BBC staff establish Collective Newsroom in India
BBC staff members Rupa Jha, Mukesh Sharma, Sanjoy Majumder and Sara Hassan have announced plans to leave the organisation and form a new entity in India which w
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BBC staff members Rupa Jha, Mukesh Sharma, Sanjoy Majumder and Sara Hassan have announced plans to leave the organisation and form a new entity in India which w
Four BBC India staff members have quit and formed a new entity to comply with India's strict foreign direct investment in media rules.
The move follows the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) premises in India facing “surveys” by tax authorities and an ensuing investigation by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) over alleged FDI violations earlier this year.
BBC World Service India, 99.99% owned by the British Broadcasting Corp (BBC), is restructuring its shareholding to comply with the Centres foreign direct investment (FDI) guidelines. These limit foreign holdings in digital news entities to 26%.
The BBC plans to launch a new company for Indian language services to comply with foreign investment rules. The broadcaster is being investigated for