Delegation of News Broadcasters meets Secretary (I&B)

A delegation of News Broadcasters led by Shri Rajat Sharma, President News Broadcasters Association (NBA) and comprising of Shri Narayan Rao of NDTV, Shri Ashok Venkatramani of ABP News, Smt. Anuradha Prasad of News 24, Shri Ashish Bagga of India Today, Shri A.P. Parigi of Network 18 and Smt. Annie Joseph Secretary General, NBA had an interactive session with Shri Sunil Arora, Secretary (I&B) on 10th Sept. 2015. Special Secretary, Shri J.S. Mathur was also present in the meeting.

After apprising the Secretary about the initiatives taken by the Broadcasting industry in the direction of self-regulation which includes working of News Broadcasters Standards Authority (NBSA), an independent authority set up by NBA and the two tier mechanism of complaints redressal relating to News Channel followed by them, the following ongoing issues were flagged:

(i) Carriage issues with MSOs and Cable Operators.

(ii) Revenue models for growth of the industry