Give us Al Jazeera

IN Media Watch Briefs | 06/02/2011

Americans demanding Al Jazeera English on their cable channels? The clamour is growing because most US cable operators don’t carry it, and Americans are tuning into the Channel’s livestream on the Web to catch events unfolding in Egypt. AJ named 371 locations ( including some in India) where there will be meet ups on February 11 to demand Al Jazeera on TV.

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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.