Insensitivity pays

IN Media Watch Briefs | 23/09/2002

Insensitivity pays

Kathai alla nijam, the reality show on Vijay TV has been roundly criticised for insensitive and exploitative handling of child abuse and other domestic traumas. But viewers have been lapping it up. Not only does it receive somewhere near 20,000 calls per week, it also helped Vijay TV substantially increase its channel share vis-a-vis its rival KTV.

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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.