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The Second Republic under President Mnangagwa is on a major drive to ensure all local authorities, regardless of who controls them, become functional and responsive to the public health as well as other basic needs of residents. President Mnangagwa has intervened several times in urban authorities when the health and well-being of residents is at…

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Public broadcasters should be the focus for culturally significant Australian stories, says a new report, not streaming platforms interested in global audiences.

In August, Trai recommended to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) that the government abolish the licence fee for DTH operators after the end of FY27 to ensure the long-term sustainability of the sector. Trai argued that DTH platforms be treated similar to other regulated and unregulated distribution platforms, such as cable TV, headend in the sky (HITS), Internet protocol television (IPTV), and over-the-top (OTT) services.

Reliance Jio: Jio added that the usage of spectrum gives DTH a competitive edge over cable TV, which eliminates the need for investment in ground-based networks, allowing for nationwide coverage without additional infrastructure investments.

The outfit suggested that the government amend the Information Technology Act to classify all such content as pornography, which people should only be able to access by punching in their Aadhaar details or their fingerprints. Archis Mohan reports

The new law recognises that content businesses depend on telecom and internet infrastructure to reach end-users, not the other way around

Thus, the government needs urgent actionable policies on digitisation and digital transformation, in order to avert the negatives.

While the Telecom Bill 2023 could have addressed the ambiguity around the regulation of OTTs in a better manner, it scores well on counts like acknowledging authorisation as a broad approach to regulation