India

The Wageboard for Journalists and Non-Journalists will submit its report on interim relief to the union government within a month, Board Chairman Justice K Narayana Kurup said on Tuesday, according to a Press Trust of India (PTI) report. This assurance was given by Justice Kurup to a delegation of Kerala Union of Working Journalists (KUWJ) and Kerala Newspaper Employees Federation (KNEF) at a...

Foreign direct investment (FDI) in the print media has been allowed to overcome the shortage of capital being faced by the newspaper industry in the country, a Press Trust of India (PTI) report has said. Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting (I&B), PR Dasmunsi on Wednesday informed the Rajya Sabha in a written reply that several Indian companies engaged in publishing newspapers and...

The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has now been given the power to reduce the term of the Chairman of Prasar Bharati from six to three years and a maximum age of 70 and raising the age-limit for the CEO to 65, with the Rajya Sabha giving its approval to the amendment bill in this regard. The CEO's term is also reduced from six to five years, says an indiantelevision.com report. The Prasar...

Financial Times is ending its 15-year relationship with the Business Standard, says a report in Mint. BS will retain the right to use the FT brand as well as content through at least 2008. As of now, FT is closing an online content deal with Network 18 Media and Investments Ltd, the diversified media conglomerate, which, through its TV18 India Ltd, runs CNBC TV18 as well as Moneycontrol.com...

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has proposed to review foreign investment (FI) limits in the electronic media to provide level playing field among competing technologies, says a Times of India report. The telecom regulatory has floated a consultation paper for reviewing the existing foreign investment limits in different segments of broadcasting sector. Some details of Monday's...

Karan Thapar has been appointed editorial advisor of INX's soon-to-be-launched English news channel NewsX. INX News, a part of INX Network, has signed up with Karan's company ITV (Infotainment Television Private Limited) as the editorial advisor and the services will comprise a review of the progress and consultancy on future editorial development of the channel, the Indo-Asian News Service (IANS)...

The Supreme Court Wednesday asked Zee news scribe Vijay Shekhar to apologise once again for tricking an Ahmedabad court in 2004 into issuing an arrest warrants against former president APJ Abdul Kalam and former chief justice of India VN Khare, the Indo-Asian News Service (IANS) has reported. A bench of Chief Justice KG Balakrishnan insisted that Shekhar apologise, while his counsel Arun Jaitley...

Bennett, Coleman and Co Ltd (BCCL) is entering the public relations business in partnership with Mumbai-based PR consultancy and advertising group, Adfactors PR Pvt Ltd, says a Mint report. The new entity, Tatva Public Relations Pvt Ltd, will be a 33-67 joint venture, with the Adfactors group holding the majority stake. Tatva will manage and build the public image of firms in which BCCL holds...

Deccan Chronicle Holdings Ltd, publisher of Deccan Chronicle and majority owner of Asian Age Holdings, which publishes the Asian Age, and MJ Akbar, editor-in-chief of both dailies, are parting ways, Mint has reported quoting anonymous sources. There have been ongoing disagreements between Akbar and Deccan Chronicle over the terms of stake dilution in Asian Age Holdings. Deccan Chronicle increased...

Doing a balancing act in Supreme Court after being called on to answer whether sting operations intruded on the privacy of individuals, the Centre has said it may set up a Broadcasting Regulatory Authority to take cognizance of programme code violations by TV channels. The affidavit of the information and broadcasting ministry came in response to a petition filed by 'Pilot Baba' who had accused TV...