Javadekar Fields Questions on Regulation of Content on OTT Platforms in Lok Sabha
Javadekar outlined how the Centre amended the Allocation of Business Rules through a notification in November 2020 to bring the subject relating to streaming content on online platforms under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
Union minister Prakash Javadekar with MoS Finance Anurag Thakur during the ongoing Budget session at parliament on February 10, 2021. Photo: Manvender Vashist/PTI
Media14/Feb/2021
New Delhi: Sidestepping a direct question from over 20 MPs in Lok Sabha on whether it was âaware of the facts that content/ web seriesâ aired on Over-the-Top (OTT) platforms were âfull of sex, violence, abuse, vulgarityâ and disrespect religious sentiments, Minister of Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar responded saying the Central government amended the Allocation of Business Rules through a notification in November 2020 to bring the subject relating to con
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HBO Max drops glimpses of Mortal Kombat , Suicide Squad , Conjuring 3 and more
Agencies
January 28, 2021
Washington, Jan 28: American subscription-based streaming service HBO Max has shared a clip featuring glimpses of the platform s upcoming movies that are making their way to the big screens and the streamer in 2021.
Giving fans a sneak peek into what s coming this year, the streaming platform took to Twitter and revealed the slate of forthcoming movies, which will be releasing on the streaming platform on the same day as their theatrical releases.
The brand new promo gave fans extended looks at LeBron James Space Jam follow-up, the Sopranos prequel The Many Saints of Newark , the Serena and Venus Williams biographical drama King Richard starring Will Smith, the video game adaptation Mortal Kombat and the horror sequel The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It .
Freedom of speech in India is slipping down a slippery slope
Journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta faces arrest for an article on the Adani Group, comedian Munawar Faruqui languishes in jail.
Shambhavi Thakur
The good news we were all waiting for in these bleak times came with Indiaâs sensational win in the cricket test series against Australia in Brisbane on January 19. But even as we celebrated good times for Indian cricket, the bad times for Indian journalism and freedom of speech and expression continued.
On the very day we celebrated Indiaâs cricket victory, a court in Kutch, Gujarat issued a non-bailable warrant against senior journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta. He was reportedly charged under Section 500 of the Indian Penal Code relating to defamation.
âPrima facie contemptuousâ: Bombay HC raps Republic TV, Times Now over Sushant Singh Rajputâs death coverage
The court has ordered that till the electronic media frames its own guidelines, the Press Council of Indiaâs guidelines should also apply to electronic media apart from the print media Mumbai, January 19, 2021
The Bombay High Court on Monday pulled up news channels Republic TV and Times Now over their reporting against Mumbai Police in Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajputâs death case and said it was âprima facie contemptuousâ.
However the court refrained from taking any action against the two channels.Â
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