Ashwini SharmaTRAI’s website recently got a complete makeover for itself. The changes that have been made to the website to create the current look and feel, find resonance with the needs of most governments to communicate more effectively through it’s online …
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The show must go on
Apar Gupta
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A recent post titled as “who’s the boss?”, discussed the petition filed by Viacom challenging the Order issued by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) which demanded that the show, Big Boss be shifted …
The legal limits of reality television | Part 2: beeps, blurs and scrolls
the legal limits of reality television
PART 1: THE MALAISE
(This is a 2 part blog series examining the legal responses to reality television shows in India. Such shows with a view to gain viewership are frequently containing offending and scandalous content. The first part …
Two’s Company : TDSAT’s Dual Spectrum Judgment
On 31st March, 2009 the Telecom Disputes Settlement & Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) pronounced judgment in the case of the Cellular Operators Association of India & Others v. Union of India and Others (Petition No. 286/2007). This case was popularly known as the dual spectrum allocation case and involved the allocation of spectrum to CDMA operators (principally Reliance Telecommunications) who opted to also offer cellular services under GSM technology. Though the decision is presently impugned before the Supreme Court, the decision provides a deep insight into the direction in which the TDSAT is steering telecommunications law for next 5-10 years.
Two Acts, One Trick
Within hours of the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, news channels were making comparisons of the attacks to the terror strike on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. The invented coinage, “India’s 9/11” gained quick currency and …
The Folly of Convention
TRAI recently issued a consultation paper on Media Ownership where it was concerned with the increase in cross-ownership and reduction in media plurality. After some research I came across several FCC commissioned studies which concluded that there was a …
Dispute over Interoperability of Set Top Boxes
A storm is brewing over the interoperability of Set Top Boxes for DTH Services, with one DTH Service provider accusing an established DTH player for supplying incompatible boxes to its customers. Read more here …
TRAI rejects ESPN’s pricing contention on DTH Platforms
Continuing with its trend of rejecting special pricing contentions of specialty television channels the TRAI rejected ESPN’s arguments for charging a bouquet price for the DTH Platform. Read more on the TRAI Website. Click Here.…
Destroying Consent
The creeping nostalgia of “Chitrahaar“, will not change my opinion against the State participating in Broadcasting and Distribution Activities. The TRAI has recently mooted the idea of permitting State instrumentalities (the union government and its organs, State Governments …