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MUMBAI: More on the worry lines for the pay broadcasters over conditional access and its implications. A new report by international ratings agency Fitch estimates that...
NEW DELHI: The 14 July deadline for rollout of conditional access system (CAS) stands, the government said today, though it is trying to tone down the...
Theres a lot of wishful thinking going on in government. That it can and should control pricing. That too, in a country which is moving from...
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 / MUMBAI: Today could well be the day that the public have a clear inkling of just what will be their payout if they...
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...
MUMBAI: The Shiv Sena stance on CAS remains unsoftened. Shiv Sena supremo chief Bal Thackeray, who had reportedly eased up on his objections to conditional access...
NEW DELHI: Facing opposition from Shiv Sena Supremo Bal Thackeray on the Conditional Access System, information and broadcasting minister Ravi Shankar Prasad is likely to meet...
NEW DELHI: Consumer Coordination Council to information and broadcasting ministry: the conditional access system (CAS) is still not consumer friendly and should be implemented only after...
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...
These days information and broadcasting minister Ravi Shankar Prasad does not look uncertain as he did some months back when he was allocated the I&B ministry...
NEW DELHI: The Indian government may open up FM radio sector to news and current affairs programming as also the content being provided by a foreign...
MUMBAI: Shiv Sena supremo and an important ally of the NDA government, Bal Thackeray, has warned the government that it will find its decision to go...
NEW DELHI: The Indian government wants to ensure a smooth rollout of conditional access system (CAS) in the first phase in the four metros — maybe...
NEW DELHI: The government has made it clear that it will tolerate no nonsense from any stakeholder of the industry where conditional access is concerned. In...
NEW DELHI: India’s information and broadcasting minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said that the digital revolution and the phenomenon of convergence are creating a new model...
NEW DELHI: Stung by various politicians coming out against CAS, it is the turn of the cable operators to issue warnings. Reacting to Delhi chief minister...
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 is reported to have sought an appointment with Prime Minister AB Vajpayee today after returning from...
NEW DELHI:Just in case if it interests you all in the industry, India’s information and broadcasting minister Ravi Shankar Prasad is reported to have sought an...
NEW DELHI: This may be music to the ears of some of the private FM radio players. The Indian government is “quite open” to the idea...
NEW DELHI: The Indian government came in for flak from a certain section of policy makers in the Upper House (Rajya Sabha) of the Indian parliament...
NEW DELHI: National broadcaster Doordarshan has earned Rs 5,538.1 million in advertisement revenues during the year 2002-2003. Replying to a question by Ram Jethmalani and others...
NEW DELHI: Information and broadcasting minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today told policy makers that pubcaster Doordarshan was opting for a KU-band DTH scheme at an estimated...
MUMBAI: Even as the Mumbai High Court decision on the cable industry issues involving consumers, broadcasters and cable operators is pending, a Mumbai based consumer activist...
NEW DELHI: Unfazed by mounting losses – approximately Rs 360 million in the last financial year ended 31 March – Star and Music Broadcast Pvt. Ltd....
MUMBAI: Looks like there will be a crossing of political swords in the family. BAG Films’ promoter Rajeev Shukla, the brother-in law of I&B minister and...
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 big daddies of the Indian broadcasting scene met under the aegis of the Indian Broadcasting Foundation here today to discuss various aspects of...
NEW DELHI: The government is contemplating going in for revenue sharing with the licence holders of the second round of licences for FM radio. The...
NEW DELHI: Doordarshan Kashir will become a 24-hour channel from 15 August. The channel launched on Republic Day 2000, at present telecasts 14-1/2 hours of programmes...
NEW DELHI: At a time when the world over KU-band direct-to-home (DTH) television service works better in a monopolistic situation or at best in a duopoly,...
MUMBAI: The times they are a changin’ on All India Radio and Doordarshan. Prasar Bharati will revamp the two by investing Rs 110 billion during the...
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: Real life does not always imitate reel life. Unlike some of the perky women in her ‘K’ serials who take critics head on, the...
NEW DELHI: The government is finally getting it right. It’s involving the industry where its diktat had failed, especially where surrogate and objectionalble advertising on various...
NEW DELHI: The government today announced a transitory arrangement in the guidelines for news channels desirous of uplinking from India, allowing a maximum period of three...
MUMBAI: This was THE high-power session of FRAMES 2003. “Can India make it: The Way Forward” was chaired this morning by the I&B minister Ravi Shankar...
NEW DELHI: The minister of information and broadcasting Ravi Shankar Prasad announced yesterday that Patna FM station of All India Radio (AIR) is being upgraded from...
NEW DELHI: The Minister of Information and Broadcasting Ravi Shankar Prasad has hailed the General Budget as a growth-oriented people’s budget, but avoided any reference to...
NEW DELHI: A group of ministers (GoM) is slated to discuss tomorrow foreign direct investment (FDI) in various sectors, including direct to-home television broadcasting venture, and...
NEW DELHI: Information and broadcasting minister Ravi Shankar Prasad seems to have set the cat amongst the pigeons when he informed the Indian parliament that there...
NEW DELHI: With the latest buzz in the information and broadcasting ministry being self-regulation, it seems that former I&B minister Sushma Swaraj’s grand plans to have...
NEW DELHI: Subhash Chandra companies Zee Telefilms and ASC Enterprises (which is implementing the Agrani satellite project), are preparing to launch a KU-band direct-to-home television service...
NEW DELHI: The Rupert Murdoch-controlled Star can breathe easy a bit. The information and broadcasting ministry proposes to take the issue of uplinking of news channels...
NEW DELHI: India’s information and broadcasting minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today said that the media and entertainment (M&E) industry needs to vigorously educate the policy-makers, government...
India’s new information and broadcasting minister Ravi Shankar Prasad is of the opinion that in the national interest, cable operators should desist from re-distributing Pak TV....
MUMBAI: Minister of state for I&B with independent charge Ravi Shankar Prasad has placed consumer interest above all. Prasad, today, asked broadcasters to find ways and...
Ravi Shankar Prasad, the new minister of information and broadcasting is a no-nonsense man. He speaks haltingly, in a measured manner, mulling, chewing and pondering over...
