The Information and Broadcasting Ministry on Friday urged broadcasters and producers of TV serials to clear payments of artistes. The ministry’s request comes after two TV actors — Manmeet Grewal and Preksha Mehta —…Read More
Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India announced the commencement of servicing panel homes in areas classified as ‘Green Zones’ by the government across India. Meterology Data Pvt Ltd (MDL) manages…Read More
In a unique outreach initiative, Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Shri Prakash Javadekar will talk to Community Radios in the country tomorrow ie 22nd May 2020, at 7 PM. The…Read More
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday pushed for promotion of e-learning in a post covid-19 India and said there will be dedicated TV channels for each school class and permission…Read More
The information and broadcasting ministry has issued draft policy guidelines to improve social media outreach of various ministries and government departments. Under the guidelines, social media platforms will be empanelled…Read More
The Union human resources development (HRD) ministry is planning to start 12 direct-to-home (DTH) television channels, each catering to students from one academic year, to serve as virtual classrooms at…Read More
The Supreme Court Monday refused to entertain a plea seeking directions to the Centre and other authorities to ensure that free unlimited calling, data usage and DTH facilities are provided…Read More
Amit Khare is back as Secretary at the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, a few months after he left. The government announced the appointment on 26 April. Khare replaces Ravi Mittal, who…Read More
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Wednesday issued an advisory to print and electronic media to take adequate precautions while covering incidents related to COVID-19. In a letter, issued…Read More
The Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) has sought government support to deal with the crisis in the television broadcast sector as a result of the covid-19 outbreak in the country. In…Read More
Public service broadcaster Prasar Bharati has made it mandatory for its staff reporting to duty in office or in the field to download and activate the government’s coronavirus tracking mobile…Read More
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
