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Cable cos seek autonomy in pricing; IB ministry forwards request to Trai

According to Trai's new tariff order (NTO) regime, distributors can not break broadcaster bouquets and must offer them to customers without making any changes

Direct-to-mobile: Everything about broadcasting technology in the works

D2M is a broadcasting technology capable of transmitting multimedia content to consumers' smartphones without requiring an active internet connection

EC to issue air time vouchers online for campaign through broadcasters

The allotment of air time to political parties for campaigning on All India Radio and Doordarshan will now be done online, the Election Commission said on Tuesday. The poll body has amended the existing scheme for the use of government-owned electronic media by political parties. This has been done by introducing a provision to issue digital air time vouchers through an Information Technology platform, the poll panel said. Now, political parties will not be required to send their representatives to the EC or offices of state chief electoral officers to physically collect air time vouchers during elections.

Fresh legal battle brews between Dish TV and lenders on board recast

Lenders, who own a majority stake in the company, have called for removal of the existing two-member board of S Aggarwal and Rashmi Aggarwal

Centre considers building broadcast stack for direct-to-mobile services

Public service channels that are shown on Doordarshan will be available on mobile phones once the stack has been set up

Unexpected rise of DD Freedish reflects linear TV is alive and growing

To get around the problem the agency checks the channel list every quarter to figure out the free channels' clients, such as ITC or J&J, that need small-town reach, could be advertising on

Airtel flags concerns over broadcast content on unregistered digital sites

Bharti Airtel has told regulator Trai that broadcasters are violating the downlinking policy by providing broadcast content to unregistered digital distribution platforms. The telecom player's submission to the watchdog is seen as an apparent reference to Jio TV showing IPL 2023 matches. Bharti Airtel has said the delivery of the same broadcast on broadband through an app on large screen has created an anti-competitive environment and a non-level playing field for the regulated Distribution Platforms (DPOs). "As per MIB's downlinking policy, the broadcaster is under an obligation to provide services only through registered DPOs (such as DTH providers). By providing broadcast content to unregistered digital distribution platforms, the broadcasters are violating the downlinking policy which needs to be addressed by MIB (Ministry of Information and Broadcasting) and Trai," Airtel said. An e-mail query sent to Reliance Jio did not elicit any immediate response. According to Bharti Air

Broadcasting as a public good

The latest auction, which fetched more a thousand crore rupees in potential revenues, saw a further refinement of the methodology to insulate agai­nst likely cartelisation

Disney-Star takes guard as Indian Premier League broadcast war heats up

Network is targeting 550-700 advertisers this year and 500 million viewers; it will broadcast T20 league in over 10 language feeds across 22 channels

Cable operators to sign new agreements, broadcasters resume connection

The standoff between broadcasters and local cable/multi-system operators over the New Tariff Order (NTO) has ended and connection of channels to nearly 4.5 million homes was restored on Friday after the latter decided to sign fresh agreements, said industry sources. Members of All India Digital Cable Federation (AIDCF) has decided to sign the fresh Reference Interconnection Offer (RIO) "without any prejudice" to their challenge to Trai regulation and new tariff order, he added. Local cable/multi-system operators have already challenged the Trai regulation before the Kerala High Court. Earlier, three leading broadcasters, Disney Star, Zee Entertainment Enterprises and Sony Pictures Networks India Ltd, had already stopped providing feed to cable operators which have not signed fresh agreements with increased prices under the New Tariff Order (NTO) 3.0. The NTO had come into force in February 2023. Earlier, the broadcasters had issued notices on February 15 to cable operators/ multi

Disney-Star, Sony, Zee agree to switch on cable signals after standoff

This had triggered the spat between cable operators and broadcasters, with the former saying that the channel price hike would be exorbitant, while the latter saying it was not more than 5-15%

Broadcasters-cable operators face-off: Kerala HC to continue hearing on Tue

Justice Shaji P Chaly in whose court the matter is being heard has posted the issue for Tuesday

Blackout: Why has the broadcaster-cable operator fracas come to a head?

The issue has been fermenting since TRAI raised the price cap for a TV channel from Rs 12 to Rs 19

DTH companies say they will raise prices gradually, not in one go: Report

Broadcasters have been complaining that the price of TV content has not seen any increase since 2019

Pvt broadcasters to undertake public service broadcasting for 30 mins daily

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Monday drew attention towards the obligation of public service broadcasting and guidelines for uplinking and downlinking of television channels in India

Public broadcasters of India, Egypt ink MoU for sharing TV programmes

The public broadcasters of India and Egypt on Wednesday inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to facilitate sharing of content, co-production and training of officials in latest technologies. The MoU was signed by Information and Broadcasting Anurag Singh Thakur and Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Hassan Shoukry in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, who will be the chief guest at the Republic Day Parade. Under the MoU, Prasar Bharati, the public broadcaster of India, and the National Media Authority (NMA) of Egypt agreed to exchange programmes for television and radio. "The MoU is a general statement of intent, the specifics on content sharing will get worked out at a later date mutually," Prasar Bharati Chief Executive Officer Gaurav Dwivedi said when asked about programmes that India would share with Egypt as part of the pact. "The MoU is part of the efforts by Prasar Bharati to expand the reach of DD India Channel to ...

Govt calls out TV channels on 'distasteful' reporting on accidents, deaths

The I&B ministry says such reporting by TV channels is an issue of invasion of privacy and could be maligning and defamatory

Broadcasting infra, network development scheme will augment infra: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the Broadcasting Infrastructure and Network Development (BIND) scheme will augment the broadcasting infrastructure, particularly in the remote areas. This will also help in diverse sectors like health, education and entertainment, he tweeted. In a bid to upgrade Prasar Bharati's broadcast infrastructure and network, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Wednesday approved the scheme worth more than Rs 2,500 crore for Doordarshan and All India Radio. Lauding the National Green Hydrogen Mission, which the Cabinet also approved, Modi said it is a landmark step towards sustainable development and creating investment opportunities for our youth. The government approved a Rs 19,744 crore incentive plan to promote the manufacturing of green hydrogen in the country in a bid to cut emissions.

Quibbles of a media reporter

Cinema is the core of India's creative ecosystem feeding TV, OTT, advertising, music and several other businesses

Tariff order, consolidation to support rally in broadcasting stks: Analysts

New Delhi Television (NDTV), Dish TV, Sun TV Network, and Zee Entertainment outperformed the indices over the last six months by surging between 18 per cent and 95.5 per cent