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Despite information and broadcasting minister Sushma Swaraj’s assertion on 6 May that efforts will be made to bring in the Convergence Bill during the current session...
There’s been a lot of yo-yoeing on whether the Indian government would today consider modifying the Cable TV Networks (Regulation) Act 1995 to accomodate compulsory migration...
Another year and the industry continues to scan the horizon for the chimera of clarity of purpose from the powers that be in the government. The...
NEW DELHI: The information and broadcasting ministry has requested the business advisory panel of the Indian Parliament to re-list the Cable TV Amendment Bill 2002 on...
The much delayed launch of the education channel Zed TV from the Zee TV stable finally took place late last evening at the hands of Indian...
The old bugbear is finally out of the way. Ku-band direct to home television (DTH) looks set to get the go-ahead finally after a three year...
The new Indian information and broadcasting Sushma Swaraj seems hell-bent on earning that sobriquet. Reason: not even two days into the job and she is already...
After a number of postponements, Zed TV, the education channel from the Zee TV group is to be launched on 12 October. The channel is being...
Sushma Swaraj does not cease to surprise you. The first statement she made after taking over as I&B minister was that she wanted TV to be...
The group of ministers on DTH – headed by home minister L.K. Advani – met once again on 30 October and said they had no reservations...
The government seems to have the mandate of the people in the matter of conditional access. The latest indiantelevision.com poll that queried if conditional access...
The past few weeks have witnessed some hectic lobbying for easing up of the bug bear clauses as far as DTH regulations are concerned. Star TV...
National broadcaster Doordarshan has flagged off a regional news unit in Ranchi yesterday, the capital of the new north Indian state of Jharkhand. Information & Broadcasting...
Legislation is required but at the end of the day the protagonists (read cable operators and broadcasters) have to come together at the table. This point...
The second edition of the annual global convention on the business of entertainment – Ficci Frames (Films Radio Audio-visuals Music Events and Shows) 2002, kicked off...
Into its second year, Ficci Frames 2002, Global Convention on the Business of Entertainment, is much bigger this time round in terms of scale and scope....
All is ready for the second edition of the annual global convention on the business of entertainment – Ficci Frames (Films Radio Audio-visuals Music Events and...
Into its second year, Ficci Frames 2002, Global Convention on the Business of Entertainment, is much bigger this time round in terms of scale and scope....
All is ready for the second edition of the annual global convention on the business of entertainment – Ficci Frames (Films Radio Audio-visuals Music Events and...
Representatives of the entertainment industry, led by information and broadcasting minister Sushma Swaraj, held their first ever pre-Budget meeting with finance minister Yashwant Sinha on 16...
The Working Group on the I&B sector for the 10th Five-Year Plan has recommended 100 per cent digitisation of production facilities and automation of studio operations...
A five-year service tax holiday and waiver of customs duty on broadcast uplinking equipment figured prominently in the entertainment industry’s pre budget pitch to information &...
If it works, it could well be the coup of the decade for the Indian film industry. In all likelihood, however, the deal between the cable...
Exactly a year ago on 31 December, 2000, 24-hour Hindi news channel Aaj Tak was launched by India Today Group. Today, the channel claims to...
The 29 December deadline for payment of license fees by private FM radio players in metros has been extended by eight months, costing the national exchequer...
The contentious issue of service tax on broadcasters is expected to figure prominently on the agenda of the Indian Broadcasting Foundation, which holds its annual general...
When the DTH notification was issued by the information & broadcasting (I&B) ministry this week, it was not clear whether the 20 per cent restriction was...
Information and broadcasting minister Sushma Swaraj has said that cable operators will have to compulsorily build in conditional access systems (CAS) into their networks. In an...
Now that News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch has had to bow out of the race to acquire to DirecTV from General Motors, it may well be...
When information technology minister Pramod Mahajan was given additional charge of the telecommunications ministry on 1 September in a cabinet reshuffle it was seen as a...
Information & Broadcasting minister Sushma Swaraj has scheduled a meeting today evening at 5:00 pm with cable operators where major issues impacting the industry are to...
The long awaited Communications Convergence Bill 2001, which has far-reaching implications on how the media industry is to be run in India, is expected to be...
There seems to be no end to the modifications that are being envisaged for the Communications Convergence Bill. The revised draft of the Communications Convergence Bill...
Is information and broadcasting minister Sushma Swaraj listening to the pleas of wannabe players that the country should not take the open architecture route on the...
Information and broadcasting minister Sushma Swaraj, responding to recent criticism directed at Prasar Bharati, promised yesterday in parliament that the public broadcaster had taken steps to...
The vertically-challenged minister for I&B was given a special devise to stand tall on the dais as she spoke…a stool to help her gain a few...
Address by Smt. Sushma Swaraj, Union Information & Broadcasting Minister, at FRAMES 2001 Global Convention On The Business Of Entertainment, March 30 and 31, 2001, in...
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...
The two-day global convention on the business of entertainment organised by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) concluded Saturday with a number...
The two-day global convention on the business of entertainment organised by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) concluded in Mumbai Saturday with...
On Friday, 9 February, the Economic Times featured a report saying that the government may finally come around on the vexed issue of 20 per cent...
MUMBAI: Fashion Television has adopted the adage if you can’t beat them join them and agreed to “change its programming to suit Indian sensibilities”. FTV...
MUMBAI: CNBC India will not get into direct-to-home services on its own but would be looking at allying with other broadcasters in setting up a platform,...
The lack of standardisation of entertainment tax as applied in various parts of the country has been a sore point for a long time now. This...
One of the major regulatory hurdles in the way of the launch of DTH services in India has been lifted. On Friday, a notification was issued...
