Competing for exclusives

IN Media Watch Briefs | 26/12/2009

The TV channels are clearly trying to do a repeat of their campaigns on Jessica Lal with the Ruchika case, bent on manufacturing outrage. What is difficult to swallow is their vying for exclusives with the father of the dead girl on December 24. They find it difficult to keep their commercial instincts in check even when the issue is as sensitive as this one.

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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.