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  • MIB extends time for feedback on Cable TV Networks Amendment Bill 2020

    MIB extends time for feedback on Cable TV Networks Amendment Bill 2020

    MUMBAI: The ministry of information and broadcasting (MIB) has extended the timeline to receive feedback or comments on the proposed amendments of Cable Television Networks Amendment Bill 2020. While it was extended upto 17 March first time, the ministry has extended the date now till 13 April.

    “In response to request received from various quarters with reference to this Public Notice dated 15.01.2020 and its letter of even number dated 21.01.2020 and 10.02.2020 respectively on the subject cited above, this ministry has decided to extend the time again upto 13 April, 2020 for furnishing suggestions/feedback/comments/inputs/views on the proposed amendments,” the MIB said in a notice.

    MIB published the draft on 15 January inviting feedbacks from the stakeholders and generale public. The ministry is bringing in a slew of amendments to the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995 through the draft Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2020.

    While MIB is planning to bring amendments to the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995 through the proposed  draft, one of the major changes planned by the ministry is to prevent state governments or the entities as well as religious and political parties from entering the TV distribution space. The clause 4(1) now reads as follows: “Registration as cable operator–(1) Any person who is desirous of operating or is operating a cable television network may apply for registration or renewal of registration, as a cable operator to the registering authority.”

    “Provided that such a registration or renewal of registration shall not be granted to the state governments, urban and local bodies, political and religious bodies, state government departments, state government-owned companies, State government undertakings, joint ventures of the state government and the private sector and state government funded entities.

  • MIB approves Discovery’s application to rename DSport as Eurosport

    MIB approves Discovery’s application to rename DSport as Eurosport

    MUMBAI: The ministry of Information and broadcasting has approved the application of Discovery Communications India (DCI) to rename DSport as Eurosport and DSport HD as Eurosport HD. 

    DCI, on 9 October 2019, applied for the renaming of DSport and DSport HD license to Eurosport and Eurosport HD. The Delhi high court had asked MIB to issue an order within eight week on this. 

    Discovery had launched its channel DSPORT with Venky and his firm Lex Sportel Vision as its “consultant.” But the two parted ways on 23 January 2020, with Discovery “exercising their right under the provisions of the Term sheet, following material breaches of Law by Lex Sportel and Venkateish in providing services to DCIN and DNAP” – terminating the relationship with Venky and Lex from 23 January 2020. 

    Prior to that, DNAP and DCI had put Lex Sportel and Venky on a four-month notice from 14 October 2019 during which they were required to provide services in accordance with the term sheet to DCI and DNAP. Recently, Discovery re-launched DSport HD in India on 17 February. 

  • I&B ministry warns TV channels against airing content inciting violence

    I&B ministry warns TV channels against airing content inciting violence

    MUMBAI: In the wake of the ongoing CAA protests and Delhi riots, the ministry of information and broadcasting has issued an advisory to all private and satellite channels to be cautious with content which is likely to encourage or incite violence or contain anything against the maintenance of law and order or which promotes "anti-national attitudes".

    TV channels are also advised to be cautious about airing content which contains attacks on religions or communities or visuals or words contemptuous of religious groups or which promotes communal attitudes.

    The broadcaster must be careful before airing content which contains anything defamatory, deliberate, false or suggestive innuendos and half-truth.

    The ministry has asked channels to ensure strict compliance of code and also ensure that no content is telecast which violate the programming and  advertising code. 

    This is the second such advisory sent out by the ministry with the last one coming out in January. 

  • 54 channels submit bids for 44th DD Free Dish e-auction

    54 channels submit bids for 44th DD Free Dish e-auction

    MUMBAI: Fifty four channels have submitted bids for the 44th DD Free Dish e-auction, which will be tentatively held on 24 February for MPEG-2 slots.

    HSM channels: 

    According to sources close to the development, two Hindi GECs Dangal and Big Magic have bid for the auction. Among other HSM channels, seven Hindi music channels including Showbox, 9XM, MTV Beats and eleven Hindi movie channels like B4U Movies, Enter10 are also looking at vacant MPEG-2 slots. All the major players like News18 India, NDTV India, Zee News, Aaj Tak, Republic Bharat have also placed their bids.

    Regional channels: 

    In the regional cluster seven Bhojpuri channels including Big Magic Ganga, Zee Biscope, B4U Bhojpuri, one Marathi channel, four Punjabi channels and four regional news channels have placed their bids. Moreover, four religious channels are also participating the auction.

    Recently DD Free dish increased MPEG-2 slots on its platform. Private TV channels can participate in this e-auction to add TV channels on DD Free Dish, for the period from 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021. In the 42nd e-auction for allotment of 8 MPEG-2 slots the channels that came on board were mostly new.

    As per the rules mentioned by the public broadcaster Prasar Bharati, only satellite channels licensed by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) would be allowed to participate in the allocation. International Public Broadcasters licensed/ registered/permitted by the MIB can also participate in the e-auction.

  • DD Vijayawada Kendra gets Rs 1.06 cr for modernisation: I&B minister

    DD Vijayawada Kendra gets Rs 1.06 cr for modernisation: I&B minister

    MUMBAI: The ministry of information and broadcasting has approved Rs 1.06 crore for the modernisation of Doordarshan Kendra at Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh.

    I&B minister Prakash Javadekar said, “Modernisation of All India Radio (AIR) and Doordarshan (DD) is a continuous process and action for the same is taken from time to time, including projects for setting up of FM transmitters/stations at existing and new locations, replacement and modernisation of transmitters, digitisation of regional news units, adoption of modern high definition (HD) technology, digitisation of studios, digital content dissemination, expansion of DTH and high definition TV etc.”

    Responding to another question on the amount spent by the government during the last five years to promote government schemes on social media and applications in Rajya Sabha, Javedkar said that the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting along with its media units – Press Information Bureau, Doordarshan and All India Radio etc, promote the central government programmes and policies through various instruments, including social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram etc out of the overall funds allocated to such media units.

    “Further, the various ministries/departments of the central government also promote government programmes and policies on social media. The amount spent on such promotion by various ministries/departments is not centrally maintained,” he informed.

    Responding to request for details of leakages of private information of citizens on government hosted platforms, applications and websites, he said, “Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has informed that the information required by users to log into government Schemes related apps vary from one application to another. For protection of data, Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 has been introduced in Lok Sabha on December 11, 2019.”

  • No plan to levy 10% licence fee on b’casters, cable ops: I&B Min

    No plan to levy 10% licence fee on b’casters, cable ops: I&B Min

    MUMBAI: The Minister Of Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar has made it clear in a parliamentary response that the ministry does not intend to add any sort of 10 per cent licence fee on broadcasters and cable operators in India.

    His response came for a question that asked if the minister had an intention to do so on the lines of what it follows for the DTH industry. Currently, DTH operators need to pay 10 per cent of their gross revenue as annual licence fee.

    The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) in a recommendation, last year, mentioned that this 10 per cent should be brought down to 8 per cent of adjusted gross revenue rather than gross revenue.

    The minister also mentioned there is no central register that maintains industry-wise information regarding licence fees.

  • I&B Ministry grants registration to 15 MSOs in Jan 2020

    I&B Ministry grants registration to 15 MSOs in Jan 2020

    MUMBAI: The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) has published a document listing all the registered multi system operators (MSO) in the country. As per the document, there are 1630 registered MSOs in India as on 31 January 2020.

    Fifteen MSOs were granted registration in the month of January 2020. A total of 150 MSOs were granted registration in the year 2019. Surprisingly, just one MSO, Sharma Cable Network, was granted registration in the entire of 2018 as per the document.

    All the granted registrations are valid for a period of 10 years. The name of the companies that were added in the registration list in January includes Latiyal TV Club, Vijayendra Cable, Seven Star Digital; Maxnet Communication, AG Digital Communication, Jai Maa Vaishnavi Jai Mata Di Star Cable, Digimedia Cable, Cable Operator Association of Yamunagar N Jagadhari, Siddhi Cable Center, Barale Cable Network, Aryabhatt Digital Network Pvt Ltd, The Nandhyal Communications, Tiranga Networks and DNA Cables.

    The ministry has also cancelled the registration of Skyway Digital on 27 january 2020. The total number of MSO registrations cancelled by MIB is 74 till 31 January 2020.

  • MIB advises channels to carry sign language interpretation of R-Day ceremony

    MIB advises channels to carry sign language interpretation of R-Day ceremony

    MUMBAI: The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has released an advisory to all the channels regarding the carriage of sign language interpretation of Republic Day ceremony. All the channels can carry the feed from DD Bharati/ DD News of the president of India's speech and Republic Day-parade with commentary free of cost. 

    Public broadcaster, Doordarshan, has indicated that DD Bharati will carry sign language interpretation of the President's Address to the nation on its channel from 7 pm to 7.30 pm on 25 January 2020. lt has further stated that on 26 January, DD News will carry the sign language interpretation of the commentary on its channel from 9 am to 11 am (or till the end).

    The advisory from the ministry said, "The media has always been in the forefront of taking up important issues concerning national integration, progress of disadvantaged sections of the society, etc. Therefore, the feed of DD News/DD Bharati is being made available free of cost. All TV channels interested in carrying the live telecast of the speech of the president of India and Republic Day-parade with commentary, may carry the signals of DD Bharati/DD News with sign language  interpretation and English/Hindi closed captions for the benefit of differently-abled people and make the event accessible to them."   

    The ministry had received requests to carry the telecast with sign language interpretation and English/Hindi closed captions to help people connect meaningfully with this important National day. 

  • I&B Ministry warns Jammu & Kashmir DPOs against carrying unauthorised channels

    I&B Ministry warns Jammu & Kashmir DPOs against carrying unauthorised channels

    MUMBAI: The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) has issued a warning to MSOs and cable operators in Jammu and Kashmir. In a communication issued by joint secretary Vikram Sahay, it has unequivocally asked them to cease transmitting unauthorised channels on their cable TV networks and comply with the provisions of the Cable TV Regulations Act, 1995.

    Sub Rule 6(6) of the Cable TV Rules specifies that no cable operator/MSO shall carry or include in his cable service any television broadcast or channel which has not been registered by the central government for being viewed within the territory of India.

    Failure to comply with these directions would invite penal action by the central and state governments/UT including withdrawal of license and confiscation of equipment.

    The ministry released a notice stating that some private channels which are not permitted by the MIB are being transmitted by some cable operators on their networks. The ministry has reports of the broadcast of unauthorised channels by LCOs/MSOs in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, which are not permitted by this ministry for being broadcast into the country.

    It further said, “The UT administration/district administration may ensure that no TV channels, which are not permitted, are transmitted in your district by any cable operator. In case of violations, necessary and prompt action must be taken by the authorized officers in the district against the defaulters to stop transmission of these channels.”

  • MIB grants registration to 11 MSOs in Dec 2019

    MIB grants registration to 11 MSOs in Dec 2019

    MUMBAI: The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) has published a document listing all the registered multi system operators (MSO) in the country. As per the document, there are 1616 registered MSOs in India as on 31 December 2019.

    Eleven MSOs were granted registration in the month of December 2019. A total of 150 MSOs were granted registration in the years 2019. Surprisingly, just one MSO, Sharma Cable Network, was granted registration in the entire of 2018 as per the document.

    All the granted registrations are valid for a period of 10 years. The name of the companies that were added in the registration list in December includes Sri Laxmi Narasimha Swamy Communication; DVR Siti Digital; M.D. Cable Network; Blue Star Cable Services; Unify Netsol pvt ltd.; Feroz Digital Networks; Shiva Sai Laxmi Communications; Array Access Digital Services; Realtouch Cable & Broadband pvt ltd.; Shiv Cable Network and Golleshwar

    You can access the full list here