Anchor hunt

IN Media Watch Briefs | 30/03/2010

Star News has announced a talent hunt for aspiring anchors. The nationwide hunt will have the winner walking away with a "rewarding career on Star News." According to the company the 12 week talent hunt would have its Grand Finale in Delhi after covering 10 cities. The chosen also stand to win a brand new Ford Figo car each. And judging these contenders will be "celebrity judges" Deepak Chaurasia of Star News, actor Tisca Chopra and Chetan Bhagat.

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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.