Supreme Court stays, till further orders, MediaOne channel ban

SC to hear MediasOne channel plea against ban on Mar 11

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear on March 11 a plea of Malayalam news channel MediaOne against the Kerala High Court order upholding the federal government’s decision to ban its telecast on security grounds. A bench, comprising Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justices A S Bopanna, took note of the submissio...


Radha Ramamurthy moves to Amazon from Viacom18

Radha Ramamurthy moves to Amazon from Viacom18

Radha Ramamurthy has recently moved to Amazon from Viacom18 after four years of working as a head of marketing and digital content. In Amazon, Radha will be the senior launch marketing manager, where she will be responsible for handling the regional content. The news was shared on her LinkedIn post, where she wrote a note to her team, “Say...


EORTV appoints Falguni Shah as MD

EORTV appoints Falguni Shah as MD

OTT platform EORTV has appointed Falguni Shah as the managing director (MD) of its OTT Business. In her new role, Shah will be responsible for the rollout and management of EORTV’s content and revenue. She will also be handling the brand to create


NTO case to be heard today; petitioners, respondent argue for & against status quo

AIDCF for tech transfer, subsidies to boost local hardware manufacture

The All India Digital Cable Federation (AIDCF), an industry body representing the interest of MSOs, has suggested foreign technology transfer and a slew of government financial incentives, amongst other measures, to boost local manufacturing in the broadcasting and cable television sector.


Russia Today news channel unavailable on Tata Play, Dish TV

Russia Today news channel unavailable on Tata Play, Dish TV

Almost 10 days into the Ukraine-Russia crisis, with the world divided on the issue over Moscow’s moves, RT (Russia Today) TV channel has vanished from some of the Indian platforms.

Tata Play (earlier known as Tata Sky) and DishTV, two DTH operators, have been upfront on the unavailab...


Global news outlets ‘suspend’ Russian ops; Moscow alleges bias

Global news outlets ‘suspend’ Russian ops; Moscow alleges bias

Global news media said they were suspending reporting in Russia to protect their journalists after a new Russian law that threatened jail terms of up to 15 years for spreading "fake news". Social media platforms like Meta’s Facebook said late last week Moscow was blocking their local operations.