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Stringent Government Initiatives for Mandating Digitalization of Cable TV to Escalate Global Set Top Box Market at a CAGR of 3.0%
Set Top Box Market to reach US$ 19,548.7 million in 2019 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 3.0% during 2020-2027 to reach US$ 24,530.2 million by 2027.
Government regulations on mandating the installation of set top boxes (STBs), deployment of free OS-based devices by STB vendors, and analog switch-off transition in emerging countries are among the prime factors escalating the demand for STBs.
However, several drawbacks are associated with analogue systems; determining the number of households using cable services is difficult, and only local cable operators who also work as bill collection agents are aware of the actual figure. The broadcasters, first, transmit the signals via satellite.
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At least four news organisations Scroll, The Wire, Newslaundry, and The News Minute launched grievance portals on their respective websites and have appointed grievance officers in accordance with the Indian government’s new regulations for news publishers and intermediaries. Under the Information Technology Rules 2021, the government expanded its executive powers to oversee news and current affairs content published online.
Under the rules, every news and current affairs publisher has follow a strict grievance redressal mechanism and join a self-regulatory mechanism. They have to appoint a grievance redressal officer who who will have to respond to a grievance and make a decision within 15 days. If the complainant is unsatisfied with how their grievance was handled, they can raise the issue with a SRO or a government appointed.Inter-Departmental Committee. The committee, which is headed by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry (I&B), can take action against pu
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The Intermediaries Rules 2021 have not been issued following due process under the Information Technology Act 2000, claimed legal reporting portal LiveLaw, in its petition against the new Rules. They are “vague” and “suffer from excessive delegation of powers”, which will lead to the exercise of judicial functions by non-judicial authorities, the legal news platform said in its petition.
Earlier this week, LiveLaw filed a petition in the Kerala High Court, challenging the validity of the Information Technology (Guidelines for Intermediaries and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021. After hearing the petition, the court granted a stay against any coercive action by the government against LiveLaw by virtue of it being declared a “publisher” under the new Rules.