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The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) has directed two television channels, Mangalam and Whistle TV, to go off the air for breaching uplinking guidelines, including non-renewal of permissions, despite several extensions ...
Category: Regulation
MIB Secy: Deregulation process on to make India uplink hub
The government will soon deregulate existing rules in a bid to make India an uplinking hub for satellite TV channels.
Addressing the India Space Congress in New Delhi on Friday, Information and Broadcasting Secretary Apurva Ch...
MIB: Govt. bodies can’t enter b’cast, distribution biz anymore
Acting on a long-pending suggestion made by broadcast regulator TRAI, the government on Friday barred the entry of any government or related departments/entities in broadcasting or distribution businesses, putting a question mark...
TRAI chief Vaghela: There’s scope for easing b’cast rules phase-wise
Broadcast regulator TRAI’s Chairman P.D. Vaghela on Monday batted for easing of broadcast sector regulations in India --- albeit in a phased manner --- and suggested any future rules being contemplated should also be assessed fo...
Govt. tells news websites, TV channels to shun betting sites’ ads
India’s federal or the Central Government on Monday issued advisories to news websites, OTT platforms and private satellite channels asking them to refrain from carrying advertisements of offshore betting sites.
“...the private satellite television channels are strongly advised to r...
M&E sector to exceed $100bn by 2030, says MIB Secy Chandra
The Union Secretary for Information and Broadcasting Apurva Chandra has exhorted the media and entertainment industry to set a target of growing the industry to more than USD 100 billion by the year 2030. “India will be a 10 trillion dollar economy in the next 10 years, we should target that the media and entertainment sector should grow to m...