Doordarshan inducted nine new state-of-the-art broadcast vans to enhance its ability to provide real-time news. The vans were flagged off by the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Information…Read More
All India Radio has launched its streaming services on e-commerce platform, Amazon’s voice-controlled smart speakers in a bid to expand its global footprint. Vividh Bharati and 14 other regional language…Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) convened an open house discussion (OHD) on consultation paper on issues relating to uplinking and downlinking of television channels in India. A number…Read More
The Film Facilitation Office is in the process of establishing a dedicated web portal that will disseminate information on filming locations and the facilities available in India for production/post production….Read More
In a monthly open house meeting the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) informed the applicant multiple system operators (MSO) that issue of pending applications for MSO registration is under…Read More
The Most Film Friendly State Award was recently announced by the Chairman of the Jury, Ramesh Sippy. Madhya Pradesh was conferred the award for the Most Film Friendly State for…Read More
The auction of 683 FM channels in 236 cities in subsequent batches has been approved. With the rollout of the third batch auctions a large number of those cities across…Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released a consultation paper on issues relating to uplinking and downlinking of TV channels. For regulating the business of satellite TV channel…Read More
TRAI has released consultation paper on the empanelment of auditors for digital addressable systems (DAS) for the broadcasting and cable sector. The Telecommunication (Broadcasting and Cable) Services Interconnection (Addressable Systems)…Read More
A Surya Prakash has been appointed as the chairman of the Prasar Bharati board for a second consecutive term till February 8, 2020. Prakash’s earlier 3-year term as the chairman…Read More
The central Government notified March 31, 2017 as the last date of an implementation of Phase-IV of the Digital Addressable Cable TV Systems (DAS), therefore w.e.f. April 1, 2017 only…Read More
Over 5 months after bids were invited and 3 months since agencies were shortlisted, Doordarshan (DD) has cancelled the tender for the channel packaging work of DD Kashir. The tender…Read More
The second edition of Global Content Bazaar is to be held from January 19 to 20, 2018 at Mumbai. The show aims at providing a new platform for content innovators…Read More
In order to test interoperable set-top boxes (STBs) for the digital TV broadcasting services, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has commenced a project. It will allow subscribers to…Read More
All India Radio (AIR) has recently organized the Sardar Patel Memorial Lecture 2017, as a mark of respect to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, India’s first minister of information and broadcasting. Addressing…Read More
Doordarshan is in the process of ramping up its digital terrestrial transmission (DTT) service across the country. Viewers can now watch live sports events while travelling using Doordarshan’s DTT service….Read More
In the recent move of restructuring in Information & Broadcasting ministry Smriti Zubin Irani, minister for textiles has assumed additional charge as minister for Information & broadcasting on July 18,…Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has recently released a consultation paper on Ease of Doing Business in Broadcasting Sector. The government and TRAI have been constantly promoting a…Read More
In an initiative to reach out to people in media-dark regions Prasar Bharati is likely to distribute around 10 lakh free-of-cost direct-to-home (DTH) set-top boxes (STBs) in naxal-hit areas of…Read More