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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: 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: The government is keen to encourage community radio and has already opened access to this sector to well established educational institutes, information and broadcasting...
MUMBAI: Information and broadcasting secretary Pawan Chopra was in Mumbai on Monday evening to participate in a panel discussion on challenges in the infrastructure and technology...
MUMBAI:Ultimately, it was independent media auditor Meenakshi Madhvani from the audience who stole the show with her well timed quip at the CNBC TV18 organised panel...
MUMBAI: Given below is the full text of the letter issued by Telecom Regulatory Authority (Trai) chairman Pradip Baijal to information and broadcasting ministry secretary Pawan...
NEW DELHI: If a government of India report is to be believed then the print medium need not fear the more clamorous electronic medium as far...
NEW DELHI: The much-touted high-powered committee set up by the government, under the chairmanship of Planning Commission member N K Singh, to look into ways of...
NEW DELHI: India’s federal government is still in a spot over the implementation, rather non-implementation, of the conditional access system (CAS) in the cities of Mumbai...
NEW DELHI: ,-owned Hindustan Times Ltd, is keeping all its options open, including a deal with the Rupert Murdoch-controlled Star India, but said no “conclusions” have...
NEW DELHI: The reason of an existing `great divide’ amongst stakeholders of the broadcast and cable industry – that the government uses to continue playing the...
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: CAS has crashed out! Almost. And the frustration of a section of a disappointed industry was echoed by Hathway Datacom’s vice-president (North India) SN...
MUMBAI: Mumbai based cable operators have expressed disappointment over the recent comments of I&B secretary Pawan Chopra that indicate that the government might soften its stand...
NEW DELHI / MUMBAI: Has CAS finally degenerated into unconditional uncertainty? The joke seems to be coming true. But, say government officials, things may not turn...
In all the confabulations around CAS, one assumption that has generally made is that broadly speaking the cable fraternity stands as one. Indiantelevision.com met a group...
MUMBAI: Is the “non-negotiable” deadline of 14 July for the rollout of conditioinal access in the four metros about to be extended? Looks likely. ...
NEW DELHI / MUMBAI: The government today sent out a clear warning that it was willing to u se all in its powers to go after...
NEW DELHI: The government today expressed optimism that the stakeholders of the industry would come out with solutions to various contentious issues, including the pricing of...
NEW DELHI / MUMBAI: The government today offered a significant concession to the pay broadcasters on the issue of their channel pricing by giving them some...
NEW DELHI: Contrary signals seem to be emanating from the government on conditional access system (CAS). India’s information and broadcasting ministry officials say that CAS rollout...
NEW DELHI: India’s information and broadcasting minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today categorically ruled out any extension of the 14 July deadline of CAS and also attempted...
NEW DELHI: The local law of the land cannot be taken for granted and its adherence should be must. This seems to be the strict message...
NEW DELHI: The programming staff association of Doordarshan and All India Radio have deferred a decision to go on strike from today. The decision comes after...
MUMBAI: Noted right-wing columnist MV Kamath will be the next chairman of the Prasar Bharati Board. A three-member committee headed by vice-president Bhairon Singh Shekhawat has...
NEW DELHI: The Indian government is looking at giving a major fillip to exports of TV software and films from India this year and also get...
NEW DELHI: The media has an important role and responsibility in fighting and isolating forces of terror. The battle is to be fought by the journalists,...
Pawan Chopra, secretary of the I&B mministry observed that we were living in rapidly-changing, exciting times and we must keep pace with the changing trends and...
India’s most significant global convention of the entertainment industry, Ficci Frames 2001, organised by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, begins today at...
The acting CEO of Prasar Bharti, RR Shah, has been shifted out of the information and broadcasting (I&B) ministry , the Economic Times reported on Tuesday....
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