New Delhi: Prasar Bharati, the statutory body to govern Doodarshan's broadcast policy, has agreed to telecast independent films after 10 PM. As per this decision, the films that have been already shown on the small screen will get Rs 15 lakh while the films that will be aired for the first time on DD will get Rs 25 lakh.
This reaction from Prasar Bharati has come in response to a campaign initiated by a group of independent filmmakers. The campaign was called Save Indie Cinema and filmmakers such as Onir, Ashutosh Gowariker and Resul Pookutty were among the active members of it.
The Save Indie Cinema campaign believed that the government needs to take steps to ensure that independent filmmaking doesn't become an obsolete tradition.
The campaign raised relevant questions about the distribution methods of a film. In the current scenario, the tickets to two films with entirely different budget scales are priced at the same value which restricts a better visibility of the film....
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01:18 PM, Apr 19, 2013
New Delhi: The CBI is likely to file a report in a New Delhi court on Saturday seeking closure of the case of alleged fraud and criminal conspiracy against former Prasar Bharati CEO BS Lalli in awarding broadcast rights of the Commonwealth Games. Sources in the investigation agency say that they have failed to find any irregularities in the awarding of the Rs 246 crore broadcasting contract to UK-based company...
12:26 PM, Jun 30, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: There are as many as 14,000 vacancies in Prasar Bharati, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni said in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday. "Of these vacancies, 3,500 will be filled up this year," she told reporters. On the government framing guidelines for the online media, she said Human Resource Development, Communications and Information Technology Minister Kapil Sibal was going through various meetings with the stake holders. "He is having discussions with...
09:00 PM, Jun 27, 2012
Kolkata: Terming digitalisation as the future in television viewing, Prasar Bharati CEO Jawhar Sircar Tuesday said it would also help content providers understand which programme is a hit among the masses. "The entire world has embraced digitalisation. In India we earlier had 100 million internet users but it has now increased. We are expecting about 300 million internet users. At the same time, there are around 900 million mobile users,...
05:20 PM, Jun 05, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Government to file the CBI report on the probe into alleged irregularities committed by suspended Prasar Bharati CEO BS Lalli in running the public broadcaster. A bench headed by Chief Justice S H Kapadia sought the report within six weeks. It also asked Lalli to file his response in four weeks on the statement of evidence filed by the government on...
11:47 AM, Apr 01, 2011
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday sought from the Centre evidence on alleged irregularities committed by former Prasar Bharati CEO B S Lalli in running the public broadcaster on the basis of which he was suspended last December. A bench headed by Chief Justice S H Kapadia asked the government to file a statement of facts relating to Lalli's suspension within four weeks and asked the former public broadcaster...
11:33 AM, Feb 14, 2011
New Delhi; The Shunglu committee submitted its interim report on irregularities in awarding broadcasting rights during Commonwealth Games to the Prime Minister's Office on Monday. The report indicts B S Lalli, the former CEO of Prasar Bharti, who was forced to step down because of the scam. The first report submitted by the Shunglu panel deals with the scam in broadcasting rights. Lalli had allegedly favoured giving the broadcast rights...
05:57 PM, Jan 31, 2011
New Delhi: President Pratibha Patil on Tuesday night signed the order the sacking of Prasar Bharti's controversial CEO B S Lalli, who is in the eye of a storm facing allegations of irregularities in the country's largest public broadcaster. The Information and Broadcasting Ministry had sought his suspension. It had earlier sent a note to the PMO in which the additional solicitor general had recommended Lalli's suspension saying his continued...
07:16 AM, Dec 22, 2010
New Delhi: President Pratibha Patil signed the order for suspension of Prasar Bharati CEO BS Lalli on Tuesday. The Information and Broadcasting Ministry had sought his suspension and had earlier sent a note to the Prime Minister's Office in which the additional solicitor general had recommended Lalli's suspension, saying his continued presence at Prasar Bharati may impede the working of the national broadcaster with the Supreme Court inquiry into his...
11:45 PM, Dec 21, 2010
Delhi: The Information and Broadcasting ministry on Monday recommended suspension of corruption tainted Prasar Bharati chief BS Lalli to the PMO pending inquiry. The I&B ministry has recommended Lalli's suspension and sent the file to the Prime Minister's office. Lalli's suspension is pending inquiry and now requires the President's approval. President Patil had recently given the go ahead for a Supreme Court inquiry into charges of financial mismanagement raised by...
08:07 AM, Dec 20, 2010
New Delhi: There seems to be an open war within Prasar Bharati over the Commonwealth Games broadcasting rights. Prasar Bharati Chairperson Mrinal Pande says CEO BS Lalli kept her in the dark about the questionable broadcasting rights deal with SIS Live. "I was never informed and minutes of the meeting were not made available to me. Relevant portions were expunged and given to me. I live in hope that those...
03:36 PM, Oct 26, 2010
The President has promulgated the ordinance making it mandatory for private broadcasters to share live feed with Prasar Bharati. ...
02:48 PM, Feb 03, 2007
The court also ordered DD not to sell the feed to private DTH operators like TataSky and DishTV. ...
03:49 PM, Jan 24, 2007
This means that fans not having cable connection can watch the rest of the India-West Indies ODI series. ...
01:24 PM, Jan 23, 2007
Delhi High Court will decide whether cricket fans get to watch the India West Indies cricket series on DD or not. ...
07:59 AM, Jan 23, 2007
Dasmunsi said government will make sure that Indian cricket fans are not deprived of action during the World Cup. ...
09:15 PM, Jan 22, 2007
Nimbus and Prasar Bharati failed to come to an agreement over the telecast of the ongoing India-West Indies series. ...
09:11 PM, Jan 22, 2007
