“Regulations must keep pace with changing tech”
The I&B Minister says that with the growth in media space, focus should be on innovation, ingenuity & vision to converge technologies
Minister for Information and Broadcasting Manish Tewari has said that with the exponential growth in the media space, a paradigm shift has taken place, wherein regulations have to keep pace with changing technologies. An enabling statutory environment has to be in place to keep pace with changes taking place across platforms.
The Minister noted that the changing landscape of the media and entertainment industry had enabled it to become one of the fastest growing sectors of our economy. This has been facilitated by policies that have encouraged investments, sustainability for business models and promoted entrepreneurship and innovation. It is imperative that the industry, especially the broadcasting sector, learns to adopt, adapt and innovate with the changes taking place.
According to Tewari, the renewed thrust by the industry has reinforced the concept of inclusive growth, which addresses the concerns of each stakeholder and recipient by the effective placement of social development programmes and policies. On the issue of democratisation of media, he stressed that it is important to understand the implications of this process on the social ethos of the country and the people at large.
Tewari further remarked that due to the paradigm shift taking place, broadcasting shall always remain a dynamic medium of communication. The guiding principles for this sector will always be innovation, ingenuity and the vision to converge technologies.
According to Sam Pitroda, the challenge lay in imbibing the innovations in the critical sectors, which would determine the course in the future.
