Prasar Bharati – Page 26

Do not mix news with views and avoid speculation: Naidu

NEW DELHI: Information & Broadcasting Minister M Venkaiah Naidu today handed out some sanskari (rooted in culture) advise to officials of All India Radio and Doordarshan while reminding them of a pubcaster’s responsibilities in dishing out information devoid of sensationalism.

Stressing on the need for upholding credibility in dissemination of information by public broadcasters, the Minister said, “Public service broadcasters have a great responsibility on their shoulders to ensure credibility in the era of competition.”

Naidu was speaking at a review meeting during a visit to the All India Radio (AIR) and Doordarshan (DD) centres in Hyderabad on Monday.
Naidu infused confidence in the officials of different media units of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) while interacting with them to understand their problems.

He said the information empowerment of the people is quintessential in the age of information revolution, and information is “great ammunition in the hands of the people in fighting corruption, poverty and inequalities from the society for the overall development of India”.

The Minister added that the public discourse should be guided by development rather than disruptive tactics and politics.
Public broadcasters must excel in factual information while communicating to the mass audience. He advised those in the public broadcaster Prasar Bharati, parent of DD and AIR, not to jump to conclusions but confirm the news before putting it on air.

“A public broadcaster, while disseminating information must abstain from obscenity, vulgarity and violence”, he said, adding that people in the media while producing programmes, plays, cultural programmes, must keep in mind India’s great heritage, culture, traditions and customs in mind.

He advised people in media to maintain high standards in informing the masses, keeping in mind the philosophy and guidelines established by the founding fathers in various spheres of public life. “Let us not mix news with views and create a bad practice,” Naidu exhorted Prasar Bharati officials.

He advocated that media should work together in bringing social harmony and discourage politicisation of social issues and not play into the hands of terrorists and to avoid in “turning them into heroes”.
He wanted the media to be biased towards rural people, agriculturists, down trodden sections, women and disabled people in giving more coverage to highlight their grievances.

August 23, 2016

Prasar Bharati completes recruitment of 2365 essential posts, no proposal to regularise casuals

NEW DELHI: Even as the Government has admitted that there are vacancies in Prasar Bharati, there is no proposal under consideration for regularization of casuals/ contractual employees empanelled or engaged in various Kendras/ Stations of Doordarshan or All India Radio.

Sources in the pubcaster told indiantelevision.com that the empanelment of casual assignees is on need basis and according to the terms and conditions of engagement/ empanelment of contractuals/ casuals.

However, the sources said the process of recruitment of 2365 essential posts in various Technical and Non-technical categories has been completed after clearance by the Group of Ministers. This had been undertaken through Staff Selection Commission as a special dispensation with the approval of the Government.

Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Rathore had told Parliament recently that there is a need to reassess actual requirement of staff in Prasar Bharati keeping in view changes in broadcast technologies.

He said Prasar Bharati had been advised to carry out a Manpower Audit to identify posts actually needed to be filled up.

There are 46756 sanctioned posts in Group A, B and C (including erstwhile Group-D).

This includes 26129 in AIR and 20627 in Doordarshan.

The sources said there are 8258 casual Announcers, 2622 casual Compere and 97 contractual employees in various Stations of AIR. In addition, there are 18 casual employees and 488 contractual employees in various Doordarshan Kendras.

August 19, 2016

Prasar Bharati completes recruitment of 2365 essential posts, no proposal to regularise casuals

NEW DELHI: Even as the Government has admitted that there are vacancies in Prasar Bharati, there is no proposal under consideration for regularization of casuals/ contractual employees empanelled or engaged in various Kendras/ Stations of Doordarshan or All India Radio.

Sources in the pubcaster told indiantelevision.com that the empanelment of casual assignees is on need basis and according to the terms and conditions of engagement/ empanelment of contractuals/ casuals.

However, the sources said the process of recruitment of 2365 essential posts in various Technical and Non-technical categories has been completed after clearance by the Group of Ministers. This had been undertaken through Staff Selection Commission as a special dispensation with the approval of the Government.

Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Rathore had told Parliament recently that there is a need to reassess actual requirement of staff in Prasar Bharati keeping in view changes in broadcast technologies.

He said Prasar Bharati had been advised to carry out a Manpower Audit to identify posts actually needed to be filled up.

There are 46756 sanctioned posts in Group A, B and C (including erstwhile Group-D).

This includes 26129 in AIR and 20627 in Doordarshan.

The sources said there are 8258 casual Announcers, 2622 casual Compere and 97 contractual employees in various Stations of AIR. In addition, there are 18 casual employees and 488 contractual employees in various Doordarshan Kendras.

August 19, 2016

Around Rs 35 crore spent by Prasar Bharati in left extremist affected areas

NEW DELHI: Both All India Radio and Doordarshan have spent around Rs 35 crore in setting up transmitters and programming in left wing extremist (LWE) areas.

Programmes are aired on the theme of dissuading the youth from getting involved in anti-social activities and persuading those, who have misguidedly taken to arms, to come back and join the mainstream, Parliament was told recently.

These are telecasting Developmental programmes on Education, Youth Welfare, Women Empowerment, welfare schemes for the area, Forest Act and Rights of Tribals including coverage of local festivals and tribal folk music in their local languages and dialects.

The thrust is largely on the developmental schemes/activities of the Government of India and the State Governments. These programmes also dwell on the need of maintaining law and order in the concerned areas so that people’s progress could be achieved faster.

As far as AIR is concerned, six new FM High Power Transmitters have been planned in LWE affected areas at a total cost of Rs.28.06 Crores at Kakinada East Godavari/Andhra Pradesh; Muzaffarpur in Bihar; Amibikapur Sarguja in Chhattisgarh; Dhanbad in Jharkhand; Bhawanipatna in Kalahandi (Odisha), and Suryapet in Nalgonda (Telangana).

In addition to this, existing old/outlived transmitters at AIR stations functional in LWE affected areas are also planned for replacement by High Power Transmitters.
As far as Doordarshan is concerned, a part of digitalization scheme approved under the 12th Plan Projects of setting up digital HPTs at a cost of Rs. 6.62 crore each have been implemented at Muzaffarpur (Bihar); Jagdalpur (Chhattisgarh); and Jamshedpur (Jharkhand).

It was also emphasized by the sources that all the areas uncovered by terrestrial transmitters are covered with multichannel TV coverage through Doordarshan’s free to air DTH service Freedish.

August 2, 2016

Around Rs 35 crore spent by Prasar Bharati in left extremist affected areas

NEW DELHI: Both All India Radio and Doordarshan have spent around Rs 35 crore in setting up transmitters and programming in left wing extremist (LWE) areas.

Programmes are aired on the theme of dissuading the youth from getting involved in anti-social activities and persuading those, who have misguidedly taken to arms, to come back and join the mainstream, Parliament was told recently.

These are telecasting Developmental programmes on Education, Youth Welfare, Women Empowerment, welfare schemes for the area, Forest Act and Rights of Tribals including coverage of local festivals and tribal folk music in their local languages and dialects.

The thrust is largely on the developmental schemes/activities of the Government of India and the State Governments. These programmes also dwell on the need of maintaining law and order in the concerned areas so that people’s progress could be achieved faster.

As far as AIR is concerned, six new FM High Power Transmitters have been planned in LWE affected areas at a total cost of Rs.28.06 Crores at Kakinada East Godavari/Andhra Pradesh; Muzaffarpur in Bihar; Amibikapur Sarguja in Chhattisgarh; Dhanbad in Jharkhand; Bhawanipatna in Kalahandi (Odisha), and Suryapet in Nalgonda (Telangana).

In addition to this, existing old/outlived transmitters at AIR stations functional in LWE affected areas are also planned for replacement by High Power Transmitters.
As far as Doordarshan is concerned, a part of digitalization scheme approved under the 12th Plan Projects of setting up digital HPTs at a cost of Rs. 6.62 crore each have been implemented at Muzaffarpur (Bihar); Jagdalpur (Chhattisgarh); and Jamshedpur (Jharkhand).

It was also emphasized by the sources that all the areas uncovered by terrestrial transmitters are covered with multichannel TV coverage through Doordarshan’s free to air DTH service Freedish.

August 2, 2016

Rio Olympics: India-centric live on DD National, special programmes on DD Sports

NEW DELHI: All the India-centric events and some other important events taking place during the Olympics next month will be telecast on Doordarshan National Channel.

A DD source told indiantelevision.com that there will be no live telecasts on DD Sports as that channel is not covered in the ambit of the Sports Broadcasting Signals (Mandatory Sharing with Prasar Bharati) Act 2007. However, DD Sports had commenced pre-event programmes on the Olympics in June this year.

Rio 2016 are being held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, are from 5 to 21 August 2016. The Paralympics follow from 7 to 18 September 2016. The Rio 2016 opening ceremony will be at the Maracanã Stadium on 5 August 2016. This is the first time that the Games are being held in South Anerica.

The source also said that as President Pranab Mukherjee will be giving his traditional broadcast on the eve of Independence Day from 7.00 pm onwards n 14 August 2016, any important India-centric event that may happen at that time could be carried further in the day.

Similarly, the Flag Hoisting Ceremony and Prime Minister’s Address to the Nation on Independence Day and Governors’ Address will be telecast on DD National from 6.25 am to 9.30 am. During this period if any important India centric-event happens, this will be carried as deferred live from 9.30 am onwards.

The timings of the Closing ceremony are yet to be provided by the rights holder Star Sports. Also the timings pertaining to the end of the play every day are tentative and likely to change depending on the duration of the play.

DD Sports has already mounted five shows as the build up to the Rio Olympics 2016. The shows were Olympic Hour, Olympics Flash Back, Mission Rio, Olympics Quiz and 2 episode series ‘Poorvottar Ke Ratna’.

Apart from this social media weekly show ‘Sports Konect’ is totally focussed on Olympics and has been renamed as ‘Olympics Konect’.

During the Olympics in DD Sports, daily Olympics bulletins and studio based discussion show ‘Olympics Hour’ will be telecast which will incorporate India centric news from the field of play and Olympics village. Apart from this shows like Olympics Flashback and Olympics Quiz which are not dated will be repeated.

OLYMPIC HOUR- Studio discussion based one hour show in which the select experts dissect the chances of Indian athletes in sports in which the medals are expected. The selected experts include sports persons, sports journalists and federation officials.

Olympics Flash Back- In this 15 minutes of flash back time, DD Sports takes the viewers down the memory lane, taking one back to the origin, legacy and important moments attached with the Olympics in past. These capsules were acquired from DW, Germany and are of best production quality.

Mission Rio: – in this half an hour per episode done in documentary feature style, India’s chances weighing the sports personalities and specific sports are showcased from the actual location. These episodes are based on athletics, hockey, gymnastics, weightlifting, Wrestling & Archery amongst others.

Olympics Quiz- the only quiz show of its kind in the sports genre, the 7 episode series tests the knowledge level of the school level students pertaining to the games. Hosted by the seasoned quiz master, the series is shot in a unique viewer friendly presentation style, It is beginning this evening from 7.30 pm to 8 pm and will continue everyday till 4 August.

Porvottar Ke Ratna- MC Mary Kom was the face of Indian upsurge in the London Olympics 2016. In Rio Olympics 2016, two sports faces of the North East, boxer Shiva Thapa and gymnast DipaKarmakar shoulder the medal hope of the nation. In two sports episodes of Porvottar Ke Ratna, these two athletes are profiled from ground zero. This will be held on four days featuring Shiva Thomas tomorrow and on 3 August and Dipa Karmakar on 31 July and 4 August from 9.30 pm to 10 pm on Star Sports.

Telecast Timings of Rio Olympics 2016 in DD NATIONAL

The timings are in Indian Standard Time (IST) and the schedule given below is as per the information provided by the rights holder Star Sports.

The schedule includes the timings of the Pre Olympic and Post Olympic show before the start and at the end of each day’s play.

DAY	Date	Pre Olympic Show (IST)	Start of Games	Event	Date	End of Games	Post Olympic Show (IST)
	6/8/16	4:00 -4:20 AM	4:20 am	Opening Ceremony		7:33 am	7:30 am- 8:00 am

1	6/8/16	16:30 to 17:00	16:55 pm IST	ROWING	7/8/16	09:23 am IST	9:30 to 10:00
2	7/8/16	16:30 to 17:00	16:55 pm IST	ROWING	8/8/16	09:23 am IST	9:30 to 10:00
3	8/8/16	16:30 to 17:00	16:55 pm IST	ROWING	9/8/16	09:23 am IST	9:30 to 10:00
4	9/8/16	16:30 to 17:00	16:55 pm IST	ROWING	10/8/16	09:23 am IST	9:30 to 10:00
5	10/8/16	16:30 to 17:00	16:55 pm IST	CYCLING ROWING FENCING	11/8/16	09:23 am IST	9:30 to 10:00
6	11/8/16	15:30 to 16:00	15:50 pm IST	GOLF	12/8/16	09:23 am IST	9:30 to 10:00
7	12/8/16	15:30 to 16:00	15:50 pm IST	GOLF	13/8/16	09:23 am IST	9:30 to 10:00
8	13/8/16	15:30 to 16:00	15:50 pm IST	GOLF	14/8/16	09:23 am IST	9:30 to 10:00
9	14/8/16	15:00 to 15: 30	15:20 pm IST	GOLF	15/8/16	09:23 am IST	9:30 to 10:00
10	15/8/16	16:30 to 17:00	16:55 pm IST	BADMINTON	16/8/16	09:23 am IST	9:30 to 10:00
11	16/8/16	16:30 to 17:00	16:55 pm IST	BADMINTON	17/8/16	09:23 am IST	9:30 to 10:00
12	17/8/16	15:30 to 16:00	15:50 pm IST	GOLF	18/8/16	10:03 am IST	9:30 to 10:00
13	18/8/16	15:30 to 16:00	15:50 pm IST	GOLF	19/8/16	08:48 am IST	9:00 to 9:30
14	19/8/16	15:30 to 16:00	15:50 pm IST	GOLF	20/8/16	08:48 am IST	9:00 to 9:30
15	20/18/16	15:30 to 16:00	15:20 pm IST	GOLF	21/8/16	09:03 am IST	9:00 am-9:30 am
16	21/8/16	16:30 to 17:00	16:55 pm IST	WRESTLING	22/8/16	Closing ceremony will start at 4.20 am	TBD

Telecast plan of Rio olympics games based programme 2016 on dd sports

2000-2030 Hrs	Mission Rio-2016 (on DD SPORTS)
	athletics 1	25.06.16	26.06.16
	athletics 2	26.06.16	27.06.16
	athletics 1	08.07.16	09.07.16
	athletics 2	09.07.16	10.07.16
	hockey	15.07.16	16.07.16
	hockey	16.07.16	17.07.16
	boxing	22.07.16	23.07.16
	gymnastics	23.07.16	24.07.16
	Weightlifting	28.07.16	29.07.16
	wrestling	29.07.16	30.07.16
	archery	05.08.18	06.07.16

0800 0830 Hrs	mission rio-2016 (on DD national)
	Hockey	25.06.16
	Boxing	26.06.16
	Gymnastics	27.06.16
	Athletics1	28.07.16
	Athletics 2	29.07.16
	Weighlifting	01.08.16
	Wrestling	02.08.16
	Archery	03.08.16

July 30, 2016