Arnab unplugged. Again.

IN Media Watch Briefs | 28/04/2017

The closer Arnab Goswami gets to his channel's launch the longer his interviews get. This one tells you that Republic could be less than two weeks away from launch, that it will be a free-to-air channel, and that the Times Group and The Wire still bug him a lot for all the bluster about not caring about what they do. "Nervous capers and dirty tricks" will not thwart his venture, he says.

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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.