Accuracy more important than speed in news reporting: Anurag Thakur

India’s Minister of Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur on Tuesday said that ‘presenting authentic information is the prime responsibility of media’ and that facts should be properly checked before they are put in the public domain. He also advised news media to exercise caution while live reporting terror attacks, saying it should not provide clues […]

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 over the functioning of some companies in the country. “ln view of  (the) recommendations of TRAI, the judgement of the Supreme Court and the […]

DTH operators can now share infrastructure

The Indian government on Friday allowed infrastructure sharing, where feasible, by DTH operators, while laying down norms for payment of licence fee and those related to platform services on a satellite service. “Wherever technically feasible, the DTH operator may share the DTH platform infrastructure on voluntary basis. The infrastructure sharing will be allowed for DTH […]

Mainstream TV channels biggest threat to mainstream media: Thakur

Minister for Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur on Tuesday criticised the mainstream media for polarising the country, saying the biggest threat to mainstream media is not from new age digital platforms, but from the mainstream TV media channels. He went on to add that real journalism was about facing the facts, presenting the truth and […]

UNSAID, UNICEF launches TV series ‘Durr Se Namaste’

The United States Agency for International Development (UNSAID) and United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) formally launched the Doordarshan and YouTube series titled ‘Duur Se Namaste’ (Greetings from a distance!) at an event held in New Delhi on Sunday.   ‘Duur Se Namaste’, a fictional Hindi series developed in an entertainment-education format, highlights the challenges of a […]

Guest Column: Will mandated digital TV tuners be advantage FreeDish?

By Rajiv Khattar Over the past six to eight weeks a few communications have been exchanged between various government organisations, which indicate that the Indian policy-makers could be moving towards a regime that mandates all TV sets sold in India should come with factory-fitted digital tuners capable of receiving public broadcaster Doordarshan’s free DTH service, […]