Posted by BARC This is the third part of the report on “Crisis Consumption on TV and Smartphones” released jointly by BARC and Nielsen Media. BARC is the official currency…Read More
Posted by IBF The Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF), the apex body of broadcasters, stands indomitably with the Government of India in its fight against Covid -19 outbreak. While broadcasters, voluntarily…Read More
The government on Monday asked cable operators to mandatorily broadcast 25 Doordarshan channels and Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha TV, saying “non-carriage” of these channels is liable for action under…Read More
With over 800 people infected by the Coronavirus, the central governments have issued an edict of 21 days lockdown till April 14, 2020. Since people are confined to their homes,…Read More
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting urged all states and union territories to ensure “operational continuity” of print and electronic media in view of coronavirus outbreak. In a letter to…Read More
Union information and broadcasting minister Prakash Javadekar confirmed on Saturday that the Centre had lifted the 48-hour ban on two Malayalam news channels, saying the Narendra Modi government supported the…Read More
The Indian government has been in favour of setting up an industry body for video streaming platforms, an approach that traditional media usually follows. However, not all over-the-top (OTT) streaming…Read More
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has directed all private television and radio channels to give adequate publicity to the travel advisory and health directives issued by the Ministry of…Read More
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on February 25 issued an advisory to all private satellite TV channels asking them to be cautious about content that may incite violence or…Read More
Bureau of Outreach & Communication, a nodal agency handling advertising needs of all Central Government bodies, is planning to shortly introduce a comprehensive OOH policy covering different advertising formats. It…Read More
Information and Broadcasting Secretary Ravi Mital launched the language websites of AIR News in Tamil, Assamese and Dogri on Friday. He launched these websites during the National Conference of Regional…Read More
In a joint workshop conducted on ‘Digital Radio Vision for India, by Xperi Corporation, India Cellular & Electronics Association, the parties presented their outlook for the transition of the Radio…Read More
The Union Ministry for Information and Broadcasting has proposed changes to the Cable Television Act, which would not only increase a ten-fold pecuniary penalty for violation of the programming or…Read More
India and Bangladesh have signed key agreements in the information and broadcasting sector at the Information and Broadcasting Ministers’ meet 2020. In the presence of Union Minister for Information and…Read More
The ministry of information and broadcasting has approved Rs 1.06 crore for the modernisation of Doordarshan Kendra at Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh. I&B minister Prakash Javadekar said, “Modernisation of All…Read More
Nearly three decades after it was set up as an autonomous body, India’s public broadcaster Prasar Bharati may finally manage to get its own recruitment board — a key step…Read More
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced a Rs 4,375.21 crore outlay for the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in the 2020-2021 fiscal, an increase of over Rs 310…Read More
From the rise of video streaming platforms to music apps to advertising moving onto digital – It has been a leap of faith for the media and entertainment industry, which…Read More
Widespread service centres (CSCs), or digital kiosks, are planning to supply customers in distant areas entry to a list of over 4,000 films and different leisure content material, in a…Read More