Minister assures mandated rules in place for kids’ age-related OTT content 
Govt. not considering rules for use of AI in filmmaking: Murugan 
DTH revenue slide to ease to 3–4% this fiscal year: Report 
At Agenda Aaj Tak, Aamir, Jaideep Ahlawat dwell on acting, Dharam 
JioHotstar to invest $444mn over 5 years in South Indian content 
‘Dhurandhar’ rides controversies to Rs. 300cr+ BO collection 
‘Mrs Deshpande’ deliberately avoids violence, gore: Madhuri Dixit 
Diljit Dosanjh wraps shoot for untitled Imtiaz Ali film 
‘Bhabiji Ghar Par Hai 2.0’ to return with comedy, chaos, a supernatural twist 
न्यूज़ ब्रॉडकास्टर्स फेडरेशन (एनबीएफ) ने मांग की है कि ब्रॉडकास्ट ऑडियंस रिसर्च कॉउंसिल (बार्क) इंडिया न्यूज़ चैनल्स की रेटिंग को तत्काल प्रभाव से लागु करे। इसके लिए एनबीएफ ने सूचना एवं प्रसारण मंत्रालय को पत...
Category: Regulation
2 Malayalam news channel penalized for breaching prog code
The government issued notice to two Malayalam news channels to go off air in 2020 as they had breached certain important sections of the content code under the Cable TV Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995.
On OTT self-regulation, MIB blames industry
The Indian government has laid the blame on the doorstep of the industry for failing to come up with a suitable self regulatory mechanism for content on OTT platforms and not heeding government suggestions, if statement made in parliament by...
Will MIB bless IAMAI OTT tool kit?
The Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), the Indian trade association that drafted two versions of self regulatory codes for platforms that stream curated content --- the last September 2020 version was outright rejected by the government owing to gaps in proper complaint redressal mechanism--- yesterday ca...
MIB: OTT guidelines ‘ready to be implemented soon’
Minister for Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar yesterday said that guidelines for OTT platforms operating in India are almost ready to be rolled out. “Guidelines and directions are almost ready on OTT platforms and will soon be ...
Finance Ministry ‘no’ to infrastructure status
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has said that the Finance Ministry, in charge of economic policies, was not in favour of granting ‘industry status’ to cable distribution segment of the broadcasting sector.