The Delhi High Court today dismissed a petition by a lawyer’s organization, Justice For Rights, seeking censoring of online content such as Game of Thrones, Spartacus, Vikings and Sacred Games. The petition, filed late last year, claimed that such videos constituted “unregulated, uncertified, sexually explicit, vulgar, profane, and legally restricted content”. The lawyers wanted the […]
Prices of mobile data have crashed by 96% under Modi’s tenure, while those of voice services fell by 76%, according to data released by Department of Telecom. On average, 1 GB of mobile data used to cost Rs 254.95 in December 2014, DoT said, while its price has fallen to just Rs 10.91 for the […]
Media regulator TRAI today issued a clarification on a report by the research wing of credit rating agency CRISIL in which the agency had claimed that the introduction of the regulator’s new TV pricing norms will increase cable and DTH prices. CRISIL had taken the example of the most popular channels to arrive its conclusion […]
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has issued new directions to cable and DTH operators prohibiting them from forcing any channel other than Doordarshan’s on their consumers in the name of ‘base packs’ or ‘basic service tier’, and also set up a call center to deal with such complaints. The move comes in the wake […]
Strides Pharma said the US Food & Drug Administration completed an inspection of the company’s primary manufacturing facility in India with zero adverse observations. The company’s formulations facility at KRSG Gardens in Bangalore was inspected by the USFDA for good manufacturing practices in August 2018 and November 2018. Strides Pharma said it received the Establishment […]
The Reserve Bank of India has fined the UCO Bank for discrepancies in complying with the central bank’s norms on classifying and reporting frauds and on collection of account payee instruments, the bank said. “..the Reserve Bank of India..under the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 imposed a penalty of Rs 2.00 crore for non-compliance of instructions […]
The implementation of TRAI Tariff Order of 2017 from this month has increased monthly cable prices for many users, but it is also having a positive impact on the availability of premium and HD channels on several platforms. The new rules give all cable operators the ability to receive and distribute any channel they want […]
Many users of Airtel Digital, as well as rivals like Dish TV and D2h are facing issues with the activation of their new TRAI-compliant plans, with customer care officials not able to help in many cases. Unlike Dish TV and D2h, Airtel Digital users are facing more difficulties as the DTH provider does not have […]
Anil Ambani Group’s Reliance Communications has given up on reaching a debt resolution plan acceptable to all its lenders and has decided to start bankruptcy proceedings at the Mumbai National Company Law Appellate Tribunal. The original plan, unveiled in 2017, envisaged a step-by-step asset sale process through which the company planned to raise tens of […]
As muted consumer sentiments continued in January 2019, Tata Motors Commercial and Passenger Vehicles Business sales in the domestic market witnessed a drop of 8% at 54,915 units as against 59,441 units sold over last year. The cumulative sales for the domestic market (April 2018 -January 2019) grew by 21% with 552,887 units as compared […]
Zee Media, the news broadcasting arm of Zee Group, has invited analysts for a conference call on Monday to discuss what it called “business related affairs” of the company. The call will be from 12:30 PM to 1:00 PM. No other details was revealed about what the subject of the call would be. The intimation […]
Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd, the country’s largest listed media company, confirmed that its promoter is in talks to sell a part of its stake in the company, but also said that the talks are still ongoing. “Promoters have been in discussions/negotiations with various prospective investors,” the broadcasting company said. “The Company is not in a […]
Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal, the appellate body for resolving industry disputes in the telecom and broadcasting sector, today refused to expeditiously direct the TRAI to implement the 85:100 rule to bring down the prices of individual television channels. TDSAT refused an early hearing in a case filed by cable operator Fastway Transmissions, which […]
The Calcutta High Court has vacated the stay it imposed on the implementation of the new tariff scheme by TRAI, even as it gave extra time for cable operators to negotiate a deal with their feed suppliers. The stay was imposed two days ago after cable operators said that the new rules would hurt them […]
The country seems to be all set for the implementation of a new pricing regime for cable and DTH services from Friday, with Delhi High Court posting the next date in the Tata Sky vs TRAI case without any stay order on the implementation of the 2017 tariff order. Tata Sky, Bharti Airtel and Discovery […]
Airtel Africa Ltd, the holding company of Bharti Airtel’s Africa operations, said Qatar Investment Authority, the sovereign wealth fund of Qatar, has agreed to invest USD 200 million through a primary equity issuance in the company. The proceeds will be used to further reduce Airtel Africa’s existing net debt, it said. The investment from QIA […]
The Bombay High Court refused to stay the 2017 TV channel tariff order by TRAI in a case filed by the Pune Cable Operators’ Association. The new tariff scheme is scheduled to come into operation from Friday across the country, except in West Bengal. The Pune Cable Operators’ Association tried to get a stay today […]
Calcutta High Court will hear at 2 PM today an application by broadcast and telecom regulator TRAI seeking a vacation of the stay imposed on the roll-out of the new tariff system from Feb 1. The High Court had yesterday imposed a stay on the implementation of the tariff order after cable operators in Kolkata […]
Indian pharmaceuticals manufacturer Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd said the US FDA has issued a Form 483 after auditing its Miryalaguda plant in Telangana. A Form 483 is issued when inspectors notice discrepancies in the policies and practices followed in a manufacturing facility vis-a-vis the good manufacturing practices laid down by the US drug regulator. Companies […]
With Sun Direct offering zero incremental network charge on all its channels, including free, paid and HD, market leader Tata Sky too is offering waive network charges, but only on select channels. As reported earlier, Sun Direct is offering all its channels without network charges, provided the user pays the minimum amount of Rs 130 […]
