'Autonomous' Prasar Bharati rejects I&B ministry's diktat

 I&B Ministry, Prasar Bharati are in tussle over ministry's directives, reports Shreya Jai and Arindam Majumder. Calling the directives of the ministry of information and broadcasting......

Senior journalist A Surya Prakash appointed Prasar Bharati chairman

Senior journalist A Surya Prakash was on Tuesday appointed chairman of the Prasar Prasar Bharati Board, filling a post which had been lying vacant for the last six months. The appointment, which......

Modi interview: Ministry asks Prasar CEO to seek board's opinion

Throwing the ball back into Prasar Bharati's court, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry on Tuesday asked the public broadcaster to seek the views of its board on whether a probe is needed......

Prasar Bharti CEO Lalli to face SC enquiry

Prasar Bharati CEO B S Lalli will face a Supreme Court inquiry into charges of administrative and financial irregularities against him following a Presidential reference. The assent to the......

Prasar Bharati chairman resigns

Prasar Bharati chairman Arun Bhatnagar, who has been at loggerheads with the public broadcaster's CEO B S Lalli, has resigned because he was "dissatisfied" with the functioning of the board.......

Zee may face trouble over Prasar Bharati feed

The Subhash Chandra-promoted Zee Telefilms may have won the four-year contract to telecast the Board of Control for Cricket in India organised cricket matches, but it is all set to lock horns with......

Prasar Bharati chief rubbishes talks of rift with I&B Ministry

Prasar Bharati chairman Jawahar Sircar on Tuesday said there was no rift between him and the information and broadcasting (I&B) ministry, following a controversy over a letter he had written to the......

Prasar Bharati may lose Rs 100 crore on low carria

DD Direct Plus, the free-to-air direct-to-home (DTH) service of state-owned Prasar Bharati, stands to lose over Rs 100 crore in 2008-09 due to under-pricing of its carriage fees and......

Prasar Bharati in tie-up with ESPN-Star, Zee

Despite not being a favourite to bag the four-year telecast rights floated by the Board of Control for Cricket in India, public broadcaster Prasar Bharati has ensured Doordarshan gets the feed for......

Prasar Bharati will telecast Ind-Aus series: BCCI

In another twist to the row over cricket telecast rights, the Board of Control for Cricket in India informed the Supreme Court on Monday that television coverage of India's domestic series......

Prasar Bharti joins fray for telecast rights

Aggrieved by the Board of Control for Cricket in India's decision to award the telecast rights for the India-Australia cricket series to Sony Television, Prasar Bharti said it will challenge the......

HC gives telecast rights to Prasar Bharti

The Madras high court on Thursday directed Prasar Bharati to telecast the upcoming India-Pakistan cricket series and gave the Board of Control for Cricket in Indiathe freedom to engage any producer......

DD to continue telecasting World Cup matches

Indian fans in the crowd celebrate as a Pakistan wicket falls during the match between India and Pakistan at Adelaide Oval on February 15. Photograph: Scott Barbour/Getty Images Public broadcaster......