The Press Registrar can carry out a physical inspection of the business premises of a periodical if the publisher fails to furnish an annual statement regularly or if a desk audit recommends such action due to "exceptional circumstances", according to the draft Press and Registration of Periodicals Rules 2024.
The Consumer Electronics and TV Manufacturers Association on Thursday strongly objected to reports suggesting levy of cess on television sets, saying it would cripple sales.
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 Kerala high court gives a go-ahead to the controversial Malayalam film.
Pakistan's defence ministry on Wednesday filed a complaint before the media regulatory authority accusing the Geo News channel of indulging in anti-national activities by smearing the image of intelligence agency Inter Services Intelligence.
'The Editors Guild of India strongly condemns the arbitrary manner contemplated by the Union Information and Broadcasting (I & B) Ministry ostensibly to penalise any journalist or media organisation publishing fake news,' it said.
The DCA is still examining the matter of alleged violation of terms and conditions of license agreement by P K Mittal group company Music Broadcast Pvt Ltd and has not conveyed any decision to the government as yet on the issue.
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The government has constituted a high-powered committee, headed by Planning Commission Member NK Singh, to set new guidelines for regulating film financing.
With controversy over the implementaion of conditional access system raging on, the government is now considering a proposal to amend the Cable Act to regulate broadcasters.\n\n\n\n
The bench added it was the petitioner who was putting the identity of intelligence officials at risk of getting exposed by discussing the issue in the court.
The government on Wednesday informed Parliament that there is no proposal with the Information Technology ministry to set up a regulator for social media.
Cable and DTH companies cannot hold more than 20 per cent stake in each other.
Senior IAS officials are protesting against the posting of a junior officer of Indian Information Service of the 1982 batch to hold the post of Principal Director General of Press Information Bureau.
The Agriculture Ministry has incurred an expenditure of Rs 67,99,750 on production of three promotional and two educational films on the farm laws for its wider publicity through electronic media, social media and webinars.
The ban had been imposed by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting after one of its radio jockeys allegedly made a derogatory remark against Indian Idol winner Prashant Tamanag.
In his letter dated July 6, 2010, Thomas had also advocated a discussion on use of the scarce S-band spectrum with Indian Space Research Organisation in a special meeting attended by representatives of DoT, Department of Space, Information and Broadcasting Ministry, and Indian Meteorological Department.
Ahead of India visit of News Corp chief Rupert Murdoch, the proposal for the direct-to-home venture by Star is shuttling between ministries raising doubts whether the Rs 1,600 crore
The government has approved the 'Terms of Reference' for the 16 Finance Commission, which makes recommendations on sharing of tax revenues between the Centre and states. The recommendations would cover a five-year period commencing April 1, 2026, Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur said on Wednesday, giving details about the decisions taken at the Cabinet meeting last evening. The commission would submit its report by October 31, 2025, Thakur said.
The government has refused to exempt the digital news content of mainstream television channels and print media from the ambit of the the IT Rules, 2021 and asked them to take 'urgent steps' to comply with the provisions of the digital media rules immediately.
The move to resume work in ministries comes nearly a month after the government issued work from home protocols in its fight against the coronavirus pandemic.
In a show-cause notice, the information and broadcasting ministry asked Bharti Telemedia to furnish explanation failing which the government could consider suspending the licence till such time the company obtains necessary approvals from FIPB and meet the eligibility conditions. A Bharti spokesperson said the company has complied to all licence conditions in its DTH venture and the same has been communicated to the government.
Sun TV had approached the Home Ministry for security clearance.
The proposal of Media Content and Communication Services to uplink Star News channel from India is still being examined by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry after Foreign Investment Promotion Board cleared it.
All the Pakistani TV channels beamed in the Kashmir valley went off tv screens, following a union government directive.
The Information and Broadcasting Ministry said on Wednesday the newspapers will be brought out by Wall Street Journal India Publishing Private limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Dow Jones and Company Inc, USA.
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The apex court, while hearing a plea raising grievance over the programme, said that the manner in which some media houses are conducting debate is a matter of concern as all kind of defamatory things are being said.
The government is likely to give yet another week's reprieve from July 10 to the Star Group allowing its 24-hour news channel to continue operations in the present format.
The Kerala Story is among a long list of films that invited bans and censorship.
