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MIB action against TV channels declines after 2022 highThe ministry took 12 actions in 2024 and 2025 combined for violations of the Programme Code and Advertising Code, including four in 2024 an...
MIB revamps decade-old TV ratings system, expands scope, tightens normsIndia's TV audience measurement system is set for a major overhaul. New rules mandate tracking viewership across all screens, including OTT...
MoodX VIP, Koyal Playpro, Jugnu and more: More OTT platforms banned by Government for streaming obscene content. Here's the complete listMoodX VIP, Koyal Playpro, Digi Movieplex, Feel and Jugnu have been banned by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) for streami...
Govt has blocked 43 OTT platforms for violating content norms: Ashwini VaishnawThe Ministry of Information and Broadcasting took action against several OTT platforms. Forty-three platforms faced blocking for not follow...
Banned adult streaming platforms evading blocks, MIB informs Standing CommitteeThe Ministry of Information and Broadcasting is actively addressing the resurgence of blocked adult content platforms operating under new g...
Parliamentary panel calls for stricter regulations on content glorifying alcohol, drugs, violenceThe Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology recommends stronger regulations for films and content that glorify alco...
Inter-dept panel may be set up to ensure compliance by online gaming platformsAn inter-departmental committee may be formed to regulate online gaming platforms and ensure compliance, according to a DGGI report. The GS...
TRAI calls upon MIB to establish credible measurement system for TV, radio, OTTThe Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has recommended establishing a transparent audience measurement system for television, rad...
RBI order on credit card networks; Google billing row unnerves gaming appsThe central bank’s latest diktat barring exclusive deals between banks and card companies could disrupt their mutually beneficial partnersh...
OTT industry seeks help over anti-tobacco warning regulationsThe video over-the-top (OTT) sector has sought help from the information and broadcasting ministry and health ministry to find workable sol...
States don’t have powers to constitute fact-check bodies: legal expertsExperts are of the view that Karnataka's decision to implement a cybersecurity function without directions from the central government appe...
‘Red alerts’ likely on unhealthy food on ecommerce sites; Indian govt, RBI to discuss lending app banLast week, we reported that to help consumers make informed choices, India’s food safety regulator, FSSAI, is in talks with companies to in...
I&B ministry has addressed 265 grievances around OTT content under IT Rules 2021: Anurag ThakurEarlier, Thakur had said that 95% of the complaints received by the OTT platforms are settled at the first level of the three-level grievan...
ASCI to raise EaseMyTrip claims with Centre; Portal files civil lawsuitEaseMyTrip in an advertisement claimed it is India's "second largest online travel aggregator", which was found to be misleading by ASCI's ...
IT par panel recommends setting up of Media Council with statutory powers to check 'irregularities' in print, electronic and digital platformIn its report on 'Ethical Standards In Media Coverage', submitted in Parliament on Wednesday, the Committee also suggested the creation of ...
Child's rights body, Mumbai Police, I&B ministry spar over Netflix seriesThe NCPCR has been locked in battle with Netflix for over six months. It has complained to the MIB, the nodal ministry for content, as well...
Freedom House report 'misleading, incorrect, misplaced': India on 'partly free' statusDemocracy watchdog Freedom House, in a new report, has demoted India from "free" to "partly free", while flagging sustained erosion of civi...
Home Ministry disagrees with Attorney General's view on Sun TVThe top official told ET that the Ministry of I&B should issue a show-cause notice to Sun TV and the company can contest the government in ...