The government has approved New Delhi Television Ltds proposal to start a 24-hour news channel with foreign equity component of 16.47%.
Currently, only three addressable platforms in DTH services, conditional access system and IPTV, are available in the country with DTH services having the maximum subscriber base.
The government on Tuesday said it was open to the idea of holding an all-party meeting on the issue of regulating contents on cable television but maintained that a 'fatwa' or a direction will not help serve the purpose.
'They want to wind up Osho's Pune operation, take the money and move out of India.'
The Information and Broadcasting ministry on Wednesday favoured reviving of the licence fee for radios and television sets, or at least a one time tax, to make Prasar Bharathi financially viable.
Despite summons, Republic TV's chief financial officer (CFO) did not appear before the Mumbai police on Saturday to record his statement in connection with the TRP manipulation racket, saying the channel has approached the Supreme Court in the case, a senior official said.
A bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud, Indu Malhotra and K M Joseph was informed by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta that Sudarshan TV has to give reply to the show cause notice by September 28, failing which an ex parte decision will be taken.
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The 43-year-old popular television actor-turned politician continued to cultivate Amethi in the past five years despite her loss in 2014 to Gandhi and this helped her reap electoral dividends.
Claiming 'right to be forgotten', reality show celebrity Ashutosh Kaushik on Thursday sought a direction from the Delhi high court to the Centre and Google that some of his videos, photos and articles be removed from various online platforms as they have a "detrimental effect" on his life.
The channel headed by Suresh Chavhanke claimed vindication of its stance and said in a statement that it will air the programme "Bindas Bol" on alleged Muslims' "infiltration" in UPSC on Friday at 8 pm.
Faced with mounting complaints from television viewers and women outfits about objectionable contents, the government has ordered channels airing TV shows 'Big Boss' and 'Rakhi ka Insaaf' to broadcast them only between 11 pm and 5 am, virtually bracketing them as only for adult viewing.
Throughout her campaigning, Irani asserted that people of Amethi want change and development and will vote for Modi.
Broadcast regulator TRAI is likely to fix the maximum retail price for television channels under the Conditional Access System regime, which will require a nine-month transition period as per the consensus, the government said on Monday.
The Supreme Court on Monday said it will examine the interpretation of sedition law, particularly in the light of media rights and free speech, as it gave protection to Telugu news channels -- TV5 and ABN Andhrajyothi -- from any coercive action in a case lodged against them under the colonial era provision.
The draft content code also plans to restrict TV channels from stereotyping women as passive or submissive so as to promote or glorify their subordinate or secondary role in the society.
The regulator has asked the DTH operator to file a status report over implementation of the new tariff regime
Minister for Information and Broadcasting Ambika Soni urged that private television channels to show restraint and evolve self-regulatory mechanism so that their programmes do not hurt the sentiments of people.
The star kicked off India's first ever Chinese Film Festival in the Capital.
The Union ministry of information & broadcasting has constituted a committee headed by Amit Mitra, secretary general, FICCI, to review existing television rating point system (TRP) in India and suggest measures to bring in place an effective mechanism for a transparent TRP system in the country.
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After deliberations with various stakeholders, including broadcasters and cable operators, the information and broadcasting (I&B) ministry has decided to make the roll-out of CAS voluntary across the country, instead of being mandatory as originally planned.
The government has sent show cause notices to 31 television channels for violating rules that forbid them from beaming advertisements of tobacco, liquor or other intoxicants, the Lok Sabha was informed on Thursday.
IPTV and Mobile TV, the new cable distribution platforms that have emerged recently. A clarification issued by the ministry of information and broadcasting recently makes it compulsory for all broadcasters to immediately share their channels with Wire & Wireless India Ltd, the HITS licence holding company of Essel Group.
Jio is now present in all of the 29 states.
The issue of content code for television news channels will be discussed with all stake holders to find a solution, Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni said on Friday.
The government's move is aimed at implementing the provisions incorporated in the Cable Television Network Rules 1994. Introduced by Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni, the paper suggests that if 'a product that uses a brand or logo, which is also used for promoting cigarettes and tobacco products, then the visual of the advertisement should depict only the product being advertised and not prohibited products in any form or manner.'
The channels were suspended for 48 hours over their coverage of last month's communal violence in Delhi, with the official orders saying they covered events on February 25 in a manner that 'highlighted the attack on places of worship and siding towards a particular community'.
Suspecting that a video clip of Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab's court hearing has been leaked to the media, government has advised television channels not to broadcast it.
Abdul Rahman Hamid, director general for broadcasting of the state-owned Radio Television Malaysia, said the network had not received any directive from the Information Ministry or any other ministry on the matter and will continue to show both local and foreign Tamil programmes and films that were suitable for broadcast.A Malaysian newspaper had reported that the Information Ministry had banned airing of Tamil language programmes.
The government on Thursday announced a new 24-hour TV channel dedicated to agriculture sector with an outlay of Rs 100 crore for providing real-time information to farmers.
Telephone Regulatory Authority of India's decision not to give permission to political outfits to launch satellite channel has come as a dampener for many parties, which were planning to enter the television arena ahead of the next year's general elections. Several state governments, including Delhi, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal, and political parties had approached the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting seeking permission to start their own television channels.
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'I have been lucky to be able to show my talent more as a sports anchor, and I could do this for life!'
Allegations of spot-fixing by English cricketers have been dismissed by the England and Wales Cricket Board's Integrity Team and Cricket Australia.
Talk of a blackout by other news channels in solidarity remained inconclusive because of the heavy news agenda on that day.
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has issued an advisory to two television channels -- Aaj Tak and India TV -- earlier this week, for 'showing content that appears to be spreading panic and fear'.
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