broadcast regulation bill 2023
Broadcast regulation 3.0, commissions and omissions The Broadcasting Services (Regulation) Bill must not lose the opportunity to protect press freedom and diversity Broadcasting Services (Regulation) Bill 1 This bill released in November by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) to regulate broadcasting in an integrated manner. 2 history ЁЯНБThe last initiative to take on this ambitious task was back in 2007, in the form of the Broadcasting Services Regulation Bill. ЁЯНБTen years before that, when cable and satellite broadcasting was in its infancy, the Broadcasting Bill of 1997 scripted the first effort to visualise an integrated regulatory framework for this sector. 3 The recent third rendition of a Broadcasting Bill comes on the heels of a pre-consultation paper on ‘National Broadcasting Policy’ by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), a document initiated following a reference from the MIB. What it seeks to do and...