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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?
Category: Guest
Guest Column: Will DD FreeDish go encrypted?
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...
Trai Needs To Restore Level Playing Field As Broadcast And Tv Distribution Regulator
A. Two Decades of Broadcast Regulation
- Over twenty years ago, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) was nominated by the Government on 09.01.2004 as the Broadcast and TV...
Guest Column: Will new Broadcast Bill ’23 tighten controls on communication media?
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
Guest Column: Three Decades of Unfinished Communication Media Rules
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.
Guest Column: All about consolidation, partnership-led growth in M&E
Calendar year 2023 was a mixed bag for the media and entertainment (M&E) industry as linear TV reported below par growth (decline of 1-2 percent YoY – ex sports) due to i) lower spends by e-commerce/gaming companies ii) diversion of festive spends towards Cricket World Cup negatively impacting growth for other ge...