Will Sun be king again?

IN Media Watch Briefs | 18/05/2016

ET reports that Sun TV shares have hit a 52-week high after exit polls show DMK winning in Tamil Nadu. The story says,"Analysts say there is a strong connect in the performance of the Sun TV Network to the period in which the DMK is in power." The company's channels were denied security clearance after the BJP came to power.

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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.