Archive | January, 2012
Is Reality TV promoting Porn in India?
Sunny Leone, Veena Malik, Vidya Balan and Poonam Pandey : Are they Disturbing Indian culture? India is a country with a very unique and varied culture. But with affect of globalization, our culture has come under dominance of western trends, especially in the clothing pattern. Contrary to the Indian style, where shyness is believed to [...]
Continue reading...Bollywood Stars on Small Screen
10. January 2012
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With big money and an easy connect with audience, small screen is no longer small for Bollywood actors and 2011 saw some of the biggest names like Hrithik Roshan and Preity Zinta making their foray into TV. Almost all of the top stars are headed to television. Aamir Khan has announced his TV debut while Sanjay [...]
Continue reading...Bill to amend Prasar Bharati Act
9. January 2012
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The Rajya Sabha passed the bill for amending the Prasar Bharati Act 1990 for treating all government officers and employees recruited by All India Radio or Doordarshan as on 5 October 2007 to be on ‘deemed deputation’ with effect from April 2000 till the time of their retirement. The Bill for amending Section 11 and some other [...]
Continue reading...India’s Cable TV Industry – A Full Scenario
9. January 2012
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Almost 86 million Indian households have access to cable TV while direct to home (DTH) is also gaining momentum in key markets. Since the central government launched a series of television reforms in 1991 under Prime Minister Narasimha Rao, the Pay TV industry has seen many ups and downs but still managed to maintain a firm foothold [...]
Continue reading...Networth of TV Channels Revised
9. January 2012
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Government raises the networth requirement of TV channels to help reduce crowd in the Media space and keep out non-serious players. The networth of news and current affairs channels has been raised almost seven times from Rs 30 million to Rs 200 million for the first channel and Rs 50 million for each additional channel, while [...]
Continue reading...Use of Tobacco Products in Media
9. January 2012
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Directive issued by the Government to curb publicity of tobacco usage through films and TV programmes. The Government has directed that all films and television programmes made before 14 November 2011 and showing consumption of tobacco or liquor will have to mandatorily display anti-tobacco health spots or messages of minimum thirty seconds duration each at the [...]
Continue reading...Increase of FDI in Cable sector
9. January 2012
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Government proposes to increase investment limits to 74% to help cable operators swith to digital technology. With cable operators dithering about switching to digital technologies because of the huge costs involved, a Government proposal for increasing the foreign direct investment in the sector from 49% to 74 % is expected to be expedited. A draft note [...]
Continue reading...VLC Media Player
9. January 2012
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The VLC Media Player is best-known for its nearly-universal compatibility. VLC media player is a free and open source media player and multimedia framework written by the VideoLAN project. VLC is a portable multimedia player, encoder, and streamer supporting many audio and video codecs and file formats as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. [...]
Continue reading...Govt. Threatening Internet
9. January 2012
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IT Minister Kapil Sibal not only suffered a vicious backlash in the ‘virtual’ world but also invited rebuke from political leaders. In August 2011 when Team Anna — the activist group led by Anna Hazare — ran a widespread and hugely successful social media campaign — the Indian government was caught napping. It failed to recognize [...]
Continue reading...Consultation Paper for FM Radio
9. January 2012
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Trai seeks opinion whether it would be acceptable if the minimum channel spacing within a license service area can be reduced. With A and A+ cities demanding more FM channel even after the announcement of the Phase III guidelines, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has sought the opinion of stakeholders whether it would be [...]
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10. January 2012
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