Now, BJP TV

IN Media Watch Briefs | 08/09/2015

The Indian Express reports in its gossip column Delhi Confidential that the BJP is set to rename its TV channel Yuva TV, launched in 2009, to BJP TV. It will be an online channel. The party is also constructing a four-room studio in the BJP headquarters so that its spokespersons can take part in TV debates from 11, Ashoka Road itself.

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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.