Industry sources say the ‘relief’ comes as a double whammy as broadcasters delaying payment of fees will have to pay interest both to the bank for the PBG & to the public broadcaster

Tasmayee Laha Roy May 14, 2020 9:20 AM

The 44th e-auction allotment of MPEG-2 slots of DD Free Dish was concluded last month where only 53 out of the 54 available slots were sold to the highest bidder

Tasmayee Laha Roy Mar 19, 2020 2:39 PM

Prasar Bharati has suggested that allotment of transporter on GSAT15 satellites should be restricted to only government users and the public broadcaster to avoid malpractices

Tasmayee Laha Roy Feb 25, 2020 8:29 AM

Prasar Bharati CEO Shashi Shekhar Vempatti says the focus is to bring in more diversity among participating channels while sustaining the current revenue

Tasmayee Laha Roy Feb 11, 2020 8:00 AM

Also, Union Cabinet has approved the proposal of MIB for introducing Cinematograph Amendment Bill 2019 to amend the Cinematograph Act, 1952

exchange4media Staff Feb 7, 2019 8:45 AM

The plea was submitted by 9X Media, B4U Broadband and TV Vision

exchange4media Staff Feb 5, 2019 7:01 PM

eAuctions will now be based on a differential pricing to be determined by the genre (language) of channels. The auctions will take place on annual basis only

exchange4media Staff Jan 16, 2019 8:50 AM

Dr. N Bhaskara Rao’s book 'TRP Trick: How Television in India was hijacked' was launched on Tuesday. At the event, experts discuss how TRP is driving TV content today

exchange4media Staff Dec 5, 2018 8:53 AM

The move, the ministry feels, will provide access of sporting events of national importance to maximum people on a free-to-air basis

exchange4media Staff Oct 19, 2018 3:46 PM

The last e-auction took place in July 2017, in which DD-Freedish had earned Rs 85.10 crore and had awarded slots to 11 private broadcasters.

Sonam Saini Sep 25, 2018 9:00 AM

This has been stated by the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting while responding to a question in the Lok Sabha

exchange4media Staff Apr 16, 2018 8:55 AM

MSOs/ cable operators have been directed to prominently display the caption, “The match/game can be viewed in free-to-air mode on DD Sports Channel, on DD FreeDish and DD’s terrestrial network”, while blanking DD Sports

exchange4media Staff Apr 14, 2018 9:28 AM

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

Nishant Saxena Mar 21, 2018 8:54 AM

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.

Nishant Saxena Mar 5, 2018 9:00 AM

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.

Nishant Saxena Feb 5, 2018 9:00 AM

Last year in October, the Information and Broadcasting ministry decided to review the channel slot auction of Doordarshan’s DD FreeDish. The ministry asked the broadcaster to suspend e-auctioning of slots on DD Free Dish until further notice

Sonam Saini Jan 24, 2018 9:00 AM

In an order by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry (I&B), Prakash was reappointed as Chairman Prasar Bharati till February 2020

exchange4media Staff Dec 4, 2017 8:48 AM

Doordarshan’s ambitious plan to sell prime time slots to private players put on hold barely days before its launch. Balaji Telefilms and Saaibaba Telefilms had won the slots through an auction

Naziya Alvi Rahman Sep 19, 2017 8:30 AM

A Facebook post by the current CEO of Prasar Bharti suggests that he might be retiring a few months before his tenure is slated to come to an end

exchange4media Staff Sep 7, 2016 1:38 PM

A 1980-batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre, Arora was the I&B secretary before he retired earlier this year.

exchange4media Staff Aug 25, 2016 6:59 PM