TRAI in its recommendations on the National Broadcast Policy has said it was crucial to identify districts and blocks with low-density television penetration

e4m Staff Jun 20, 2024 1:33 PM

The regulatory body said that many companies have been selling or marketing reconstituted juices as '100% fruit juice', which can be misleading for consumers

Payal Gwalani Jun 7, 2024 7:22 PM

BTEA Wins 'Best Design and Decoration' Award at Outbound Travel Mart 2024

e4m Staff Feb 14, 2024 2:06 PM

Times OOH has been granted rights to market advertising opportunities both inside and outside the airport premises

e4m Staff Feb 8, 2024 1:27 PM

Guest Column: Dr. Srinath Sridharan, Author, Policy Researcher & Corporate Advisor, writes why the responsibility of upholding truth lies not only with journalists but also individuals & institutions

Dr. Srinath Sridharan Jul 6, 2023 6:58 PM

As Saudi Aramco and Saudi Tourism Authority partnered with BCCI, Qatar Airways joined hands with RCB to expand their footprint in the world’s second largest market

Kanchan Srivastava Mar 30, 2023 9:08 AM

Through the partnership with IPL, the authority aims to increase Saudi’s presence and appeal in the Indian and South Asian markets

exchange4media Staff Feb 14, 2023 5:42 PM

A report by Red Lab says the new guidelines are concise and fairly lucid on what is acceptable

exchange4media Staff Jun 21, 2022 1:35 PM

According to the guidelines, advertisements for junk foods shall not be aired during a programme meant for children or on a channel meant exclusively for children

exchange4media Staff Jun 10, 2022 7:11 PM

ALCOA has stated that NTO 1.0 has already caused a lot of loss to the cable industry and the implementation of NTO 2.0 will worsen the situation

Javed Farooqui Jan 7, 2022 9:19 AM

In its plea, the TRAI contended that it has received several letters from consumers complaining about their viewing experience because of excessive ads on various television channels

exchange4media Staff Dec 24, 2021 2:04 PM

According to TRAI, the IA regulations are aimed to formulate the contours of a reporting system for the service providers

Javed Farooqui Dec 9, 2021 9:06 AM

I&B Minister Anurag Thakur said the TRAI Act and IP laws define provisions & powers of the respective competent authorities in relevant statutes prescribed for the purpose specified to them

exchange4media Staff Dec 8, 2021 8:45 AM

Madhavan, The Walt Disney Company India & Star India Country Manager & President, said that regulations like New Tariff Order 1 and 2 did not address the interests of any stakeholders

exchange4media Staff Nov 17, 2021 1:36 PM

As per the implementation plan, the DPOs will have to ensure that subscribers avail of pay-TV service as per NTO 2.0 norms with effect from 1st April 2022

Javed Farooqui Nov 11, 2021 1:42 PM

exchange4media co-founder Nawal Ahuja explains why NTO 2.0 implementation could force users to pay more, defeating TRAI's objective of 'easing consumers' pain'

Nawal Ahuja Oct 25, 2021 9:07 AM

Raids were conducted following complaints by major broadcasters like Star India, Viacom18 and ZEEL

Javed Farooqui Aug 5, 2021 8:38 AM

As part of the agreement, ASCI will identify contentious ads and FSSAI will investigate them

exchange4media Staff Jul 6, 2021 8:48 AM

The meeting was held in the presence of TRAI chairman PD Vaghela, & secretary SK Gupta with industry leaders like Jawahar Goel, Harit Nagpal, SN Sharma, Anil Malhotra and Avinash Pandey in attendance

Javed Farooqui Mar 2, 2021 8:40 AM

Guest Column: Udit Pathak, Founder Director, Media Mantra, said that the communications strategy and the brand messaging, 2021, will be interactive thereby facilitating engagement at diverse levels

Udit Sagar Pathak Feb 26, 2021 12:47 PM

The agency will be managing IRSDC’s communication mandate by strengthening awareness and recall, social media management, stakeholder engagement, and crisis communication

exchange4media Staff Jan 29, 2021 1:46 PM

From announcing NTO 2.0 to launching channel selector apps, TRAI had a rather eventful year

Javed Farooqui Jan 11, 2021 8:07 AM

The watchdog is likely to be formed by April and will keep a check on the use of personal data for advertising

exchange4media Staff Nov 28, 2020 8:07 AM

ADIA’s investment will translate into a 1.20% equity stake in RRVL on a fully diluted basis

exchange4media Staff Oct 7, 2020 7:51 AM

The regulatory body said developments shall be monitored and intervention, as felt necessary, shall be done at appropriate time

exchange4media Staff Sep 15, 2020 9:12 AM

As part of the mandate, the agency will be managing RLDA's reputation globally

exchange4media Staff Jun 16, 2020 3:12 PM

The authority also said that MIB should not put any artificial restriction on the licence condition for DTH operators

exchange4media Staff May 27, 2020 12:42 PM

While BARC has said it’s still reviewing the recommendations, many industry experts believe the rating system shouldn’t come under TRAI’s purview

Sonam Saini Apr 29, 2020 9:00 AM

The regulatory authority has raised concerns about BARC with respect to its structure, governance, operations, transparency & accountability

exchange4media Staff Apr 28, 2020 3:19 PM

The regulatory authority has been engaging with the stakeholders for quite some time for introducing set-top box interoperability

exchange4media Staff Apr 11, 2020 3:27 PM

Maharashtra Cable Operators Federation said the implementation process will necessitate frequent interaction between subscribers and field executives

exchange4media Staff Mar 17, 2020 7:48 AM

However, the revised MRP of most channels are not as per TRAI’s Rs 12 limit

exchange4media Staff Mar 3, 2020 9:03 AM

The Court has also asked TRAI whether the matter can be deferred by a month since the hearing will take time

exchange4media Staff Feb 26, 2020 8:06 PM

On February 4, the high court had adjourned the hearing to February 18

exchange4media Staff Feb 19, 2020 5:32 PM

TRAI said that this is to ensure that sufficient time is actually available to the consumers to exercise their choice of channels and bouquets before 1 March 2020

exchange4media Staff Feb 14, 2020 8:10 AM

On January 30, the case was adjourned for today

exchange4media Staff Feb 12, 2020 7:35 PM

The new members will replace Nitin Desai, S. Y. Quraishi, Leela Ponappa and Vijayalakshmi Chhabra whose terms have ended

exchange4media Staff Feb 5, 2020 12:26 PM

While some industry players say broadcasters have started cutting budgets for content, others shared that the emphasis is still on producing good content but an impact in the future can’t be ruled out

Sonam Saini Feb 5, 2020 8:21 AM

A CRISIL February 2019 report had cautioned that the new network capacity fee and channel prices could lead to an increase in subscribers’ monthly TV bills

exchange4media Staff Jan 29, 2020 12:04 PM

Industry experts have expressed concerns on whether TRAI will be able to fulfill its goals like empowering consumers and reducing TV bills or will it lead to more rounds of amendments

exchange4media Staff Jan 28, 2020 9:32 AM

The counter comments for the Consultation Paper on ‘Transparency in Publishing of Tariff Offers’ can now be filed by February 21, 2020

exchange4media Staff Jan 25, 2020 9:43 AM

According to the report, subscription increased by 10.69% whereas advertising revenues grew by 14.23% during the year

exchange4media Staff Jan 17, 2020 8:05 AM

The regulatory authority has said broadcasters and DPOs will have to publish the revised MRP of a-la-carte channels and of bouquets on their website by January 15 and January 30 respectively

Sonam Saini Jan 2, 2020 8:17 AM