News Broadcasters Association

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".

A new Prague-based Internet radio station has started to broadcast news, information and music tailored to the day-to-day concerns of some 300,000 refugees who have arrived in the Czech Republic since Russia launched its military assault against Ukraine.

The News Broadcasters Association (NBA), India's largest body of news broadcasters, has decided to change its name to News Broadcasters and Digital Association (NBDA), it said in a statement.

The Kerala High Court today sided with the News Broadcasters Association (NBA) and ordered the Centre not to take any coercive action, for now, against its members over non-compliance with the new IT Rules.

The News Broadcasters Association - a group of 25 leading news and current affairs broadcasters - has challenged the new IT rules in the Kerala High Court, on grounds it gives "excessive powers" to interfere with freedom of speech of the media.

Al Jazeera said Saturday it would not be silenced, after an Israeli air strike on Gaza demolished the building housing the Qatar-based broadcaster as well as US news agency The Associated Press.

Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar on Thursday said he has noted the suggestions put forward by the Digital News Publishers' Association (DNPA) after holding a meeting with them in the backdrop of new digital media rules

The Delhi High Court Thursday directed the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to file a status report on the action taken against various TV channels which are not members of the News Broadcasting Standards Association (NBSA) for alleged violation of the Cable TV Networks (Regulation) Act in their news reports connecting actor Rakul Preet Sin...

A Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice S A Bobde and Justices A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian has issued notices to the Centre and others on a petition that seeks framing of a law to regulate social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter. The petition seeks to make social media companies responsible for fake news and hate speech on the...

The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the Central government over a public interest litigation that seeks to regulate Indian media with a body that handles complaints against platforms spewing communally incendiary news, hate speech, and fake information. It also sought responses from the Press Council of India (PCI) and the News Broadcasters As...

Television ratings agency BARC (Broadcast Audience Research Council) has decided to pause weekly ratings for news channels for three months to "review and augment the current standards" of data after a huge controversy over the alleged rigging of viewership ratings by three channels. One of the channels, Republic TV, had gone to the Supreme Court s...

Actor Rakul Preet Singh on Saturday approached the Delhi High Court seeking an interim direction to the Centre, Press Council of India and the News Broadcasters Association to ensure that the media does not broadcast any programme or publish any article connecting her with the Rhea Chakraborty drug case.

The News Broadcasters Association today urged Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to remove the 18 per cent GST on advertisements on broadcast media or reduce it and bring it at par with the print media industry at 5 per cent in the wake of the financial constraints being faced by the industry.

The News Broadcasters Association has said it was "shocked" that the decision to ban two Malayalam news channels was taken "without the knowledge" of Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar, and demanded an inquiry into how this happened.

The board members of the News Broadcasters Association today met Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar in Delhi and discussed several "important issues" concerning the news industry.

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".

A new Prague-based Internet radio station has started to broadcast news, information and music tailored to the day-to-day concerns of some 300,000 refugees who have arrived in the Czech Republic since Russia launched its military assault against Ukraine.

The News Broadcasters Association (NBA), India's largest body of news broadcasters, has decided to change its name to News Broadcasters and Digital Association (NBDA), it said in a statement.

The Kerala High Court today sided with the News Broadcasters Association (NBA) and ordered the Centre not to take any coercive action, for now, against its members over non-compliance with the new IT Rules.

The News Broadcasters Association - a group of 25 leading news and current affairs broadcasters - has challenged the new IT rules in the Kerala High Court, on grounds it gives "excessive powers" to interfere with freedom of speech of the media.

Al Jazeera said Saturday it would not be silenced, after an Israeli air strike on Gaza demolished the building housing the Qatar-based broadcaster as well as US news agency The Associated Press.

Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar on Thursday said he has noted the suggestions put forward by the Digital News Publishers' Association (DNPA) after holding a meeting with them in the backdrop of new digital media rules

The Delhi High Court Thursday directed the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to file a status report on the action taken against various TV channels which are not members of the News Broadcasting Standards Association (NBSA) for alleged violation of the Cable TV Networks (Regulation) Act in their news reports connecting actor Rakul Preet Sin...

A Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice S A Bobde and Justices A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian has issued notices to the Centre and others on a petition that seeks framing of a law to regulate social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter. The petition seeks to make social media companies responsible for fake news and hate speech on the...

The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the Central government over a public interest litigation that seeks to regulate Indian media with a body that handles complaints against platforms spewing communally incendiary news, hate speech, and fake information. It also sought responses from the Press Council of India (PCI) and the News Broadcasters As...

Television ratings agency BARC (Broadcast Audience Research Council) has decided to pause weekly ratings for news channels for three months to "review and augment the current standards" of data after a huge controversy over the alleged rigging of viewership ratings by three channels. One of the channels, Republic TV, had gone to the Supreme Court s...

Actor Rakul Preet Singh on Saturday approached the Delhi High Court seeking an interim direction to the Centre, Press Council of India and the News Broadcasters Association to ensure that the media does not broadcast any programme or publish any article connecting her with the Rhea Chakraborty drug case.

The News Broadcasters Association today urged Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to remove the 18 per cent GST on advertisements on broadcast media or reduce it and bring it at par with the print media industry at 5 per cent in the wake of the financial constraints being faced by the industry.

The News Broadcasters Association has said it was "shocked" that the decision to ban two Malayalam news channels was taken "without the knowledge" of Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar, and demanded an inquiry into how this happened.

The board members of the News Broadcasters Association today met Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar in Delhi and discussed several "important issues" concerning the news industry.