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MUMBAI: Keeping in mind the public interest and interest of national security, the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting had directed all the news and current affairs...
‘The no-confidence motion against the UPA government last month gave Lok Sabha TV’s ratings the much required boost as well as an opportunity to rake in...
NEW DELHI: Introducing a Bill making it mandatory for private broadcasters to share the feed of live telecast of sports events with Prasar Bharati, Information and...
NEW DELHI: Renowned Kannada actor-turned-politician MH Ambareesh has quit as the minister of state for information and broadcasting and also his seat in the Lok Sabha...
MUMBAI: Doordarshan had recently launched an exclusive Urdu channel which contains programmes relating to culture, heritage, literature, entertainment, information and education etc. As on date the...
MUMBAI: Doordarshan telecasts 30-minute programmes on agriculture six days a week from Monday to Saturday at 6:30 am, Prasar Bharati has said. Additionally in 18 States,...
MUMBAI: The Government has proposed to computerise Akashvani Kendras for providing better services. For computerisation of AIR stations/offices there are two schemes under 10 Plan namely...
NEW DELHI: The Indian government today clarified that no channel has been banned, especially Arab TV channels. Disappearance of Arab TV channels from Indian cable networks...
MUMBAI: The Central Government has taken the following initiatives for facilitating the growth of film sector, as announced by the minister of Information & Broadcasting and...
MUMBAI: Prasar Bharati is strengthening its manpower for news coverage in All India Radio (AIR) and Doordarshan. Responding to a written query on the subject, minister...
NEW DELHI: The Indian government has so far permitted 71 companies to uplink 179 private satellite TV channels from India, Information and Broadcasting minister Priya Ranjan...
NEW DELHI / MUMBAI: India’s finance minister P Chidambaram, while presenting the 2006 Union Budget, hailed by experts as a “fine” one, today preferred to ignore...
NEW DELHI: The government is examining the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) recommendations for a national plan for digitalisation of cable television. Informing fellow parliamentarians,...
MUMBAI: The Union government is examining the recommendations of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on digitalisation of cable television, the Lok Sabha was informed on...
NEW DELHI: After having played the third umpire in the cricket telecast issue vis-?-vis Indian pubcaster, the government is now stirring up the ratings issue by...
MUMBAI: National broadcaster Doordarshan may continue to drain the public exchequer but the launch of new channels “in the public interest” continues unabated. Speaker Somnath Chatterjees...
NEW DELHI: Kotak Mahindra subsidiary Business Standard Ltd., running the Business Standard financial daily, has applied to the government seeking clearance for foreign investment and the...
NEW DELHI: The government is no hurry to take a final decision on broadcast and cable regulators recommendations on conditional access, distribution of channels and a...
MUMBAI: While the general Lok Sabha elections exit polls proved disastrous for all news channels, the Maharastra assembly elections have seen a definite improvement on the...
NEW DELHI: Prasar Bharati, managing Doordarshan and All India Radio, may be making a hue and cry about the high cost of acquiring sporting events for...
NEW DELHI: The countrys first private regional language channel in non-southern states of India, Alpha Marathi, turns five on 15 August and wants to celebrate in...
MUMBAI: Popular TV serial actor Smriti Z Iraani aka Tulsi of Balaji Telefilms’ flagship show Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi will be the BJP candidate...
NEW DELHI: It was inevitable. Call it over-confidence or a comedy serial or a smart move, but cable operators attempting to turn politicians had to happen.Fazed...
MUMBAI: Jaspal Bhatti could well be Zee News’ answer to the Aaj Tak ploy of roping in Javed Jaaferi for a satirical spin on the forthcoming...
NEW DELHI: With the coalition government deciding to dissolve the Lok Sabha (Lower House) on 6 February after a go-ahead for interim rail and Union Budgets...
NEW DELHI: The government today admitted that from the time implementation of conditional access system (CAS) was deferred in the three metros of Kolkata, Mumbai and...
NEW DELHI: Indian pubcaster Prasar Bharati is examining a proposal to have Doordarshan’s international channel, DD India, distributed in the United Kingdom through the Rupert Murdoch-controlled...
NEW DELHI: The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), heading a 17-party coalition Federal government in India, had a whopping 3:1 sweep in the four states that...
NEW DELHI: India’s information and broadcasting minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said there would be strict implementation of the programming code for TV channels. In reply...
NEW DELHI: India’s defence ministry came to the defence of another government outfit, the information and broadcasting (I&B) ministry – in a manner of speaking. As...
NEW DELHI: The Indian government is examining complaints regarding Music Broadcast Pvt. Ltd. (MBPL) being indirectly promoted and controlled by the Rupert Murdoch-owned Star Group. This...
NEW DELHI: Innovative ways of protests are not new in India and with the pressure of work increasing in the sector of media suicide threats too...
NEW DELHI: Information and Broadcasting minister Ravi Shankar Prasad got off comparatively lightly in the Lok Sabha today when the Opposition’s bid to corner the government...
NEW DELHI: Minister for information and broadcasting Ravi Shankar Prasad has said that there is no proposal to reconsider the FDI limits in DTH service. ...
NEW DELHI: The Indian government will consider the suggestions made in the FICCI-KPMG report titled “The Indian entertainment sector – in the spotlight” while formulating policies....
NEW DELHI: Finally the radio and TV licence fee issue has been laid to rest. There is no proposal to re-impose licence fee on television and...
NEW DELHI: The uplinking issue keeps cropping up in the Indian parliament and government assurances keep coming, as it happened again in Lok Sabha (Lower House)...
NEW DELHI: The Indian government has so far earned a total revenue of Rs 1550.12 million from open auctions of FM radio stations, which includes earnest...
MUMBAI: Given below are relevant excerpts of a document prepared by Zee Telefilms and put out earlier (before the passage of the Bill in the Rajya...
MUMBAI: The Indian Parliament took a small progressive step forward with the Lok Sabha (Lower House) approving the ‘Freedom of Information’ Bill yesterday. The Bill, first...
NEW DELHI: Outstanding dues owed to Doordarshan by private parties have increased to a whopping Rs 1648.2 million as of 31 October 2002. As regards All...
NEW DELHI: If paying up of tax is a yardstick, then it seems foreign satellite channels are doing better than their Indian counterparts. Foreign television channel...
NEW DELHI: The fate of conditional access system is becoming increasingly uncertain – something that was looking highly unlikely about a fortnight back when information and...
NEW DELHI:The information and broadcasting ministry has asked the business advisory committee of parliament to relist the Cable TV Networks Amendment Bill 2002 next week and...
NEW DELHI: The Cable TV Amendment Bill 2002 has been listed for business on the agenda of the Rajya Sabha (RS – the Upper House) for...
NEW DELHI: The Cable TV Amendment Bill 2002 has been listed for business on the agenda of the Rajya Sabha (RS – the Upper House) for...
NEW DELHI: The Cable TV Amendment Bill 2002 has been listed for business on the agenda of the Rajya Sabha (RS – the Upper House) for...
NEW DELHI: In what is a strong defence of the conditional access system (CAS) Information and broadcasting minister Sushma Swaraj today likened CAS to a multi-cuisine...
NEW DELHI: The government today said that the Cable Television Networks (Regulations) Bill, 1995, already passed by the Lok Sabha, is being considered by the Rajya...
NEW DELHI: Not only is the Cable TV (Networks) Regulation Bill, 2002, which is supposed to be discussed in Rajya Sabha during this session of Indian...
