ये कड़क सरकार... और इतने चैनल.....!!!

न्यूज से वास्ता रखने वालों और खासकर टीवी मीडिया से जुड़े लोगों के लिए दो महत्वपूर्ण खबरें हैं। एक से समझ में आता है कि आगे बाहर की दुनिया से सब कुछ इतना आसानी से नहीं होने वाला है और उनकी आजादी पर सवाल उठाने के लिए कमर कसा जा चुका है। अब अगर चुप रहे तो आगे बहुत देर तक और दूर तक झेलेंगे टीवी मीडिया वाले। दूसरी खबर से पता चलता है कि न सिर्फ आगे बाहर से मुश्किलें हैं बल्कि भीतरी घमासान भी घनघोर होने वाला है। मार्केट में ढेर सारे दुकानदार अपनी दुकानें लेकर आ रहे हैं। लग रहा है कि मछलीबाजार सा माहौल होने वाला है....। खैर, पढ़िए और थोड़ी टिप्पणी भी करिए, ज्यादा कहने का मन हो तो पोस्ट डालिए।

इन दोनों खबरों को आडियेन्समैटर्स डाट काम से उठाया है और हूबहू डाल रहा हूं, बिना अनुवाद किये, अगर किसी भाई को दिक्कत हो तो अपने पड़ोसी से पूछ ले........:):)

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The Government of India's 'Sting' Operation
The Government is seriously working to finalize the draft of the proposed Broadcasting Service Regulation Bill in close consultation with various stakeholders and State Governments. The Bill, inter alia, seeks to set up a Broadcasting Regulatory Authority of India to deal with content issues, amongst others. However, it is not specifically focused on Sting Operations. The present draft of the Bill is available on the Ministry’s website www.mib.nic.in
TV channels are autonomous and there is no proposal to curb their autonomy. However, they have to abide by the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act 1995 and rules framed there under and any other regulation issued from time to time.

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255 TV Channels Allowed Uplinking
The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting has permitted 149 news & current affairs TV channels and 106 non-news & current affairs TV channels to uplink from India, as on 15.11.2007. Five (5) TV channels, uplinked from abroad, have also been permitted to downlink in India. In addition to this, 52 TV channels, uplinked from abroad, have been provisionally permitted to downlink in India. The permissions are for operation on an all-India basis and are not State-wise.
Out of the total 255 channels permitted to uplink from India, 123 channels have Indian ownership whereas 132 have varying components of foreign equity in the parent company. Out of the total 57 TV channels uplinked from abroad and permitted to downlink in India, 2 TV channels have Indian equity whereas the remaining 55 TV channels have foreign equity.
The Ministry is considering the proposed draft of the Broadcasting Services Regulation Bill. The said Bill is still at drafting stage and is under consultation with States/UTs and other stakeholders. No time frame can be given for finalization of the said Bill as consultation is on-going process.
This information was given by Shri P.R. Dasmunsi, Minister for Information and Broadcasting & Parliamentary Affairs in a written reply to a question in the Parliament today.
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