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  • Doordarshan to re-telecast ‘Ehsaas-e-Kashmir’

    Doordarshan to re-telecast ‘Ehsaas-e-Kashmir’

    NEW DELHI: Re-visit the experience of Ehsaas-e-Kashmir with Doordarshan set to re-telecast the show that featured eminent violinist Zubin Mehta and was held in Shalimar Bagh in Srinagar last month.The telecast will be at 9.30 pm on DD National on 20 October.

    The concert also featured India’s Abhay Rustom Sopori, son of santoor maestro Bhajan Sopori who blended with the Bavarian State Orchestra in a mesmerising performance.

    The 90-minute concert hosted by actor Gul Panag was held on 7 September, a day after Mehta received the Tagore Cultural Harmony Award in New Delhi.

    Mehta had said that the aim was to spread the message of peace. “I didn’t choose Kashmir, it chose me,” Mehta said.

  • Election Commission to allot time to five state assemblies for poll broadcast on DD, AIR

    Election Commission to allot time to five state assemblies for poll broadcast on DD, AIR

    NEW DELHI: All India Radio and Doordarshan, which provides a platform to political parties for their poll broadcasts before election, will also organise panel discussions or debates at the Kendras/Stations for the forthcoming elections, for the state assemblies of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Mizoram and the National Capital Territory of Delhi.

     

    The eligible party can nominate one representative for this programme, but only the Election Commission of India will approve the names of coordinators for the panel discussion and debates in consultation with the Prasar Bharati Corporation.

     

    The Commission, in the previous years, has worked out a schedule to provide different time slots for poll broadcasts to different parties.

     

    Only the ‘national parties’ and ‘recognised state parties’ will be eligible to avail the facility of the broadcast and telecast time.

     

    A base time of 45 minutes will be given to each party uniformly on the Regional Kendras  of  Doordarshan network and All India Radio network in the States/UT of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Mizoram and NCT of Delhi. The additional time to be allotted to the parties has been decided on the basis of the poll performance of the parties in the last assembly election. The facilities will be available at the Regional Kendra of the All India Radio and Doordarshan in the states and then will be relayed by other stations within the states.

     

    In a single session of broadcast, no party will be allotted more than 15 minutes.

     

    The period of broadcast and telecast will be between the last days of filing the nominations and will end two days prior to the date of the poll. However, there will be no telecast or broadcast during the 48 hours before the polls close, as per specific provisions of the Representation of People Act, 1951.

     

    Prasar Bharati, in consultation with the Commission, will decide the actual date and time for broadcast and telecast. This will be subject to the broad technical constraints governing the actual time of transmission available with the Doordarshan and All India Radio.

     

    The guidelines prescribed by the Commission for telecast and broadcast will be strictly followed. The parties will be required to submit transcripts and recording in advance. The parties can get this recorded at their own cost in studios that meets the technical standards prescribed by Prasar Bharati, or at the Doordarshan/All India Radio Kendras.

     

    Alternatively, they can have these recorded in the studios of Doordarshan and All India Radio by advance requests. In such cases, the recordings may be done at the State Capital and at timings indicated by Doordarshan/All India Radio.

     

    Time Vouchers will be available in the denomination of five minutes with one voucher having time allotment from one to four minutes. The parties will be free to combine them suitably.

     

    Introduced for the first time for the Lok Sabha elections in 1998, the scheme of free broadcasts was extended by the Commission to the State Assemblies held after 1998 and General Elections to the Lok Sabha in 1999, 2004 and 2009.

     

    With the amendments in the Representation of People Act 1951, “Election and Other Related Laws (Amendment) Act, 2003”, and the rules notified in that, equitable time sharing for campaigning by recognised political parties on electronic media now has statutory basis.

     

    In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (a) of the Explanation below section 39A of the Representation of People Act, 1951, the Central Government has notified all such broadcasting media that are owned or controlled or financed wholly or substantially by funds provided to them by the Central Government, as the electronic media for the purposes of that section. Therefore, the Commission has decided to extend the said scheme of equitable time sharing on electronic media through Prasar Bharati Corporation to the ensuing General Elections to the State Legislative Assemblies.

  • DD Bangla, among other Bengali channels to live telecast Durga immersions

    DD Bangla, among other Bengali channels to live telecast Durga immersions

    KOLKATA: India’s national broadcaster, Doordarshan is likely to live telecast Durga Visarjan (immersion of Goddess Durga) on DD Bangla from 6:15 pm today.

     

    While other regional Bengali channels like 24 Ghanta, Akash Bangla, Star Ananda, Tara News, ETV Bangla, Channel 10, Ne Bangla and Kolkata TV among various other channels apart from covering news will live telecast the Durga Visarjan from Kolkata and other parts of West Bengal from noon till late evening.

     

    Biswa Majumdar, editor-in-chief, Northeast Bangla (Ne Bangla), a Bengali language 24×7 news channel, said: “We will show live Visarjans from noon till late evening. Most of the channels would be busy in covering the immersion as most of the idols will be immersed today as tomorrow is Eid.”

     

    Covering teary eyed devotees bidding an emotional farewell as idols of goddess Durga and her four children – Lakshmi, Saraswati, Ganesha and Kartik – be to immersed in ponds, lakes and rivers of West Bengal is a touching experience, said a cameraman.

     

    We will invite singers in our studios. We will also go to some celebrity puja and be a part of their home experience, said another reporter.

     

    Married women would be decked in the ritualistic red-and-white sarees marking the event with the customary “Sindoor Khela” or smearing each other and the idols with red vermillion to prepare the goddess and her clan for their long journey home, as dhaaks (traditional drums) plays in the background.

     

    There will be festive look on the banks of the Ganges and other water bodies, with spirited chants of “Bolo Durga Mai Ki Jai” adding to the fervour.

  • Doordarshan to telecast RBIQ this year

    Doordarshan to telecast RBIQ this year

    MUMBAI: A partnership between RBI and Doordarshan led to the production of the second edition of the quiz conducted by RBI called RBIQ. The quiz that was conducted across 4,000 schools in 42 cities saw the finals being held at the Doordarshan studio in Mumbai, the production for which was done by DD on 2 October. It has recently revamped its whole studio by making it HD friendly.

     

    The inter-school quiz was started last year to impart financial literacy to the country’s students. RBI governor Raghuram Rajan was present for the finale that saw the students of Maharshi Vidyamandir Public School of Guwahati take home the trophy. Questions asked were from the fields of banking, finance and general knowledge.

     

    The show will be telecast on DD in the coming few weeks, the date is not yet finalised. Last year, it was telecast on Zee Business. The number of students participating this year was up by 1,000.

  • TRAI issues DTH licensing consultation paper; Dish TV given extension

    TRAI issues DTH licensing consultation paper; Dish TV given extension

    NEW DELHI : Currently, India has six pay DTH operators, apart from the free-to-air DD Direct Plus operated by Doordarshan. Dish TV, was the first DTH licencee which got the wireless operating licence (WOL) for starting its DTH services on 1 October 2003. The other five DTH operators got the WOLs during 2006 to 2008. Dish TV’s licence was due to expire on 30 September 2013. The DTH Guidelines are silent on the course of action to be adopted after expiry of the 10 year licence period.

     

    As the time left before the due date of expiry of the licence period for the first licencee (Dish TV) was ‘simply not sufficient for TRAI to follow the due consultation process,’ it suggested some interim measures on 11 September to the Minister for the protection of the interests of consumers and keeping in view the large subscriber base of the said licencee.

     

    It was suggested that, in the interim, the Ministry may consider allowing Dish TV to continue its operations/services on the existing terms and conditions subject to Dish TV renewing the existing bank guarantee and a suitable undertaking that once the final policy in this regard is laid down by the government, the said DTH operator will comply with that policy for the interim period also. Any financial obligations arising from the change in policy shall also be honoured.

     

    The existing DTH Guidelines provide for the issue of a licence for 10 years. They do not explicitly provide for an extension or a renewal, implying that at the end of the 10-year period of validity, the licence expires.

     

    TRAI has noted that ‘starting a DTH business entails a huge investment of resources. It would, therefore, be a reasonable expectation on the part of DTH licencees that, on the expiry of the initial 10 year licence, they would be eligible to apply for issue of a new licence so that they can continue their business.’

     

    DTH broadcasting services were opened up in the country in 2001. On 15 March 2001, the government issued the ‘Guidelines for obtaining licence for providing Direct-to-Home (DTH) broadcasting service in India’ (hereinafter referred to as ‘DTH Guidelines’). These guidelines prescribe the eligibility criteria, the procedure for obtaining the licence to set up and operate DTH services in India, and the basic terms and conditions/obligations reposed in the operators.

     

    After a company applies for a licence, the Ministry obtains the security clearance from the Home Ministry and clearance for usage of satellite from the Department of Space. Once the clearances are obtained, the player is asked to pay the entry fee of Rs 10 crore. On payment of the entry fee, the Ministry communicates its intent to the applicant to issue a licence, after which it needs to approach the Wireless Planning and Coordination (WPC) for Standing Advisory Committee for Frequency Allocation (SACFA) clearance. Once the SACFA clearance is obtained, the company has to give a bank guarantee of Rs 40 crore and sign the licence agreement with the Ministry.

     

    After this, the company has to apply to WPC for obtaining the WOL. The duration of the DTH licence is 10 years from the date of issue of the WOL. Licences to establish, maintain and operate the DTH platform are granted under Section 4 of the Indian Telegraph Act 1885, and the Indian Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1933.

  • Tewari launches Bharat Nirman portal, AIR News on SMS Service

    Tewari launches Bharat Nirman portal, AIR News on SMS Service

    NEW DELHI: A total of 69,491 video spots were released to cable and satellite television channels for the first and second phases of the Bharat Nirman Campaign, including 3,660 spots to Doordarshan.

    Radio aired a total of 107,532 spots including 12,600 by All India Radio across 92 stations and 94,932 spots across 216 private FM stations. This was apart from 6,048 spots aired on 36 community radio stations.

    These figures were revealed by Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari at the launch of the online portal for the Bharat Nirman Campaign which provides an interactive digital platform for the creative campaign on various schemes and programmes of the campaign.

    The Minister also launched All India Radio`s free News SMS service. The service provides AIR news headlines free of cost to its subscribers on mobile telephones. There are two or three headlines in each SMS, which also carried a public service information message.

    The event was attended among others by I&B Secretary Bimal Julka, DAVP Director General G Mohanty, Prasar Bharati CEO Jawhar Sircar, Director General (Media and Communications) Neelam Kapoor, and All India Radio Director General L D Mandloi.

    AIR News Services Division Director General Archana Datta said there will be three updates everyday. She clarified this would not replace the news on phone which people would continue to get.

    People willing to subscribe to the service can SMS “AIRNEWS <space> their name” to 08082080820. They can also give a missed call to 08082080820 to subscribe to the service. So far 200,000 people have subscribed to the service.

    Anurag Srivastava, Joint Secretary in charge of New Media said the digital platform is both in English and Hindi with creatives in 11 regional languages. The portal enables the user to get information about the Bharat Nirman and the Flagship schemes at a single place. There were six tabs on the home page on certain schemes like Aadhar card, Food Security, Real Estate, Street Vendors, Direct Benefit Transfer, and land acquisition.

    It also has live integration with social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. The portal has apps for mobiles and tablets to provide easy reading. The website is available at www.bharat-nirman.in.

    The first phase of Bharat Nirman was launched in May and the second phase in August. The 360 degree communication approach used all formats of media such a TV, radio, print, outdoor publicity and special outreach programmes.

    A total of 9.7 lakh spots were screened in the two phases over 8,231 empanelled digital screens in theatres.

    A total of 27,870 advertorials were carried across about 1,450 newspapers including 9,000 strip ads.

    Outdoor displays for the Bharat Nirman in the two phases were put up at 7,715 sites.

    The multi media campaign was supported by a strong media outreach programme through eight Public Information Campaigns (PICs) in rural areas conducted by the Press Information Bureau (PIB) with support from the Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity (DAVP), the Directorate of Field Publicity (DFP) and the Song and Drama Division. So far, four PICs have been supported by the ‘Jamunia’ Sound and Light Show.

    The Song and Drama Division is also developing a new production taking forward the theme of ‘Priya Power’ which is scheduled to be launched in mid-September at the Red Fort grounds, New Delhi.

    In addition, Prasar Bharati conceptualised different programmes such as serials, interviews of eminent personalities and success stories/achievements of flagship schemes. Doordarshan has been airing a serial named Poorva Suhani Aaye Re every Wednesday and Thursday at 10.00 pm and All India Radio has come up with a serial named “Priya”.

    The Minister said a scientific approach has been undertaken to monitor and evaluate the Bharat Nirman Media Campaign.

    Later asked about the Indian Shining campaign of the previous government, he said the Bharat Nirman campaign was not linked to elections as it had commenced as early as 2007. India Shining on the other hand was a shoddy attempt on the eve of the polls, he said.

    He said that while new media was a highly empowering tool, it had to be ensured that it was developed with certain responsibility.

    He said the Press Council of India had been asked to go into measures that can be taken to ensure the safety of mediapersons.

  • DD telecasts live launch of India’s maritime communications satellite GSAT-7

    DD telecasts live launch of India’s maritime communications satellite GSAT-7

    NEW DELHI: Doordarshan telecasts the launch of GSAT-7 maritime Communications Satellite live from Kourou in French Guyana.

    The live telecast on the national channel was from 02:00 am till the end today. A recording of the launch will be repeated from 10.00 am.

    The launch from the European space consortium, Arianespace will be India’s 71st satellite developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) since 1975.

  • Afghanistan to have 24-hour TV news channel with Indian expertise from Prasar Bharati

    Afghanistan to have 24-hour TV news channel with Indian expertise from Prasar Bharati

    NEW DELHI: Afganistan will have a news channel run by the public service Radio and Television Afghanistan (RTA) in the next three months which is expected to get technical help from Prasar Bharati.

     

    RTA today signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Prasar Bharati which will enable the two public service broadcasters to exchange programmes and India will extend help to Afghanistan in infrastructure. The MoU was signed by RTA director general Zarin Anzor and his counterpart in Prasar Bharati, Jawhar Sircar. Abdul Rahman Panjshiri, head of international relations in Afghanistan, was also present, apart from All India Radio Director General L D Mandloi and other officials.

     

    The news channel will initially telecast news for six hours but will gradually become 24×7 channel.

     

    Afghanistan will send ten journalists and editors to India for training with the public service broadcaster to upgrade their talent pool, particularly, for their proposed News channel.

     

    An MoU was signed by him and CEO, Prasar Bharati on 27 to further strengthen bilateral cooperation between the two countries in the field of broadcasting.

     

    As part of its programme of development and reconstruction of war-ravaged Afghanistan, the government has already been providing assistance in the field of Broadcasting and Telecommunication and implemented several projects in various parts of Afghanistan. Sircar said that Prasar Bharati has been helping Afghanistan earlier on an ad hoc basis, but this agreement formalized the framework.

     

    A number of transmission towers and television studios with modern equipment have been provided.

     

    RTA has a network of 24 TV transmitters with downlink facilities at various parts, one 100 KW Short Wave transmitter with seven antennas catering service to its neighbouring countries and one Uplink Earth station in Kabul providing connectivity.

     

    The Afghan delegation requested Prasar Bharati and the Broadcast Engineering Consultants (India) Ltd. (BECIL) to help in repair and maintenance of the existing transmission facilities such as Uplink, Short Wave transmitter, and TV network.

     

    As there are lot of similarities in Indian and Afghan culture, RTA is very keen to have Indian programmes related to serials, documentaries, scientific programmes, films, etc.

     

    Doordarshan has already agreed to send two senior TV producers to RTA to help improving the quality and bring creativeness and innovations in their home productions. Prasar Bharati has accepted the requests from RTA and has assured it all possible help in achieving their goals.

     

    Addressing mediapersons, Anzor said the Afghans are very fond of Indian films and understand Hindi and Urdu. However, he agreed that its radio wing could take programmes in Dari and Pushtu languages from the External Services of All India Radio.

     

    Sircar said that the exchange of programmes would be on a ‘gratis basis’ and India will bear the costs. There were possibilities of production as well, he added.

     

    Panjshiri said short wave signals were not dissipated, and so AIR should be able to provide signals in medium wave or FM as Voice of America was doing. He said that Afghanistan would also like to learn from the Indian experience in Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM).

     

    He said Afghanistan today had forty TV channels, four FM channels, and eight AM transmitters – in the private and public sector. There are five private news agencies apart from one run by the government.

     

    Anzor admitted that there had been lack of communication, when it was pointed out to him that Afghanistan could pick up the streaming of AIR bulletins from its website and broadcast this in that country.

  • Kitaabnaama: Books and Beyond to be telecast on DD from Sunday

    Kitaabnaama: Books and Beyond to be telecast on DD from Sunday

    NEW DELHI: A unique book show Kitaabnama: Books and Beyond is being launched on Doordarshan from 25 August.

     

    The programme will be telecast weekly on Sundays at 8:00 pm on DD Bharati and on Saturdays at 6:00 pm on DD National.

     

    The evocative title song has been penned and put to music by famed lyricist and screenwriter Prasoon Joshi.

     

    Addressing literary issues of contemporary interest through dialogue and conversation, Kitaabnama shall feature books, readings and encounters with writers from the spheres of Hindi, English and various Indian languages, as well as guest appearances from international names and voices.

     

    Conceived by writer and literary activist Namita Gokhale, the programme will have a participatory and inclusive format and showcase the multilingual diversity of Indian literature.

     

    Kitaabnama: Books and Beyond is an unfolding kaleidoscope of books, authors and readings, says Gokhale.

     

    The episodes feature a diverse range of celebrated names including Ashok Vajpeyi, Amish Tripathi, Geetanjalishree, Mahesh Dattani, Mahmood Farooqui, Uday Prakash, Urvashi Butalia, Advaita Kala and Lord Meghnad Desai.

  • Doordarshan, MTV to telecast Coke Studio Season 3

    Doordarshan, MTV to telecast Coke Studio Season 3

    NEW DELHI: Doordarshan is to telecast eight episodes of Coke Studio Season 3 from this weekend on its national channel.

     

    The telecast of the first episode on Doordarshan will be on 18 August from 9.00 pm to 10.00 pm. Coke Studio is being shared by MTV, where it will be aired one day earlier from this evening.

     

    As a concept, Coke Studio is a confluence of diverse music genres, both vocal and instrumental, from traditional eastern to modern western and from regional to folk. It embodies a musical fusion of exciting elements and diverse influences. Bringing alive the magic of live recordings and performances.

     

    Coke Studio will focus on showcasing diversity and innovation through eight unique episodes, with different producers and incredible musicians.

     

    The season will among others feature Amit Trivedi, Clinton Cerejo, Hitesh Sonik and Papon, Ram Sampat, Salim- Sulaiman, Aman- Ayan and Devika, RDB, GV Prakash, Vijay Prakash, Maati Bani, and the legendary A R Rahman.

     

    Coke Studio promises to bring alive a magical experience for the music lovers by dwelling on “PURE” Innovation to offer a musical concoction.

     

    The new season was launched by Sukhwinder Singh, lyricist Prasoon Joshi, Papon, Salim-Sulaiman, AR Rahman, Clinton Cerejo, Hishesh Soni, and Bollywood actors Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan and Sidhartha Malhotra.

     

    Rahman unveiled his Song “Zariya”, a Coke Studio anthem, which will be available on Coke Studio’s website. A song from this season, “Bismillah” also became available on the website on the occasion of Eid. The song has been composed by Salim-Sulaiman.

     

    “Jagaao Mere Des” by Rahman and written by Prasoon Joshi, went live on Independence Day.