You could laugh, cry, or cringe and look away. It depends on what you notice first in this whole messy summer/monsoon of discontent in the Indian media and entertainment (M&E) business.The sight of television broadcasters unsubscribing from TAM ...
It is time we brought a little perspective to the euphoria around digital media
For some weeks now I have been baffled by something. Why are we celebrating 100 years of Indian cinema by talking about the top few Hindi films in the last 50 years? When did Juhi Chawla or Ranveer Singh become the face of Indian cinema? I have ...
The Competition Commission of India has asked TAM Media Research to submit an investigative report on its system. This comes after a complaint by Prasar Bharati in 2012 that alleged TAM indulged in abuse of its dominant position and unfair trade ...
When will we hear a different tune on radio? Within the next one year, if Uday Varma, secretary at the ministry of information and broadcasting, is to be believed. He says that the request for proposals for the auctioneer for FM radio's third phase, ...
The timing couldn't be worse. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) issued a notification on Standards of Quality of Service last month. It seeks to enforce the 12- minute-per-hour limit on advertising time on television. The idea is ...
