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India’s Minister for Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar yesterday allayed fears and concerns of the streaming platforms over the new digital content rules put in place recently, which some critics have described as stringent.
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Ministry Of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) is a ministerial-level agency of the Government of India, that brings the rules, regulations, and laws in the field of information broadcasting, Press, and the Cinema of India.
States, UTs can’t administer new digital norms: MIB
The central government has told all states and union territories that the power to administer the new rules on digital media publications has not been delegated to them, a day after the Union government overturned a Manipur district magistrate's order issued under the recently implemented guidelines. In an office memorandum, the Ministry of ...
78 MSO licenses cancelled, surrendered
The licences of 78 MSOs were either cancelled by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting or surrendered by the companies concerned, according to Indian government data.
As on March 1, 2021, there were 1,715 registered MSOs in India of which six were granted licences to operate in Ja...
Prasad, Javadekar blame industry for failing to self regulate
The Indian government blamed the social media and OTT platforms today in failing to come up with effective self regulatory mechanisms on disputable content despite nudges and consultations and this forced the government’s hand in coming out with a broad set of rules to guide the industry. While Minister for Information and Broadcasting Prakas...
All OTT shows to have 5 categories of classifications & get certification
Get ready to say goodbye to highly edgy or sexual content on OTT platforms. Or, probably, for that matter an uncut version of Game of Throneas available on some platforms too may be out of bounds for Indian viewers. Quick or simultaneous release of international sho...
Court seeks govt. clarity on penalties & ad code for TV channels
The Delhi high court has sought India’s Central government opinion on whether there’s a uniform policy on imposing penalties on TV channels for breaching the 'Programme Code’ or 'Advertising Code’ under The Cable Television Network Rules.
The order to submit a reply was passed by Jus...