Public broadcaster Prasar Bharati, which manages Doordarshan and Akashvani, is faced with a Hamletian choice after broadcast regulator TRAI’s recent recommendations on FreeDish: to have interoperability or not?
Public broadcaster Prasar Bharati, which manages Doordarshan and Akashvani, is faced with a Hamletian choice after broadcast regulator TRAI’s recent recommendations on FreeDish: to have interoperability or not?
Despite a public broadcaster’s noble and laudable goals, maybe it’s not always feasible to give such a service free run; especially when it commercially competes with similar private sector services and still remains outside the stringent regulatory regimen laid out for others.
So, w...
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A. Two Decades of Broadcast Regulation
Indian Media Scenario 2023
From a single-channel Doordarshan channel in 1982 to 900 TV channels in 2023, Indian media has seen an enormous explosion of multi-language content, with 200 million TV homes. There are
While it is a truism that the march of technology outstrips regulation, India has been particularly tardy in framing technology-neutral regulations to ensure a level playing field for competing modes of communication media focusing on consumer needs.