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India’s federal government on Monday barred the telecast of Malayalam news channel MediaOne citing "security reasons", but the Kerala High Court stayed the implementation of the order for two days.
The government move drew the ire of many ...
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India blocks Pak-backed fake news networks on YouTube, Twitter, FB
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has ordered the blocking of 35 YouTube channels and two websites, which were running anti-India propaganda and spreading fake news "in a coordinated manner".
These websites and YouTube channels were being operated from Pakistan, MIB Secret...
MIB appellate authority upholds Bhusawal Cable’s MSO registration cancellation
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB)’s appellate authority, after a review of the case, has upheld cancellation of the MSO registration of Bhusawal Cable Network Pvt. Ltd. on the ground that it has been affirmed it was pirating DD FreeDish signals for retransmission on its own cable network.
Govt. forms panel on RPD; BARC to resume TV news channels’ audience data
Even as the Indian government asked BARC India to resume handing out audience data for Tv news channels with ‘immediate effect’, it also announced formation of a committee, with stakeholders’ representation, to explore ways to capture data from STBs (return path data) to m...
Discovery invests in OpenAP
American pay television network and flagship channel Discovery on Monday announced that it has agreed to invest and become a minority owner of OpenAP, the advanced advertising joint venture company created by several media industry gian...
Omicron presses pause on new films’ release; industry looks at losses
The list of big ticket films ready and awaiting release is growing by the day with theatres either closing down or operating at 50 per cent capacity and audiences too scared to venture into a hall anyway, d...