Source: IndianTelevision.com | By indiantelevision.com Team
Posted on : 14 Mar 2014
MUMBAI: When India’s first TV channel went on air –pubcaster Doordarshan- one of its most popular programmes was Krishi Darshan which till date runs on its national channel.
Taking a step further, now, the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has decided to urge the Centre and Planning Commission to come up with a TV channel that will be dedicated for airing programmes related to agriculture. ICAR says that it wants to make the farmers of the country aware of modern farming techniques that will benefit their crops.
"We have been urging for an agriculture TV. They ask whether there was enough content and who would watch the channel. There are............
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Source: Business Standard | Press Trust of India | Jammu March 13, 2014
Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra today released 'Theatre An Introduction', a book originally written in Kashmiri, here today.
The book, written by Ashok Kumar Jailkhani, a former director general of doordarshan, was released at a function here atRaj Bhavan, an official said.
The book encompasses interalia, a global overview of drama, technical aspects of theatre and the status of play acting in Kashmir, he said.
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Source: RadioandMusic.com | RnM Team
13 March, 2014
MUMBAI: After talking about digital technology of radio at the recently held Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), it was time for the DRM team to make its presence felt at FICCI Frames 2014. During a panel discussion, ‘The Future of Indian Radio and Monetisation Opportunities’ moderated by Reliance Broadcast Network Ltd CEO Tarun Katial, touched on the need for digital quality in transmission of airwave.
Indian Chapter of DRM Consortium chairman Yogendra Pal and Digital Radio Mondiale vice chairman Alexander Zink took over the mic to cover most of the benefits of the DRM and the challenges it faces in India. Pal said that when people talk about radio they always think about FM, but in reality FM only covers 30-40 per cent of country is covered by FM. But most of the broadcast take place through short and medium waves.
He further added that the challenge here is the quality of broadcast which is not good. "We need to think of ways to improve it," said Pal. He further assured that All India Radio (AIR), who................
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Source: Business Standard | Vanita Kohli-Khandekar | New Delhi
March 10, 2014
At around Rs 134 cr in March 2014, DD's Freedish is the smallest entity by value, but has the best margins in the business
It doesn't have a brand name anyone remembers, neither a call centre nor an electronic programming guide and no fancy marketing campaign. Yet in its 10th year, DD Direct Plus, recently renamed DD's Freedish, has become India's largest direct-to-home, or DTH, service. At an estimated 18 million homes, it is bigger than Zee's Dish TV or Tata Sky.
The Rs 1,553-crore state-controlled Prasar Bharati Corporation, which owns the service, has now woken up to its potential. "We will launch 120 channels (an addition of 60 channels) from July 1, 2014, encrypt them and move to the MPEG4 format," says Ranjan Thakur, additional director general, Doordarshan, and the man running DD's Freedish. These changes will mean more capacity and the ability to track its subscribers, something that was not possible so far because the signal was unencrypted. The tracking will help push up the prices channels have to pay to be on board. At around Rs 134 crore in March 2014, DD's Freedish is the smallest entity by value, but has the best margins in the business. Every other DTH player makes a loss (see box). In the next two years, as the service shifts satellites, Thakur reckons DD's Freedish will offer over 250 channels.
DD's Freedish could end up becoming the biggest game-changer in the Rs 40,000-crore Indian television industry. That's because it is...............
Source: exchange4media.com | Writer: Annurag Batra
Monday, Mar 10,2014
It would be really ambitious to say that Prasar Bharti is all set to revamp itself and turn into an effective, profitable body on par with its other international counterparts like the British Broadcasting Corporation. However, if the Sam Pitroda-led committee is to be believed, the recommendations made by the panel suggests drastic changes, which, if implemented, will result in the systematic progression of Prasar Bharti so that it can finally live up to the stature of being the largest public broadcaster of the largest democracy in the world.
Prasar Bharti is an autonomous body that was set up by an Act of Parliament in 1990, became finally actionable in 1997, and comprises of Doordarshan Television Network and the All India Radio. The idea was to give autonomy to these broadcasters previously owned by the Government, like in any other country. However, many believe that this idea was implemented in theory more than in practice. Sam Pitroda, Advisor to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, formed a committee to examine this very intricate relationship that ostensibly existed between the Government and the broadcaster.
Giving voice to a greater concern is the fact that..............
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Source: The Hindu | By S. Ravi, NEW DELHI
March 9, 2014
A staff member showing the collection of music CDs at an outlet at the All India Radio building in New Delhi. Photo: S. Subramanium
The archival recordings of All India Radio and Doordarshan represent a significant part of India’s collective memory of the last hundred years. Will they be able to safeguard and disseminate it, asks S. Ravi
All India Radio (AIR) and Doordarshan (DD) established in 1936 and 1976 respectively have an enviable collection of voice recordings of eminent personalities, award-winning radio dramas, features, documentaries, etc. as well as memorial lectures. The AIR library boasts the first and the last prayer speeches of Mahatma Gandhi recorded on May 11, 1947 at Sodepur Ashram, Calcutta and January 29, 1948 at Birla House, Delhi respectively and also the only broadcast by Gandhiji from AIR Delhi on November 12, 1947. The question is how many are aware of it and know how to access them?
In an age when information and content rule the market why is that AIR and DD have not been able to exploit the treasure trove? In fact the uniqueness of this collection has been clearly underlined by the Expert Group on Archiving (EGA) headed by Sam Pitroda and..................
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Source: The New Indian Express | By Express News Service - THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
Published: 09th March 2014
With the SSLC examinations slated to begin on Monday, the State Institute of Educational Technology (SIET) has come out with special educational programmes to be telecast on Doordarshan on all exam days.
Since the SSLC exams are held in the afternoon session, the programmes will be aired on Doordarshan’s terrestrial service on all exam days from 6 am to 7 am. “Each day’s programme will focus on that particular day’s subject and a model question paper will be discussed,” SIET director Babu Sebastian said. “Experts in each subject will take classes and analyse the previous years’ question pattern during the one-hour special programme,” he said. A total of 4.64 lakh candidates will appear for the SSLC examination slated to be held from March 10 to 22. The exam will be held in 2,815 centres across Kerala, Lakshadweep and the Gulf region.
Source link: http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/Educational-Programmes-on-SSLC-Exam/2014/03/09/article2098674.ece#.Ux6JoT-Swb0
Source: IndianTelevision.com | By indiantelevision.com Team
Posted on : 08 Mar 2014 01:26 pm
MUMBAI: Historically, finance and investment banking have been seen as male bastions. However, a decade into the 21st century, their corporate power and influence is low although women represent half or more of the workforce in many countries. In a country where boys are prized over girls and where many women quit work after marriage and child birth, there has been a surprising rise of women leaders across financial institutions.
According to a study about women on corporate boards in India, the financial sector performs best in terms of gender diversity, nine of the eleven banks listed on BSE-100 have a woman on their board and two of these banks have a female CEO.
On the occasion of the this international women’s day Doordarshan recorded a special program “Saluting Womanhood - Inspiring Change" with six women icons from...................
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Source: Facking News | by Vaibhav Anand
Published on March 3, 2014
Delhi: After the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Friday approved a Rs. 3,500 crore plan to upgrade infrastructure facilities of public broadcaster Prasar Bharati, Doordarshan announced plans of how it was going to use the monies.
Aside from plans to start broadcasting in Nepal, the business plan seemed to involve paying people in India to start watching the channel again.
Doordarshan has been steadily losing market share in the cut throat media industry, after the launch of private channels and......................
