DD makes HD debut in concert with Zubin Mehta

Source: Hindustan Times | Chetan Chauhan, New Delhi,
September 06, 2013

When conductor Zubin Mehta will take the stage on Saturday on the banks of the picturesque Dal Lake in Srinagar, India will make its world high-definition broadcast debut.

The country's public broadcaster -- Doordarshan (DD) -- will telecast the concert live on high definition (HD) to 40 nations and without any foreign help.

An HD signal has a visual clarity six times that of a normal standard definition signal (used by DD and other private broadcasters).

The Bavarian State Orchestra's concert, a first for Kashmir that................

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Prasar Bharati continues to give tough time to JK professionals

Source: Dailykashmirimage.com
Friday, 06 09 2013 09:45

Srinagar, Sept 05: Launched with much fanfare and still bigger promises some 13 years back, Doordarshan's 'Kashmir Channel' has proved nothing but a "forbidden fruit" for the local television professionals.

Left high and dry by the Prasar Bharati Broadcasting Corporation of India (PBBCI) authorities, local production houses say they have made a mortal mistake by heeding the promises that were made with them.

While inaugurating the Kashir Channel, they say then I&B Minister and the Prasar Bharti authorities made tall claims about the...........................

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Prasar Bharati to get Rs 3,500cr makeover

Source: Times of India | Himanshi Dhawan, TNN 

Sep 4, 2013, 03.39AM IST

NEW DELHI: Public broadcaster Prasar Bharati is set to get a Rs 3,500 crore makeover including infrastructure upgrade and infusion of new content to counter anti-India propaganda along the border areas.

The proposal, cleared by the expenditure finance committee on Monday, also includes schemes like fresh programming content for Doordarshan and All India Radio, digitization of its terrestrial network and archives and expansion of DD's Direct-To-Home (DTH) network.

DD, with its 37 channels, enjoys viewership of nearly 3.5 crore people. The proposal, likely to be brought before the Union Cabinet, has devoted Rs 173 crore to upgrade of infrastructure in border areas. Of the 70-odd new transmitters proposed to be set up, eight will be along the Indo-Nepal and Indo-China border.

Sources said the conventional TV towers were under threat ..................

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Naseeruddin returns to small screen with 'Nazar Ya Nazariya'

Source: newstrackindia.com | IANS
New Delhi,Cinema/Showbiz, Tue, 03 Sep 2013

New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) Veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah has associated with a TV series"Nazar Ya Nazariya", which will featurereal life stories of visually challenged achievers in the country. He believes stereotypes related to disabilities need to be broken.

The actor will introduce and sign off each episode of the show, which will otherwise be hosted by Harsh Chhaya.

Launched by Score Foundation, an NGO which works towards empowering the visually challenged, the 13-part series, which will be aired on Doordarshan, is aimed at questioning common perceptions and focusing on the immense possibilities of life with blindness.

"When I did 'Sparsh' in the early 1980s, I had the opportunity of interacting...................

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India agrees to provide Quaid's speech recordings

Source: Pak Tribune | 02 September, 2013

ISLAMABAD: India has agreed to hand over copies of two important speech recordings of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah to Pakistan.

In an interview, All India Radio Director General Leeladhar Mandloi said the Indian Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has given a green signal for handing over the recordings to Pakistan.

The Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation had requested for the recording of the founder of Pakistan's famous August 11, 1947 address to Pakistan's Constituent Assembly, which he delivered in Karachi.

Link: http://paktribune.com/news/India-agrees-to-provide-Quaids-speech-recordings-262719.html  

Efforts to get tapes of Quaid’s historic speeches bearing fruit

Source: DAWN.COM | SYED IRFAN RAZA

The founder of Pakistan had delivered the speeches on June 3 and August 14, 1947. These were recorded by All India Radio in Delhi because there was no recording facility in Karachi, Lahore or Peshawar stations at that time. —File Photo

ISLAMABAD: Two audio tapes of important speeches of Qauid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, which have been in possession of the Indian authorities and inaccessible to the government of Pakistan for 66 years, are now in public domain.

The tapes were provided to some quarters under India's Right of Information Act. Former director general of the Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC) Murtaza Solangi managed to get the tapes and shared them with Dawn. The APP news agency said on Sunday that the Indian government had agreed to provide the tapes to Pakistan.

The founder of Pakistan had delivered the speeches on June 3 and August 14, 1947. These were recorded by All India Radio in Delhi because there was no....................................

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TV producers seek proper funds for Doordarshan programme

Source: Times of India | TNN Sep 3, 2013, 06.06AM IST

GUWAHATI: Alleging conspiracy at the bureaucratic level against northeast television producers, the Television Producers' Guild (NE) on Monday called for greater justice and proper allocation of funds for Doordarshan's commissioned programme for the region under Northeast Special Software Scheme.

Members of the guild, comprising national award winners, jury members, filmmakers, television producers and directors, submitted a memorandum to the Union information and broadcasting ministry on August 23. The commissioned programme was specifically designed for the region under the Northeast Special Software Scheme and the funds were provided to Doordarshan for production of positive programme focusing on issues of the region. The programme provides employment opportunities to local talents.

"There is a conspiracy to deprive the region as funds are being diverted for.............................

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Bringing books and literature to national television

Source: Times of India | Arunima Mazumdar, TNN Aug 31, 2013, 05.05PM IST

Literature festivals in India have grown prolifically over the last few years. It all started with the Jaipur Literature Festival in 2006 and since then, the quest to explore literature and its various forms has only ascended.

But the reach of literature festivals, or for that matter any other book related event, cannot be compared with the expansive television viewership, which is presumably the largest in India. So it is only natural to be thrilled when the country's very own national broadcaster, Doordarshan, decides to launch a full-fledged program dedicated to books.

'Kitaabnama: Books and Beyond' is Doordarshan's latest attempt in advocating literature and literary issues through dialogue and conversation. The credit of..............................................

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On Pak creation day, Jinnah had spoken about welfare for all

Source: The Freepress Journal | August 31, 2013 06:03:01 PM | By PTI

New Delhi: Pakistan founder M A Jinnah had spoken about "welfare and well-being of all the communities" in Pakistan in a speech made on the day of the country's creation but not made public so far.

In the brief speech recorded by All India Radio on August 14, 1947, Jinnah had invoked Prophet Moha mad and emperor Akbar to emphasise that "tolerance and goodwill" would be shown to non-Muslims in Pakistan.

"It will be our constant effort to work for the welfare and well-being of all the communities in Pakistan and I hope that everyone will be..................

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Jinnah tapes to be handed over to Pakistan

Source: The Hindu | Prashant Jha
August 31, 2013 23:57 IST

But, AIR says it does not have a recording of his famous August 11, 1947 address to Pakistan's Constituent Assembly

India will hand over copies of two speech-recordings of Muhammad Ali Jinnah to Pakistan, but says it does not have a recording of his famous August 11, 1947 address to the country's Constituent Assembly (CA).

The decision comes in response to a request by the Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC) and after a year-long battle by Right to Information activist Subhash Chandra Agrawal to access the recordings.

On March 29, 2012, the-then PBC Director General Murtaza Solangi wrote to the All India Radio (AIR) Director General............................

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Soon, EPL live on your radio sets too!

Source: Times of India |  Biju Babu Cyriac, TNN Sep 1, 2013, 01.08AM IST

BANGALORE: The exploits of Wayne Rooney,Robin van Persie and Luiz Suarez and other stars of the English Premiership could soon be broadcast live on a radio near you. In an effort to get Indianfootball fans hooked to the EPL, a London-based Indian company — Indian Football Evolution (known as Kshatriya Sports in India) — entered into a sales agreement with talkSPORT, global audio partner of the EPL, for broadcast services in India,Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Maldives.

"We are in talks with All India Radio to broadcast the EPL live and they have accepted it. If everything goes according to plan, we are hoping to launch the live services go live with theManchester derby between United and City on September 22," a top Indian Football Evolution official told TOI.

Initially only in English, there are plans to later have the commentary in Hindi too. The broadcast, in all likelihood, would be on FM Rainbow.

"We are looking at getting the masses hooked to football and are looking at pan-India coverage. There will also be special shows during half-time which will engage the listeners from the subcontinent. We may also consider Hindi commentary if the market response is good as we have more than 250 million football fans in the country. We have also bagged the rights to market FA Cup and League Cup. We are also keen on partnership with India's top FM radio channels as well," the official added.

Link: http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-09-01/top-stories/41662227_1_india-radio-fm-rainbow-epl