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World Television Day 2023: History, importance, theme, quotes and facts

World TV Day is celebrated every year on November 21 to talk about the significance and meaning of TV in our lives. It was announced by the Unified Nations General Assembly in 1996

Mobile phone players oppose TEC proposal on direct TV broadcast on handsets

Mobile phone industry body ICEA has opposed incorporation of a new standard for providing direct television service on handsets in absence of its acceptance in global standards. State-run Telecommunications Engineering Centre (TEC) had floated a consultation paper for television broadcasting directly on mobile handheld devices or Direct to Mobile Broadcasting technology. In the process, TEC has sought industry views on incorporating a video standard, ATSC 3.0 in the national standard. According to India Cellular and Electronics Association, whose members include Apple, Nokia, Lava, Foxconn, Dixon etc, India is aggressively pushing for mobile manufacturing in the country and all the major brands are producing and exporting phones from India. "The design and manufacture of mobile phones to incorporate ATSC 3.0 will adversely impact mobile manufacturing efforts. The inclusion of any technology which is not proven and globally acceptable goes against the market forces and will derail t

Cricket WC 2023: Television sales skyrocket, especially for larger screens

Sales of televisions of size 55-inch and above have grown by 2-2.5 times compared to sales registered during the Shraddh period last year

Smart TV Shipments fall 5% in H1, estimated to decline 7% in 2023: Report

India's smart TV shipments are expected to decline 7 per cent in 2023 on account of factors such as inflation and other macroeconomic headwinds in the country, said a Counterpoint Research report on Tuesday. In the first half of 2023, the India Smart TV Shipments have already declined 5 per cent, the report said. However, the report also added that TV manufacturing is increasing in India with new investments by OEMs in creating manufacturing capacity. Newer OEMs are also entering the market and partnering with leading brands to make their TVs, it said. "We estimate that India's smart TV market will see a decline of 7 per cent YoY in 2023. The second half of the year will see an increase in smart TV shipments compared to the first half due to the festive season," said the latest report from Counterpoint's IoT Service. The report also added despite a slowdown, the TV market continued to witness premiumisation as demand for bigger screen size smart TVs, which are 55 inches and above,

Chinese television brands losing market share as LG and Samsung cut prices

An industry expert said that while brands like Lloyd are making aggressive moves, Chinese brands, on the other hand, are focusing on wrapping up their losses

Robust mechanism in place for regulating media channels: Centre to SC

Asserting that there is no statutory vacuum, the central government has told the Supreme Court there exists a robust mechanism for regulation of content of private television channels. In an affidavit filed before the top court, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has said the Union of India has always protected journalistic freedom and encouraged the policy of promoting self-restraint and self-regulation in the field of journalism. The government said this was meant to ensure that media houses and journalists acknowledge their vital role and responsibilities towards the society and elevate their standards of practice though self-devised methods. This, it said, ensures there is minimum interference by government authorities in the functioning of media. It is only in cases involving national security that the government's statutory mechanism kicks in, the affidavit said. "There is no statutory vacuum, in so far as regulation of the broadcast of irresponsible reporting and

SC proposes to strengthen self-regulatory mechanism for TV news channels

The Supreme Court on Monday found fault with the existing self-regulatory mechanism to monitor TV news channels and sought the Centre's response, saying it wants to make it "more effective". Making it clear that it does not want to impose any censorship on media, a bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud stressed on the need for having an effective self-regulatory mechanism and said some channels went "berserk" during the coverage of actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death case. The top court asked the News Broadcasters Association (NBA), which is now known as News Broadcasters and Digital Association (NBDA) and has a self-regulatory mechanism, to take inputs from the chairperson of News Broadcasting and Digital Standards Authority, Justice (retd) A K Sikri, and its former chief Justice (retd) R V Raveendran, both former Supreme Court judges. It noted that the self-regulatory mechanism can be strengthened after taking note of all existing material, including the inputs of former ap

Kodak 9XPRO TV series, CA PRO series launched in India: Price, specs

The 9XPRO line-up includes its 32, 40, 42 and 43-inch models and the price begins at Rs 10,499

After Sony's merger plan for India's Zee turns into farce, time to walk

The television market in India is large, but its best days are in the rear-view mirror. So although the Zee network reaches 750 million people, its market share of 16.6% is stagnant

Sarabhai vs Sarabhai actor Vaibhavi Upadhyaya dies in car accident

Vaibhavi was travelling with her fiance in Himachal Pradesh when their car lost control at a sharp bend, reports said

Anupamaa, Om Shanti Om actor Nitesh Pandey dies of cardiac arrest

Nitesh's demise has left the entertainment industry in mourning, and celebrities are now paying their heartfelt tributes to the late actor

Pvt broadcasters to undertake public service broadcasting for 30 mins daily

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Monday drew attention towards the obligation of public service broadcasting and guidelines for uplinking and downlinking of television channels in India

NDTV approves proposal to invite two Adani nominees on its board

The appointment of directors, NDTV said, would be taken up at its next board meet on December 23

Centre directs multi-system operators to get registered by Nov 25

Government on Tuesday asked multi-system operators (MSO) to get themselves registered with the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting within the next 10 days, failing which its permissions could be revoked. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) had asked MSOs in May to furnish information regarding head-end locations, Conditional Access System, Transport Stream/Frequency detail, RF Feed details, Platform Service details, CTAV Signal distribution areas. STB Seeding details etc. to state-owned Broadcast Engineering Consultants India Ltd (BECIL) officials or teams for monitoring system. The MSOs were asked to furnish the details on the website - digitalindiamib.com -created for this purpose. "It has come to the notice of the Ministry that some of the MSOs are yet to get registered and furnish the information on the portal," the MIB said in the order. Invoking powers under Rule 10A of the Cable Television Network Rules 1994, the ministry asked all MSOs to get themselves

Smart TV scores over mobile devices for OTT content, finds survey

In terms of consumption patterns of those watching stre­a­ming TV, 41 per cent prefer OTT for movies and serials, 17 per cent prefer music

Private channels to have 30-min slot for 'public interest' programmes

Part of new uplinking-downlinking rules prescribed by I&B ministry

Actress Vaishali Takkar of 'Sasural Simar Ka' dies at 29, suicide suspected

Television actress Vaishali Takkar, who is known for her work in shows like 'Sasural Simar Ka', 'Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai' and 'Super Sisters', passed away at her Indore residence on Sunday

Prasar Bharati considers launching children's TV channel under Doordarshan

Content for DD Kids will come from broadcaster's library and partnerships with animation studios and production houses: sources

Disney films series on 'Mahabharata' to gain stronger foothold in India

"Mythology has always been one of the most popular genres on Indian television," said Mihir Shah, the Mumbai-based vice president at consultancy Media Partners Asia.

Govt to reassess broadcast pricing structure as media competition hots up

Direct-to-home active subscribers fell to 68.52 million in December from 70.99 million in March 2020