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Congress’s Sidhu moves against Punjab’s Fastway Cable

BY VIPIN PUBBY| IN REGIONAL MEDIA |29/06/2017

The powerful cable TV empire that Sukhbir Badal was thought to have influence over, is now under attack from Congress and AAP MLAs.

Good strike rate for AAP’s journalists in Punjab

BY VIPIN PUBBY| IN REGIONAL MEDIA |13/03/2017

With three journalists in the opposition AAP legislature party, those on duty from their former profession hopefully will not run short of copy.

Journalists cross ‘enemy’ lines in Punjab

BY VIPIN PUBBY| IN REGIONAL MEDIA |03/02/2017

The AAP’s love-hate relationship with journalists swings to love with several senior journalists getting a ticket

Sukhbir Badal’s media card in Punjab

BY VIPIN PUBBY| IN REGIONAL MEDIA |18/01/2017

What could be a crucial asset in the polls is the control over cable networks in the state which SAD is believed to have,

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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.