Coming soon DD International: made in India, for the world

In what could be seen as a move to counter negative foreign media narrative and reporting on India, especially those related to the pandemic and its aftermath, country’s national broadcaster Doordarshan is preparing to launch DD International to be the “international voice for India”. An expression of interest (EOI) document has been floated by DD’s […]

AIR pushes for digital radio as 2.5 mn cars have DRM receivers

India is stepping on the gas pedal where digital radio is concerned with pubcaster All India Radio taking the lead and approximately 2.5 million cars fitted with DRM (digital radio mondiale) receivers, a fact that not many car users are unaware of. Though DRM as a tech is not new, earlier in India had found […]

India telecom body & ATSC in pact for b’cast, mobile standards

Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. and ONE Media 3.0, LLC applauded the Telecom Standards Development Society, India (TSDSI) and the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) for signing an agreement to enable adoption of ATSC standards for broadcast services on mobile devices in India. As members of both standards organizations, Sinclair and ONE Media have actively supported […]

Digipub forms oversight panel as part of self regulation

DIGIPUB, an association of Indian pure-play digital news publishers, yesterday announced formation of internal committee as part of the self regulatory mechanism for digital news publishers. According to a statement from the organization, the committee consists of individuals with an “unimpeachable public service record and accomplishments”. The committee comprises former Supreme Court judge Justice Madan […]

No `specific action’ taken on BARC India report: MIB

The Indian government has said that an expert committee set up to look into functioning of Broadcast Audience Research Council India (BARC India), following allegations misconducts by company officials, has submitted its report, but “no specific” action on the suggestions has been taken yet. While admitting that based on inputs provided in a report of […]

NW18, Republic Bharat makes it to Free Dish after stiff bidding

After some  fierce bidding and spending of serious money for a berth on Doordarshan’s FTA DTH platform, Free Dish, 57 channels can heave a sigh of relief for having made it to the final list. The news category saw maximum see-sawing with TV channels trying to outbid competition for limited available space in the MPEG-2 slots […]