the world. The government today set in motion...
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday gave another jolt to Zee Telefilms and dismissed its petition challenging a Madras High Court order upholding the cricket...
MUMBAI / NEWDELHI: The government today said it has circulated a draft downlinking and uplink policy for feedback. This is an attempt to put a regulatory...
On 17 May, a Tuesday, even as the new information and broadcasting ministry secretary SK Arora, after taking over from his predecessor Navin Chawla, was telling...
MUMBAI: Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) is organising a series of spectrum-related events in June to generate new synergies between spectrum regulators and broadcasters in the...
BANGALORE: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) conducted an open house on 24 May in Bangalore to discuss its consultation paper on interconnection usage charge...
NEW DELHI: Telecom regulator today recommended that spectrum fee paid by service providers to the government be lowered to four per cent (of the revenue) and...
MUMBAI: Now you see them now you don’t. The game of hide and seek that has been going on the last few years between adult channels...
MUMBAI: The days of cell phone companies foisting value added services “surreptitiously” on consumers could soon be over. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) today...
MUMBAI: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has decided to retain the previous ceiling tariff for 64 Kbps domestic leased circuits, provided through Managed Leased Line...
MUMBAI: Some good news for the private FM radio players as Telecom Dispute Settlement Appellate Tribunal (Tdsat) has directed the government to firm up its views...
NEW DELHI: Walt Disney CEO Michael Eisner, who is in India on an official visit, on Tuesday, met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Eisner and his colleagues...
NEW DELHI: No more fun times with Kingfisher. McDowell soda water will remain uncorked and Cavender’s adventure gear will have to take a backseat, as the...
NEW DELHI: Aimed at liberalising the regime, information and broadcasting ministry has cleared 20 per cent FDI for the private FM radio sector, but stuck to...
MUMBAI: The ministry of company affairs has not come out openly in support of the information and broadcasting ministry’s contentions on Space TV. Preferring to lob...
NEW DELHI: The Department of Company Affairs (DCA) willing, Space TV may finally see some light at the end of the long bureaucratic tunnel. The information...
NEW DELHI: Broadcast regulator Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has extended till 15 April, the deadline for sending in feedback to a consultation paper on...
MUMBAI: This is considered by some industry observers to be a historic occassion for the global media and entertainment industry. The US Supreme Court is hearing...
NEW DELHI: The government today exhorted the telecom equipment manufacturers to ramp up their capacities to meet the burgeoning demands of the country’s telecom industry. ...
NEW DELHI: Affordability. Connectivity. High Speeds. Value. Four things that the impending broadband revolution in India needs to focus on to become a reality. Chaired by...
NEW DELHI: If any media czar could whip up the appetite of the media, it certainly is Rupert Murdoch, chairman of News Corporation, the fifth largest...
NEW DELHI: The government today said that it was not opposed to foreign direct investment (FDI) in the media, including print and electronic. Speaking at a...
MUMBAI: The CII-KPGM report has identified ten action points for the entertainment industry and the government. The aim is to drive home the point that growth...
MUMBAI: Big Brother will soon be watching. All that goes on in TV that is. Speaking in Parliament today, information and broadcasting minister Jaipal Reddy said...
NEW DELHI: On a day when the information and broadcasting minister was dwelling on the need to set up a regulatory body for the broadcast sector...
NEW DELHI: Broadcast regulator Telecom Authority of India (Trai) has said that details of commercial dealings filed with it could be kept confidential, but a service...
NEW DELHI: The government has come under pressure on the issue of FM radio policy with a telecom and broadcast tribunal, TDSAT, asking it to come...
NEW DELHI: The government today indicated that it is open to a revenue sharing model to help migrate the existing FM players into a new regime....
NEW DELHI: The policy changes are yet to be effected, but the government today informed the Parliament that 70 new FM radio stations are proposed to...
MUMBAI: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has reduced the international bandwidth prices by up to 70 per cent. Following this, tariffs for ISD, Internet and...
MUMBAI: Finally in sight, it seems, at least for Space TV, the Tata Sons and Star group, 80:20 joint venture for a DTH service in India....
NEW DELHI: Broadcast and telecom regulator Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has increased the transition period to 120 days for interconnection regulation to come into...
NEW DELHI: Contrary to expectations, the government has marginally increased its financial support to Prasar Bharati (translated in English as the Broadcasting Corporation of India), which...
BANGALORE: A division bench of the Karnataka HC comprising of justices A M Farooq and B S Patil adjourned contempt proceedings against Sun Network’s Kannada channel...
NEW DELHI: The cricket saga lurches on from one twist to another. Even as the Madras High Court today said it would deliver tomorrow interim orders...
BANGALORE: After Kerala government deciding to resume the state-run lottery, a division bench of the Kerala High Court comprising of chief justice B Subhahshan Reddy and...
MUMBAI: Sony Discovery has filed a petition in the Delhi High Court challenging the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (Trai) jurisdiction over contractual matters. This follows...
DELHI: An inter-ministerial meeting today discussed technical issues relating to Ku-band transmission. During the time of filing this report, though much of details were not available...