Delhi HC orders meta to remove deepfake videos of Rajat Sharma 
Govt. blocked 18 OTT platforms for obscene content in 2024 
Broadcasting industry resists inclusion under Telecom Act 
DTH viewing going down & a hybrid ecosystem evolving: Dish TV CEO 
New adventure of detective Feluda debuts on Hoichoi Dec. 20 
‘Pushpa 2’ breaks records as most watched film of 2024: BookMyShow Report 
Hungama OTT unveils ‘Pyramid’ 
Amazon MX Player to premiere ‘Party Till I Die’ on Dec 24 
aha Tamil launches ‘aha Find’ initiative with ‘Bioscope’ 
Netflix India to stream WWE content starting April 2025 
Even as some OTT services like Disney+Hotstar had taken off third-party news channels from their platforms sometime in 2021, owing to ambiguity relating to news channels’ FDI restrictions applying to streamers or n...
Category: MIB
Ministry Of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) is a ministerial-level agency of the Government of India, that brings the rules, regulations, and laws in the field of information broadcasting, Press, and the Cinema of India.
MIB: Action taken in 178 TV content-related complaints since 2018
The Indian government yesterday said since 2018 it has taken action in 178 cases related to breach of content or programming code by TV channels.
“Since 2018, the government has tak...
MIB clarifies on ‘director’ definition in uplink/downlink norms
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) has issued clarifications regrading definition of a director of company relating to broadcasting firms, which it said should address the concerns of the stakeholders’ compliance under the revamped uplink and ...
Piracy a major concern; new techs have slowed linear TV growth pace: Sanjiv Shankar
Amongst the many issues being looked into by the Indian government in the media and entertainment sector, content and signal piracy is gaining importance and this was asserted by a senior official.
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Anurag Thakur bats for creative autonomy; says self-regs working fine
Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur has made a strong pitch for creative autonomy and said there were adequate safeguards in place for monitoring content on OTT platforms.
“Creativity should not be rei...
MIB warns TV channels on airing disturbing footages, images
India’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Monday issued an advisory to all television channels against reporting incidents of accidents, deaths, and violence, including those against women, children and elderly, in manners that grossly compromise the “good taste ...