Indian Express : Articles

BY Indian Express| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |13/02/2010

JEHANGIR POCHA, The co-promoter of NewsX, was not amused by SHAILAJA BAJPAI’s half-humorous take on TV news in the week gone by.

Govt. ignores Prasar Bharati irregularities, targets man who exposed them

BY Indian Express| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |02/03/2009

On election eve, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting guns for an official who was trying to nail financial wrong doing in Prasar Bharati, under CEO BS Lalli’s watch.

‘TV is being asked to play God but is seen as the sinner’

BY Indian Express| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |29/12/2008

There is a trend to scream, to be loud, to be extreme because you realize the viewer¿s or reader¿s attention span is becoming more and more fleeting.

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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.