chekkutty : Articles

Because channels run amuck

BY chekkutty| IN LAW AND POLICY |02/03/2005

India gears up to set up a regulatory authority to monitor television content

What do our newspapers consider news?

BY chekkutty| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |30/03/2004

The regional papers were much more acutely aware of the importance of the death of a man like V M Tarkunde.

Harassed for backing adivasi cause

BY chekkutty| IN REGIONAL MEDIA |19/11/2003

The CBI has taken over investigation of a case involving police victimisation of a television reporter in Kerala.

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Amazon resisting voluntary censorship

The new term for self censorship is voluntary censorship, as proposed by companies like Netflix and Hotstar. ET reports that streaming video service Amazon Prime is opposing a move by its peers to adopt a voluntary censorship code in anticipation of the Indian government coming up with its own rules. Amazon is resisting because it fears that it may alienate paying subscribers.

Let the games begin

Clearly, the run to the 2019 elections is on. A journalist received a call from someone saying they were from Aajtak channel and were conducting a survey, asking whom she was going to vote for in 2019. On being told that her vote was secret, the caller assumed she wasn't going to vote for 'Modiji'. The caller, a woman, also didn't identify herself. A month or two earlier the same journalist received a call, this time from a man, asking if she was going to vote for the BSP.