New Delhi: The new regulations on onscreen smoking that were handed out ambitiously by the the Health Ministry have been stalled as the Information and Broadcasting Ministry (I&B) has given in to the plea of the film makers, asking for their creative rights. The I&B Ministry has stayed the no smoking regulations by the Health Ministry. In a letter from the I&B ministry to the Health Ministry, it is clear...
09:49 AM, Dec 08, 2011
New Delhi: In order to deter non-serious applicants from "crowding the electronic media landscape", the government today decided to increase the net worth criteria for those seeking permission to run TV channels in the country. The union cabinet cleared an I & B Ministry proposal as per which the net worth criteria for uplinking of 'Non-News and current affairs' channels and downlinking of foreign channels has been revised from Rs...
10:00 AM, Oct 08, 2011
New Delhi: A committee set up by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry has called for greater sample size in Television Rating Points (TRP), taking a serious view of the small sample size used by the two existing Rating Agencies in India. It also felt that rural areas have been ignored in the current system of TRP measurement. The committee recommended an increase in the sample size from 8000 people per...
02:47 PM, Jan 10, 2011
New Delhi: The multi-crore Commonwealth Games broadcast deal followed all rules - Prasar Bharati CEO BS Lalli claims the payment was approved by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry. Following allegations of corruption involved in the Commonwealth Games broadcasting rights - Prasar Bharti CEO BS Lalli has come out to defend the deal with British SIS Live Communications. Lalli says the Information and Broadcasting Ministry approved the deal and the original...
09:05 PM, Oct 25, 2010
Visuals obscene, denigrate women: I&B Ministry. ...
01:09 PM, Mar 11, 2010
I&B Minister Ambika Soni says regulatory body will look into TV content. ...
11:53 AM, Oct 24, 2009
The I&B Ministry wants some scenes to be removed from the movie. ...
03:59 PM, Oct 03, 2009
Occasion also marked first screening of
Hum Dono in colour. ...
03:19 PM, Sep 05, 2009
Soni has argued that the final decision lay with the parents. ...
09:27 PM, Jul 11, 2009
Minister's brain has become dysfunctional, says doctor. ...
03:50 PM, Feb 10, 2009
Minister's brain has become dysfunctional, says doctor. ...
03:50 PM, Feb 10, 2009
The body lists out broadcast guidelines and a channel could face a ban if it fails to stick to them. ...
02:29 AM, Oct 03, 2008
The move will ensure the TV industry freedom from censors from outside. ...
09:42 PM, Aug 22, 2008
BARC is expected to start work by January 2009 by inviting bids. ...
04:23 PM, Aug 19, 2008
The centre can monitor over 100 televisions channels simultaneously. ...
09:51 AM, Jun 14, 2008
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