The committee, which submitted its report to Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni on Monday, has taken a serious view of the small sample size used by the two existing rating agencies in India.
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.
The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has been given the responsibility of promoting the Unique Identification Number project, officials said here on Friday.
At present private radio stations are not allowed to broadcast news. The government's new move comes at a time when it is in the process of finalising the process for the third phase of FM radio expansion in India.
The Home ministry has said that 'anti-terror operations' should be prohibited from telecasting.
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.
The government has cleared well known journalist Mrinal Pande's name for the post of Prasar Bharati chairperson, a month after the previous chairman Arun Bhatnagar's resignation was accepted by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry.
The Kerala high court gives a go-ahead to the controversial Malayalam film.
A high definition format for television viewers to enjoy the Commonwealth Games and efforts for auction of 3G spectrum were some matters that kept the Information and Broadcasting Ministry busy in 2009.
Haryana govt to impose licence-raj for cable TV
With the information and broadcasting ministry issuing showcause notices to several broadcasters, the government on Wednesday favoured a self-regulatory mechanism to monitor content that does not violate the laid down norms.
A panel led by the secretaries of the DEA and the DIPP would conduct a quarterly review on the pending proposals.
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.
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.
All the Pakistani TV channels beamed in the Kashmir valley went off tv screens, following a union government directive.
President Pratibha Patil allocated the additional charge to Sharma on the advice of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, a Rashtrapati Bhavan statement said late Saturday night.
The Information and Broadcasting Ministry seems to think so, because it has issued a showcause notice against Colors for airing obscene and vulgar content.
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.
Former housemates talk about the hugely popular reality show.
This will be the first time that an FM radio station will be opened in any of the IITs in the country. The information and broadcasting ministry has already given a green signal to the project.
This will be the first time that an FM radio station would be opened in any of the IITs in the country. The information and broadcasting ministry has already given a green signal to the project.
Having failed to get Nimbus Sports to share its live telecast of the upcoming India-Pakistan Test series, the government has issued a notification declaring that under the law the entire Test series be compulsorily shared with public broadcaster Doordarshan.
As the strike by the Film and Television Institute of India students entered the fifth day, the Information and Broadcasting ministry on Tuesday offered to discuss "all relevant issues" after they stuck to their demand for revoking the appointment of actor and Bharatiya Janata Party member Gajendra Chauhan as chairman of its governing council.
The Information and Broadcasting ministry invoked Subsection 2(iv) of Section 20 of Cable Television Networks Regulation Act, 1995, which says the government can ban a channel in the interest of "public order, decency or morality".
Congress MP and member of the panel Karti Chidambaram had requested Tharoor to take up the matter and call the officials of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry before the committee to seek clarification and remedial measures.
Sources said Sircar, who was appointed on the post in 2012 by the UPA-II government, has written a letter to I&B Minister M Venkaiah Naidu in this regard.
Concerned over reports of pesticides in soft drinks, the government on Thursday said it was working on comprehensive standard formula for testing pesticide contents in such beverages.
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.
Government lifts ban on the channel after it apologised for showing 'indecent programmes.'
A section in the ministry feels that sting operations and other activities of some channels reflect a desperate attempt to grab higher TRPs to attract advertisers.
Live India has also been asked to submit its reply by Friday, the official said.
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.
Posters had been put up outside colleges stating that on procurement of enrolment forms for Rs 500, press cards for freelance journalists for a 'yet to be published' magazine 'India TV News'.
Terming the remarks of a Red FM radio jockey against the Gorkha community as derogatory, the govt has banned the radio channel for 7 days.The remarks about the winner of Indian Idol Prashant Tamang had triggered violent clashes in Siliguri last week.
Responding to the I&B ministry's notice, the channel said that the sting operation was carried out in good faith and its intentions were not wrong.
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