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Key takeaways Investors are waiting and watching, as they weigh in on whether investing into the media space is worth the trouble or not The Intermediary Rules are going to be of concern to editors because it will impact the way reporters are actually reporting news due to the vagueness of the terms in what can be construed as a violation of the Digital Media Ethics Code The oversight mechanism of the grievance redressal system is not free from the executive’s influence and hence is not an in...

UPDATED: May 27, 2021 14:31 IST The I&B Ministry has given 15 days’ time to digital media platforms to comply with the new guidelines. (PTI) The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has given 15 days’ time to digital media publishers, including OTT and digital news platforms, to furnish details on their compliance with the new guidelines on digital media ethics that were issued in February. The new rules were announced by the Centre to “establish a soft touch progressive institutional m...

Centre to online news publishers: Give details on compliance with new rules in 15 days Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar said the tightening of the guidelines governing streaming companies and social media was being done to check the spread of fake news BusinessToday.In | May 27, 2021 | Updated 17:24 IST Although there is a lot of criticism surrounding the new rules for digital media, I&B Minister Prakash Javadekar defended the guidelines The Centre has given digital medi...

PTI Big Tech companies have been in conflict with governments across the world for quite some time now. In India, even as the Centre introduced new rules for social media and digital content, earlier this year on February 25, and gave a three-month deadline to all social media and OTT (Over The Top) platforms to comply with them, many are yet to do so. What do the rules suggest? According to the centre, the rules establish a soft-touch self-regulatory architecture and a Code of Ethics and a thr...

OTT regulation: A mirage in desert   The emerging 500 crores over the top market of more than 17 crore users would soon need to embrace the regulations and authority with its addition to Schedule 2, Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961 (amended 2020) under the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. This move comes in response to the notice by CJI Sharad Arvind Bobde led-bench of Supreme Court in a PIL seeking regulation of such platforms, hence should also avoid the critic...

The Authority took this decision, among other raft of regulatory actions, after establishing that the TV channel, owned by Slopes Media House Ltd, had aired inappropriate content during the watershed period. ‘The Authority has established that the airing of the animated movie, Free Jimmy, was in blatant breach of the Broadcasting Regulations, the Programme Code, and the terms and conditions of the station’s broadcasting licence,” said the acting CA Director General Mrs. Wanjau in a press...

The Communication Authority of Kenya has ordered the closure of a local television channel for a period of four weeks after the station aired explicit content on childrens programmes. The authority alleges that the Mount Kenya TV channel aired inappropriate content during the watershed period during which it aired sexually explicit content and scenes containing drug abuse as well as robbery and violence. “The Licensee acknowledged that the content aired was indeed inappropriate for the waters...

Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) center in Nairobi. PHOTO | SALATON NJAU The Communication Authority of Kenya (CAK) Wednesday suspended Mt Kenya TV’s operations for a month for violating programming standards. The Authority took this decision after it received complaints against the vernacular channel over the airing of inappropriate content last week. Authority acting director-general Mercy Wanjau said the TV channel which is owned by Slopes Media House Ltd, had aired inappropriate co...

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This new government oversight for streaming service content and online digital news is, put simply, an overkill.