Govt allays C&S industry concerns at SatCab’23

The SatCab Symposium 2023, an Aavishkar Media Group initiative, is back with some new TV and video content industry topics and a stellar lineup of speakers from across the media spectrum. Themed ‘Is the future of the Indian Broadcasting Sector at stake now?’, the event was held in New Delhi on January 16 in front […]

BIS publishes standards for digital TV receivers, built-in satellite tuners

The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has published the norms for digital television receivers with built-in satellite tuners, amongst three significant Indian standards in the area of electronics, facilitating easy viewing of free TV, especially those channels belonging to pubcaster Prasar Bharati. The Indian standard IS 18112:2022 specification is for television with built in satellite […]

28 regional DD channels to be HD-capable; FreeDish targets 250 slots

Out of the Rs. 2539.61 crore cleared by the Indian government for investments in pubcaster Prasar Bharati, the plan is to pump in Rs. 950 crore in priority projects of AIR and Doordarshan with focus on expansion and strengthening of the FM radio network and mobile TV production facilities, which are to be completed on […]

Govt. okays Rs.2,539 crore investment push for DD, AIR infra

With any eye to boost public service broadcasting — and also counter cross-border propaganda in the process — the Indian government on Wednesday cleared a MIB-backed proposal to invest Rs. 2,539.61 crore by 2025-26 for infrastructure development of Prasar Bharati, owners of All India Radio (AIR) and Doordarshan (DD). The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting […]

No FreeDish revenue loss when auction stopped in 2017-18: Thakur

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) has stated that Doordarshan FreeDish incurred no loss of revenue for the period between 2017-18 when an e-auction process for onboarding private sector TV channels was put on hold. Agreeing that the auction process, where private sector TV channels aggressively bid for limited slots on the free to […]

Minister reiterates all govt. entities banned from broadcast biz

The Indian government on Thursday reiterated in parliament that as per a new advisory all government entities, whether federal or at State level, will have to extract themselves from any activity related to the business of broadcasting. It also said that if any government body is presently engaged in broadcasting activity, then it would have […]