MUMBAI: It looks as though Zee, ESPN Star Sports (ESS) and the BCCI will have to wait till next week before they can expect any resolution...
MUMBAI / NEW DELHI: Acting on expected lines, Zee Telefilms Ltd this evening filed an affidavit with the Bombay High Court stating that it has rejected...
BANGALORE: The Karnataka state government formed Pandey Panel has decided to ignore Information and Broadcasting minister’s gentle pressure on Karnataka CM Dharam Singh and decided to...
MUMBAI: Give this round to ESPN-Star Sports. The Bombay High Court, which this morning proposed that the sports broadcaster and Zee Network submit fresh bids to...
NEW DELHI: The ambivalence of the government continues over legislation relating to various broadcast issues. After having professed the need for a broadcast bill, the information...
NEW DELHI: India’s information and broadcasting ministry proposes to set up a committee to look into the regulatory framework for the KU-band DTH sector and possibly...
NEW DELHI: Broadcast and cable regulator Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) today clarified that the cable industry can review the prices to adjust an increase...
BANGALORE: Karnataka government has proposed to the agitating Kannada Film Producers Association (KFPA) and Kannada Film Directors Association (KFDA) to set up a panel including nominees...
MUMBAI: Telecom Regulatory Authority of Indian (Trai), which submitted its draft recommendations on Unified Licensing on 6 August, today justified the inclusion of ‘broadcasting services’ under...
This day, one year back, as per an earlier government notification, was when Indian homes were to experience addressability, aka conditional access system or confusion, anarchy...
NEW DELHI: A fortnight ahead of a crucial hearing in the Supreme Court relating to a cricket telecast row between Doordarshan and Ten Sports, senior executives...
NEW DELHI: Information and broadcasting minister Jaipal Reddy, today, said that the government is studying the issue whether foreign financial institutions’ (FIIs) investments in news ventures...
NEW DELHI: The producers of TV programmes from the Northeast (comprising eight states of the country) have taken up cudgels against alleged malpractices prevailing in India’s...
NEW DELHI: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has released a consultation paper proposing a downward revision of tariff applicable for Domestic Leased Circuits. The Authority...
MUMBAI: “Set up a well defined monitoring system which will keep tabs on the services being provided by companies in the broadcast business.” This was one...
MUMBAI: The Indian Broadcasting Foundation has urged the government to exempt the broadcast industry from service tax as part of its wish list for the forthcoming...
NEW DELHI: Broadcast and cable regulator, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), which is slated to come out with its recommendations on the cable industry...
NEW DELHI: Most of the pay channel operators today, once again, conveyed to broadcast and cable regulator, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), that certain things...
NEW DELHI: A delegation of private FM radio players met information and broadcasting minister Jaipal Reddy, today, to exhort him to expedite work on the recommendations...
NEW DELHI: Is it action time in the media? If the meetings that have been lined up for information and broadcasting minister Jaipal Reddy today are...
NEW DELHI: The telecommunication ministry is working on a plan that would attempt to bring down the entry prices of digital subscriber lines (DSL), used for...
NEW DELHI: The new information and broadcasting secretary Navin Chawla took over formally in his new posting, replacing Pawan Chopra who retired yesterday from government service....
NEW DELHI: The new Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government has started making bureaucratic appointments and information and broadcasting ministry is amongst the first batch of units...
NEW DELHI: Consultation paper on frequency spectrum will be released this week by the Telecom regulatory Authority of India (Trai), while recommendations on cable TV is...
NEW DELHI: After a lot of bickering within the Congress party and its allies, the information and broadcasting ministry portfolio finally went to someone who really...
NEW DELHI: New information and broadcasting minister Jaipal Reddy on his first day at the office tread the usual line: that his endeavour would be to...
Jaipal Reddy’s second inning at the information and broadcasting ministry has one similarity — nothing much has changed since the time he was last here in...
MUMBAI: As predicted by indiantelevision.com, senior Congress leader S. Jaipal Reddy was allotted the information and broadcasting minister’s portfolio late last night. Reddy, who has been...
NEW DELHI: Even as political heat increases in the capital city of India — the natural heat in the third week of May has already touched...
NEW DELHI: A ministerial note being given final touches at the information and broadcasting ministry may bring smiles on the faces of listed media companies running...
MUMBAI: Even as the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) ended its three-city “open forum” swing, today at a sparsely attended session on CAS, two key...
MUMBAI: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) will bring out a separate consultation paper on community radio within the next two weeks. The Trai which...
MUMBAI: Should there be a cap on the permitted number of plans operators offer? What should be the service segments for application of the proposed cap?...
MUMBAI: With the elections driving a stake through the NDA’s heart and taking the Congress off the life support system it had been on for several...
MUMBAI: Did someone say CAS is dead? The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) said today it would submit recommendations on addressability, including price issues, to...
MUMBAI: Reprieve has come hours before the last date for payment of license fees by private FM stations falls due on Friday. The Bombay High Court...
NEW DELHI: The Madras high court has stayed encashment of Suryan FM’s bank guarantee by the government, till a final decision is taken on various issues...
NEW DELHI: The Election Commissions uttering may not be music to the ears of the financially-beleaguered private radio FM companies operating stations in several cities of...
NEW DELHI: Information and broadcasting minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has signed the file on the issue of licensing fees for FM radio operators, referring the matter...
NEW DELHI: The government is keen to encourage community radio and has already opened access to this sector to well established educational institutes, information and broadcasting...
NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party’s candidate from the Chandni Chowk constituency in Delhi, Tulsi Virani aka Smriti Z Iraani may find herself in a tight spot...
NEW DELHI: Even as TV channels have been telecasting exit and other polls, the fate of the whole issue would depend on the stand that is...
MUMBAI:The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India is now mulling if it should make it mandatory for broadcasters to have open access of their contents on non-discriminatory...
MUMBAI: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India today released another consultation paper on the broadcasting and distribution of TV channels, following talks with various stakeholders in...
NEW DELHI: Broadcast and cable regulator, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), has issued a consultation paper on the second round of opening of the FM...
NEW DELHI: The Information and Broadcasting (I&B) ministry secretary has opposed an interim recommendation by the broadcast and cable regulator to give some respite to the...
NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court today left the vexed issue of conditional access system (CAS) to the broadcast and cable regulator, the Telecom Regulatory Authority...
NEW DELHI: The Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) has directed Star India not to switch off its channel feed to Panchsheel Communication Network Pvt....
NEW DELHI: The Indian government is contemplating contensting the Andhra Pradesh high court order quashing a ban on political advertisements on the electronic medium. Reason: to...
NEW DELHI: The Indian government is planning to bring in a legislation that would make it mandatory for all channels, foreign or domestic, being downlinked in...