The Parliamentary panel says Prasar Bharati needs to make more efforts to monetise content available with the organisation in order to generate revenues.
The government on Thursday had said a 'code of ethics' and three-tier grievance redressal mechanism would be applicable for news publishers, OTT platforms and digital media.
The new rules for OTT and digital media do not explicitly earmark their representation in self-regulatory bodies. They say this leaves a void in regulation.
The new govt guidelines for online content are a mixed bag that meets some expectations, but fall short on others and reflect the lack of a consultative approach.
The rules borrow heavily from the existing regulations and structure governing the television media, including content codes and grievance redressal structure.
Digital news, OTT platforms are required to follow broad content guidelines meant for TV & print media, while social media platforms should set up redressal systems for complaints.
The plea filed by advocates Shashank Shekhar Jha and Apurva Arhatia sought a proper institution for the monitoring and management of content on OTT and digital media platforms.
There are currently no legislative provisions governing online news or OTT platforms, with self-regulation or industry oversight being the order of the day.
I&B Minister Prakash Javadekar said last month govt is going to bring out guidelines for OTT platforms in India, and that it has been receiving ‘a lot of complaints’.
The narrations linked to ‘Ghazwa-e-Hind’ sit far outside authenticated Hadith literature, yet modern amplification has turned a weak report into a slogan with political afterlife.
Once acquired by IAF, the medium transport aircraft (MTA) will replace both AN-32s and IL-76s, it is learnt. The idea behind the revamp is to meet modern operational needs.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
Can you imagine a Television Channel supposedly be creating content being run by a coterie of Technicians led by a CEO whose only interest is limited to pleasing the Bosses. The Channel has lost both public and purse.
People who have sacrificed their talent and youth for the organisation have been pushed to the margin and humiliated. We are bleeding from within.
Nice analysis by T Pandey. Actually this mismanagement of Prasar Bharati is being deliberately encouraged and patronised by few to pave way for auctioning this organisation. This will throw the institution into the hands of private players who have made mockery of broadcasting through their FM Channels. This will be a big national loss.
It’s a nice report. But some critical aspects which have not been missed are:
Precisely during the period the content generation decisions both in AIR and DD have completely been shifted from the hands of professionals to the hands of engineers and deputationists from all and sundry departments having no knowledge of content generation. Even the position of DG AIR is lying vacant and is being handled by a person who has no experience of radio and television and particularly content generation.
PBNS after investing huge amount of funds and recurring expenditure on footing large salary bills to non performers remains a non starter and hasn’t added a penny to the revenue whereas news is one area where others have increased their revenue earnings from.
Similarly, during the period, the free coverage given to PM or events relating to him have also increased by a hopping 465%
While the reason being cited for decline in revenue earnings is shown as less advertisement spending by government. Whereas the truth is inspite of this similar sharp decline is not seen in the revenue earnings of other channels. It is also in correct that there are no marketing professionals available at the higher and middle ranks and there is a need to hire at those levels as part of strategy to strengthen the revenue earnings. In actuality the marketing division of PB is hugely over staffed and many persons with right connections have been rehabilitated in the marketing division without any professional qualifications or experience by paying hefty monthly salaries without bringing commensurate revenue earnings.
The report should have taken these factors into account too.
Comments by Mr Pandey has lot of truth in it. But the situation is graver than one might imagine.
How professional would it be for non media government officials to manage the mammoth media of AIR& DD in the contemporary competitive environment? The past over twenty years of its handling by the corporation stands testimony. It would only be prudent for the Parliament to ask, what Prasar Bharati achieved as tangible in the over two decades of its management which the individual directorates of AIR & DD could not have achieved on its own. But please, that should be an honest and factual enquiry and not one cooked up with bloated figures based on speculation and simulation.
Can you imagine a Television Channel supposedly be creating content being run by a coterie of Technicians led by a CEO whose only interest is limited to pleasing the Bosses. The Channel has lost both public and purse.
People who have sacrificed their talent and youth for the organisation have been pushed to the margin and humiliated. We are bleeding from within.
Nice analysis by T Pandey. Actually this mismanagement of Prasar Bharati is being deliberately encouraged and patronised by few to pave way for auctioning this organisation. This will throw the institution into the hands of private players who have made mockery of broadcasting through their FM Channels. This will be a big national loss.
It’s a nice report. But some critical aspects which have not been missed are:
Precisely during the period the content generation decisions both in AIR and DD have completely been shifted from the hands of professionals to the hands of engineers and deputationists from all and sundry departments having no knowledge of content generation. Even the position of DG AIR is lying vacant and is being handled by a person who has no experience of radio and television and particularly content generation.
PBNS after investing huge amount of funds and recurring expenditure on footing large salary bills to non performers remains a non starter and hasn’t added a penny to the revenue whereas news is one area where others have increased their revenue earnings from.
Similarly, during the period, the free coverage given to PM or events relating to him have also increased by a hopping 465%
While the reason being cited for decline in revenue earnings is shown as less advertisement spending by government. Whereas the truth is inspite of this similar sharp decline is not seen in the revenue earnings of other channels. It is also in correct that there are no marketing professionals available at the higher and middle ranks and there is a need to hire at those levels as part of strategy to strengthen the revenue earnings. In actuality the marketing division of PB is hugely over staffed and many persons with right connections have been rehabilitated in the marketing division without any professional qualifications or experience by paying hefty monthly salaries without bringing commensurate revenue earnings.
The report should have taken these factors into account too.
Comments by Mr Pandey has lot of truth in it. But the situation is graver than one might imagine.
How professional would it be for non media government officials to manage the mammoth media of AIR& DD in the contemporary competitive environment? The past over twenty years of its handling by the corporation stands testimony. It would only be prudent for the Parliament to ask, what Prasar Bharati achieved as tangible in the over two decades of its management which the individual directorates of AIR & DD could not have achieved on its own. But please, that should be an honest and factual enquiry and not one cooked up with bloated figures based on speculation and simulation.