MUMBAI: Indians trust the Govt most with their personal data, among all institutions. 69 per cent of Indians polled claim they trust the Union govt with...
MUMBAI: In a bid to ensure that social media is free from harmful content the government is looking at shifting the accountability from users to platforms...
NEW DELHI: A website has been launched by the government to effectively implement the National Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Policy. The official website for the Cell...
MUMBAI: Government authorities in Tamil Nadu are announcing the basic rate of installing a new STB following complaints by subscribers of the state-owned Arasu Cable TV...
NEW DELHI: Private television and FM channels and radio stations have been requested to give adequate attention to the ‘Swachhta ki Seva’ campaign launched by the...
NEW DELHI: The government issued 55 advisories or warnings since 2014 to various channels for violation of the Programme or Advertising Codes, the Parliament has been...
MUMBAI: Advertisements released by ministries/ departments/ offices and enterprises in English/ regional Languages shall be released compulsorily in Hindi. Replying to a question in the Parliament,...
NEW DELHI: A total of 99 proposals including four relating to the information and broadcasting sector for foreign direct investment are pending before various ministries, the...
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...
MUMBAI: The apex court of India has adjourned Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy’s plea on national security that challenged Sun TV being allowed to participate in...
NEW DELHI: Even as corruption complaints against government departments rose by a whopping 67 per cent in 2016 over the previous year, the Government has denied...
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...
MUMBAI: The central government on Saturday told the Supreme Court that NDTV India has not apologised but only sent a note over the alleged violation of...
NEW DELHI: Even as the government said that no definite data was available on losses owing to piracy “if any”, the film industry had said in...
NEW DELHI: Even as the government admits to shortage of staff in the public service broadcaster Prasar Bharati, there is a need to re-assess actual requirement...
MUMBAI: A cumulative provisional Rs 2,002.4 million was earned against the aggregate reserve price of about Rs 9,159.1 million from e-auction of 66 FM channels in...
NEW DELHI: Even as it is still studying the recommendations of the Shyam Benegal Committee on film certification, the Government has justified the U/A certification to...
NEW DELHI: Even as it is still studying the recommendations of the Shyam Benegal Committee on film certification, the Government has justified the U/A certification to...
MUMBAI: It is not going to be easy to gag the freedom of press. NDTV India’s appeal against the one-day ban on its Hindi channel will...
MUMBAI: It is not going to be easy to gag the freedom of press. NDTV India’s appeal against the one-day ban on its Hindi channel will...
NEW DELHI: Although Indian is almost completely banned in Pakistan now courtesy PEMRA, in India, it became a Catch-22: give in or give up. But, ultimately...
NEW DELHI: Although Indian is almost completely banned in Pakistan now courtesy PEMRA, in India, it became a Catch-22: give in or give up. But, ultimately...
NEW DELHI: Even as the Ad cap case is pending before it, the Delhi High Court has issued notice to the Information and Broadcasting Ministry on...
NEW DELHI: Even as the Ad cap case is pending before it, the Delhi High Court has issued notice to the Information and Broadcasting Ministry on...
New Delhi: The Department of Consumer Affairs has entered into partnership with the industry associations ASSOCHAM, CII, DICCI, FICCI and PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry...
New Delhi: The Department of Consumer Affairs has entered into partnership with the industry associations ASSOCHAM, CII, DICCI, FICCI and PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry...
NEW DELHI: The Government has reiterated that there is no proposal under consideration of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry for an independent broadcasting media authority/separate mechanism...
NEW DELHI: The Government has reiterated that there is no proposal under consideration of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry for an independent broadcasting media authority/separate mechanism...
NEW DELHI: Prasar Bharati has denied that any of its All India Radio or Doordarshan channels are non-functional. Parliament was informed by Minister of State for...
NEW DELHI: Prasar Bharati has denied that any of its All India Radio or Doordarshan channels are non-functional. Parliament was informed by Minister of State for...
New Delhi: The Finance Ministry said today that if a content/programme is produced according to the specifications provided by the broadcaster/telecaster and the copyright of the...
New Delhi: The Finance Ministry said today that if a content/programme is produced according to the specifications provided by the broadcaster/telecaster and the copyright of the...
NEW DELHI: The Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry will be moving the Supreme Court to club the various orders in different High Courts, which ordered extension...
NEW DELHI: The government has earmarked a sum of Rs 13.02 crore for completion of Phase III and IV of Digital Addressable System (DAS) for cable...
NEW DELHI: Following protests by votaries of a free social media, the government today withdrew a draft of an encryption policy, thus exempting mass use encryption...
MUMBAI: The Gujarat Cable Operators Association (GCOA) has all the reasons to rejoice. The Gujarat High Court on 30 January had given a final notice to...
New Delhi: The six private direct-to-home operators paid Rs 3.078 billion as licence fee to the government for the year 2011-12, compared to Rs 1.778 billion...
NEW DELHI: The Indian government is getting serious on tracking down illegal transmission of television channels. In an attempt to step up monitoring of the channels...
MUMBAI: Information & Broadcasting minister Manish Tewari Monday said the government has asked the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) to draft rules that would help...
NEW DELHI: The government is in favour of a process that would involve self-regulation and legal controls to check misleading ads. Consumer Affairs Minister K V...
MUMBAI: Ahead of the first anniversary of the Mumbai terror attack, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry has issued an advisory to all television channels urging them...
NEW DELHI: The much delayed Content Code may get a push with the. government slated to hold a meeting with private broadcasters on this next week....
NEW DELHI: The Government is not considering any proposal to permit news broadcasts on private FM Radio channels. This was stated by Information and Broadcasting secretary...
NEW DELHI: Information and Broadcasting Ministry Secretary Sushma Singh said today that while the government did not want to interfere with the freedom of the media,...
NEW DELHI: The month-long ban on the Live India Channel imposed on 20 September for telecast of a fake sting which led to a law and...
NEW DELHI: The government has earned revenue of Rs 11.45 billion from the successful bidding of 280 FM (frequency modulation) channels during the year through ‘One...
NEW DELHI: The Indian government today clarified that it was not working towards a mechanism to give pubcaster Doordarshan the sole rights to sporting events in...
NEW DELHI: With an eye on future media regulations, the government has asked MSOs and cable operators to furnish the details of TV channels they re-transmit...
NEW DELHI: With the government yet to decide on a chief executive for pubcaster Prasar Bharati, an information and broadcasting ministry official is slated to take...
MUMBAI: This year’s International Astronautical Congress event took place from 17-21 October 2005 in Japan. A paper on the service introduction of Arianespace’s Ariane 5 ECA...