Monopolies in Media must be curbedRoop Sharma Curbing monopolies in media is extremely important for a country like India where gap between the rich and the poor is too wide. To improve our economy we need to decrease this gap by giving more opportunities to small and medium enterprises and self employed people to grow.…
Why only Courts decide our RegulationsIt is strange that in spite of TRAI's detailed consultations with industry since 2004 and numerous recommendations, the industry has been lead to the present situation where some basic provisions made by TRAI are being questioned in the court rooms before even properly implementing them. Stake holders have been giving…
Cable Industry needs RestructuringThe regulations should be made to benefit the consumers and protect the interest of thousands of small entrepreneurs who have been building up the large Cable TV infrastructure for the last twenty years, so that lakhs of people working in small networks and in supporting organizations do not go out…
Regulations
Trend-O-MeterTV Serials and reality shows return with a complete make over. Why? Explains Cable Quest.
Self Regulation at RiskThe process of Self Regulations initiated by the News Broad-casters Association received its first jolt last month when the News Broadcasting Standards Disputes Redressal Authority (NBSDRA) set up by the Association held that the Independent News Services (which broadcasts the India TV news channel) had violated the guidelines and asked…
DTH Rates to be RegulatedThe Telecom Regulatory Authority of India released on 6 March 2009 a consultation paper on DTH issues relating to Tariff Regulation and issues relating to Value added Services (such as Movie-On-Demand, Pay-per-View), Platform services (such as Active Learning, Active Stories etc.) and carrying of Radio channels on DTH platform.
DIGITIZATION NEWS
No Channel Packages in West Bengal till Panchayat ElectionsFurther to our report on meeting of LCOs and MSOs with Urban Development Minister of West Bengal on 24 May 2013, Ratan Raj Jaiswal, spokesperson of Kolkata LCOs Sangram Committee informed us that the meeting with the Minister in which Soumen Roy Chowdhary, CEO of Indian Cable Net Co. Ltd…
LCos plea on revenue share admitted in SCThe Supreme Court on 10 May admitted for hearing an appeal by united cable operators welfare association (Ucowa) challenging the revenue sharing model under the digital addressable system (DAS) for cable television.