Award-winning journalist & presenter of BBC World News, Badawi, talks about India becoming a superpower & the role of media in post truth political era
Big broadcasters, including Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited, Sony Pictures Networks India Private Limited and TV18 Broadcast Limited, have declared their RIOs
Traditionally, media houses in Kerala rely on the Onam festive season for advertising revenue which also accounts for 40-50% of the total annual sales of most brands in Kerala
The case in SC was disposed off after Attorney General KK Venugopal, on behalf of the government, informed the Apex court that the request for proposal for Social Media Communications Hub has been withdrawn
Cable operators claim to have suffered losses running into crores in the past one year because of the OTT platforms. The associations wants TRAI to intervene and resolve it.
Print industry has been hit by an increase in raw material cost, downfall of India rupee against US dollar and China imposing a ban on import of paper waste
TRAI's announcement of implementation of tariff order was immediately followed up by a contempt petition against the regulator by Tata Sky, which was later withdrawn after court said that there was no issue of contempt
Tata Sky's objection is that TRAI did not inform the Delhi High Court before announcing in the press release that the tariff order has come into effect
Hearing the TRAI order case, the court held that the premise on which the matter proceeded was not correct as an inflation in the prices and artificial adjustments, which may be called smart business methodology, do not help the cause of the general public and new entrants.
Sanjay Goyal talks to exchange4media about the fast changing norms at companies, the current employment scenario and what would a workplace be like by 2025.
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has sent notice to 121 permitted private satellite TV channels for not providing monitoring facilities/Technical Parameters to EMMC for the purpose of monitoring the content.
exchange4media spoke with Siddharth Kothar, AMD, Patrika Group; Bhuwnesh Jain, Deputy Editor and Saurabh Bhandari, National Head Marketing to understand .
Gautam Sinha, CEO, Times Internet, on Artificial Intelligence, subscription-based model ET Prime and the art and science of acquiring customers for life
On March 2, 2018, a two-judge bench hearing the matter could not reach a consensus, after which the case was sent to the Supreme Court. The apex court, however, asked the high court to conclude the matter in four weeks.
ABP Private Limited moved to the high court submitting two unlawful incidents and alleged that the police was not taking any action in accordance with law
The National Crime Records Bureau will now be collecting data on crimes against journalists on annual basis for murder, attempt to murder, assault and intimidation etc., according to a statement from Ministry of Home Affairs.
The committee will delineate the sphere of online information dissemination which needs to be brought under regulation, on the lines applicable for print and electronic media
Following massive outrage, government has withdrawn the press release on the Guidelines for Accreditation of Journalists, deciding to suspend the accreditation of journalists whoever would be involved in creating or propagating fake news, in less than 24 hours of it being issued.
For the first time Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has reconstituted the composition of Committee on Journalist Welfare Scheme and Central Press Accreditation Committee in which journalists are made members. The scheme came into force from March 28, 2018.
"We are able to provide a balanced, un-biased account of world events and politics because we are independently funded, and not run by any government," says Jamie Angus, Director of the BBC World Service Group
Newsprint, a low-cost non-archival paper, is most commonly used to print newspapers, publications and advertising material. There has been an almost 40 per cent spike in its price since the crisis began last year
In a letter, various employee associations of AIR and DD have requested the Government to explore the possibility of payment of salary directly from the I&B Ministry
The Information & Broadcasting Ministry (MIB) has proposed an allocation of Rs. 1 Crore to be made to the Journalists Welfare Scheme in BE 2018-19. Currently, the provision is of Rs. 20 lakh for the scheme.
Indian Information Service (IIS-1984) officer Ghanshyam Goyal was appointed as head of the Bureau of Outreach Communication (BOC), a unit formed by merging the Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity (DAVP), the Directorate of Field Publicity (DFP), and the Song and Drama Division (S&DD).
Denying the ‘rumours’ about Ministry of Information and Broadcasting blocking funds for the salary of the employees of Doordarshan and All India Radio, Shashi Shekhar Vempati, CEO, Prasar Bharti, said, on Sunday, that ministry had released Rs 208 crores towards salaries.
Understanding the round-the-clock nature of change, KG Suresh, Director General, Indian Institute of Mass Communication, in a conversation with exchange4media, talked about his plans to introduce a full-fledged course in New Media Journalism at the institute soon
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting is considering to expand India’s news broadcast further in other countries in order to bring forward India’s viewpoint in countries that matter and reach out to the Indian diasporas.
TDSAT has accepted DEN’s demand that it should be governed by an agreement on RIO basis. However, the Tribunal also ordered DEN to pay ZEE approximately Rs 23.50 crore before February 9, 2018
The Budget Estimate for 2018-19 is Rs 4088.98 crore and for the current fiscal year it is Rs 4409 crore. Although, the allocation this time has been reduced by around 7.25%, it is still 11.8% more than the Revised Estimate for the year 2017-18.
Pradeep Dwivedi, Chief Executive Officer at Sakal Media Group spoke to Exchange4Media on Indian Readership Survey 2017 (IRS 2017) and how it will influence the regional print market in India
To get a better insight on how the IRS 2017 figures will influence the industry and what it means for the future of magazines in India, Exchange4media reached out to Aroon Purie, Chairman and Editor in Chief, India Today Group
Speaking with exchange4media, Rishi Darda, Joint Managing Director and Editorial, Lokmat Media Group shared his vision for regional publications and the impact of IRS 2017 on the print industry.
Newspapers’ total readership has grown by 40% and 11 crore new readers have been added, reveals the much awaited Indian Readership Survey (IRS), the world’s largest survey
Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2017, the world’s largest continuous survey of media usage, product consumption and ownership, will release on January 18, almost four years after it was termed flawed by 18 member publications
An expert committee, under the chairmanship of Justice BN Srikrishna, organised a consultation session, inviting suggestions and objections based on the white paper released by the expert committee.
The Standing Committee on Information Technology (2017-18) has noted that major benefits of digitisation were expected to empower consumers to exercise a-la-carte menu for individual selection of channels and reduce dependence on ad revenue, however, the reality is different
Standing committee on information technology, headed by Anurag Thakur, releases its 44th report on the status of cable TV digitisation and interoperability of set top boxes.
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting issued a notification informing broadcasters about provision of online submission of applications for change of Channel Name, logo etc. and other services
The Press Club of India has written to Prannoy Roy, Founder-Chairperson, NDTV, to “make the stance of NDTV clear” after reports of NDTV slashing its strength by 25% emerged.
TRAI, in its response to the TDSAT, said that it will be left with no immediate power to prohibit wrongful practices if the landing page direction is revoked
Elections are perhaps the biggest event for media and it does everything to get the most out of them. Here’s how Indian media covered the recently concluded Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh elections results
NewsCode, a hyper local online news platform was launched last night with a network of over 350 local reporters in Karnataka and Jharkhand. Apurv Swarup, the co-founder talked to Exchange4Media about his vision
The Kerala government on Wednesday accepted Justice PS Antony commission’s report on Mangalam channel phone chat scandal. Channel CEO calls it "unilateral"
Chetan Bragta, Bhartiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), Social Media (in-charge), who also heads the BJP’s social media in Himachal Pradesh, on how the party leverages the power of social media
On Public Service Broadcasting Day on November 12, Mahatma Gandhi and freedom fighter Dr. Usha Mehta were remembered for their immense contribution to the spirit of service in media
TRAI holds open house discussion on issues related to digital radio broadcast in India, radio operators say that the plan is a failure, not going to take off
Paresh Nath, Publisher of Delhi Press, talks to exchange4media about the challenges that print media faces ue to the growth of digital media and his more than four-decade-long journey at Delhi Press
According to the broadcaster, BBC will become a video, TV and digital content production hub for the whole of South Asia and will recruit more than 150 new journalistic staff across India
Unlike many other websites that target millennials, www.herzindagi.com aims to target middle-aged women preferably married and who may even have a child
Pratik Sinha, in partnership with the administrator of the ‘Unofficial Subramanian Swamy’ Facebook page (also co-founder of Alt News) and another anonymous contributor 'Sam Jawed,’ fight fake news propaganda online.
While storytelling has always been an important aspect of advertising, for brands it is important to create meaning and emotional connect with its target audience.