Niche channels to benefit from HC order if TRAI doesn’t contest

Even as the Bombay High Court upheld the constitutional validity of the Indian regulator TRAI’s cable TV tariff guidelines issued last year, it gave a major concession to the broadcasters who, along with the producers guild, had petitioned the court to strike down the economic regulations altogether. A division bench of Justices Amjad Sayyed and […]

Outlook Group appoints Pallaw Kumar as AVP- Brand & Marketing

India’s leading publishing house, Outlook Group has appointed Pallaw Kumar as Assistant Vice President (AVP) – Brand & Marketing. The company has been conceiving and developing the brand and marketing campaigns, with the strategic partnerships of some of his multi-format, high-value responsibilities. Pallaw has been graduated in International Business & Marketing and has 10 years […]

Guest Column: Cable Act outdated; new Electronic Media Regulatory Act needed

-By Ashok Mansukhani:-  Recently the Indian Government notified amendments in the Cable TV (Networks) Regulation Act, 1995 with the stated goal of updating it for a digital age and, in a way, levelling the field for all segments of the media, especially where self-regulatory regime is concerned. Though the amendments focussed more on self-regulation by […]

SonyLIV going global later in 2021

Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI)-owned streamer SonyLIV, an under-rated Indian streamer despite some brilliant content, including the highly acclaimed `Scam: The Harshad Mehta Story’, is all set to go global later in 2021. In the last four weeks, the service has been given a soft launch across 28 global territories, including the European Union, U.K., the […]

Guest Column: Will TRAI-mandated changes in CAS, SMS work for DPOs?

India’s economic regulator for the media sector Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has issued the Telecommunication (Broadcasting and Cable) Services Interconnection (Addressable Systems) (Third Amendment) Regulations 2021 on June 11, 2021. On first reading of the interconnection guidelines, the changes look simple and straightforward — innocuous one can say. But, as they say, the […]

MIB rejects news channels’ digital norms exemption plea

India’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) has rejected a request from traditional and legacy media companies with digital businesses to be exempt from the country’s newly-implemented digital regulations and has also refused an extension to the compliance period of 15 days given earlier. “Making an exception of the nature proposed will be discriminatory to […]