Get ready to say goodbye to highly edgy or sexual content on OTT platforms. Or, probably, for that matter an uncut version of Game of Throneas available on some platforms too may be out of bounds for Indian viewers. Quick or simultaneous release of international sho...
Category: Regulation
TRAI moves Bombay HC for early order on NTO 2.0 case
India’s Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has recently filed an application with the Bombay High Court requesting an order be pronounced at the earliest in a case that the country’s broadcasting sector, via some TV channels, had filed contesting th...
Court seeks govt. clarity on penalties & ad code for TV channels
The Delhi high court has sought India’s Central government opinion on whether there’s a uniform policy on imposing penalties on TV channels for breaching the 'Programme Code’ or 'Advertising Code’ under The Cable Television Network Rules.
The order to submit a reply was passed by Jus...
Prasar Bharati looks to fill up vacant board seat
The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting has invited applications from eligible persons for consideration for appointment to the post of Member (Finance) in Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India), a Corporation set up by The Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Act, 1990. The post is s...
एनबीएफ ने सूचना एवं प्रसारण मंत्रालय को पत्र लिखकर की यह मांग
न्यूज़ ब्रॉडकास्टर्स फेडरेशन (एनबीएफ) ने मांग की है कि ब्रॉडकास्ट ऑडियंस रिसर्च कॉउंसिल (बार्क) इंडिया न्यूज़ चैनल्स की रेटिंग को तत्काल प्रभाव से लागु करे। इसके लिए एनबीएफ ने सूचना एवं प्रसारण मंत्रालय को पत...
2 Malayalam news channel penalized for breaching prog code
The government issued notice to two Malayalam news channels to go off air in 2020 as they had breached certain important sections of the content code under the Cable TV Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995.