The Government is not considering any proposal to permit news broadcasts on
private FM Radio channels.
This was stated by Information and Broadcasting secretary Sushma Singh, when
answering a question on the sidelines of the Second Indian News Television
Summit organised by indiantelevision.com.
Singh noted that the government had studied the reports of the Telecom
Regulatory Authority of India as well as the Ficci in this connection.
Answering another question, she said the government was considering the
report on television audience meters received recently from Trai.
She said the government was under pressure from the judiciary to finalise and
enforce a Content Code for television broadcasters, but regretted that the one
finalised by a group of stakeholders from all sectors set up by her ministry
had not been accepted by the news channels.
She said all stakeholders would be consulted before any Content Code is
finalised. Draft codes had been prepared by the News Broadcasters Association
and the Indian Broadcasting Foundation, but these were now being considered
with legal experts and stakeholders.
She said the government was bound by certain orders of the courts and had to
submit reports on this at regular intervals.
http://indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k8/aug/aug90.php
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