Broadbandindia Magazine

DID Season 3 Sat – Sun 8.30 P.M. Main Lakshmi Tere Aangan Ki is a new TV serial on Life Ok. You can watch an inspirational journey of Lakshmi towards realizing her dream through serial. It is a very unique and different kind of story. It is directed Jai Singh. The story is about a middle class girl named Lakshmi. Though, she [...]

MSOs and LCOs -Future moves?

The Government of India has shown some progress with its much-awaited plans for cable TV digitization. The recently passed ordinance that amends the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, approving the timeline the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) and suggesting for mandatory digitization has been converted into a law recently. According to the ordinance, analogue [...]

Parliament Passes Cable Digitisation Bill

But the Bill is not just about shifting from analogue to digital. From the industry perspective, aren’t you worried about the controls digitisation will bring about ? Why would digitisation be about control? Lok Sabha passed the second Bill to amend the Cable TV Networks (Regulation) Act 1995 that aims to replace the Ordinance promulgated. Also [...]

EDITOR’S DESK

The Cable TV Traders & Manufacturers Association’s show has been postponed by a day to now start from 12th January, 2012 and continue up to 14th Jan 2012. With the recently passed ordinance that amends the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, approving the timeline the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) and suggesting for mandatory [...]

Rohit Sharma

In December issue of your Magazine, the Article on Child Participation in TV Shows is very good for the Society. Programme makers are using child to perform scenes or mouth dialogues that are inappropriate for his/her age or those that my cause distress. The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) rightly send guidelines [...]

Times TV elevates Kaul and Trigunayat

Times Television Network has announced elevation in responsibilities of two of its senior personnel: Avinash Kaul and Ajay Trigunayat. While Kaul, who was CEO of Zoom, has been given additional responsibility of ET Now as well, Trigunayat has been named CEO Hollywood Channels. Both Kaul and Trigunayat will continue to report to Times Television network MD [...]

Govt to amend Press and Registration laws

The Government has introduced a Bill in the Lok Sabha to amend and consolidate the laws relating to press and registration of books and publications, which would make entry of foreign magazines into the country “hassle free”. The Press and Registration of Books Bill 2011 seeks to convert into law various executive orders that have followed [...]