Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from NBDA

TV federations urge channels to exercise caution over Pak panelists

The News Broadcasters Federation has advised news channels not to invite Pakistani panelists on television shows in the wake of tensions between the countries over the Pahalgam terror attack.

Newslaundry

Want to 'tighten up' self-regulatory mechanism for TV news channels, says SC

A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud and Justices J.B. Pardiwala and Manoj Misra took note of submissions that the NBDA was in consultation with its present and former chairpersons, Justice (retd) A.K. Sikri and R.V. Raveendran, respectively, for framing fresh guidelines.

The Hindu

SC to consider giving more ‘bite’ to media ethics’ regulations

The Supreme Court on Monday said a fine of just ₹1 lakh is hardly a deterrent for television channels who indulge in unethical conduct on air, and the fine should ideally be more than the profits the media outlets make from the entire show. ‘Media went berserk after that actor’s…

The Hindu

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

2022 could’ve been the year BARC regained news broadcasters' trust. It wasn’t.

The Indian news broadcasting industry is primarily split into two fraternities at loggerheads with each other. But over the last few months, both of them have approached the country’s premier television ratings agency, asking it to fix its faulty TRP measuring system. Titans of Indian journalism, meanwhile, have continued to…

Newslaundry

Zee News told to reply to Shehla Rashid’s petition demanding ‘unequivocal apology’

The Delhi High Court has told Zee News to respond to a petition filed by Shehla Rashid demanding that the TV news channel air an “unequivocal apology” to her.

Newslaundry

Explained: Who monitors hate speech on news channels, and how?

Indian TV news is a mess. Over the years, a section of news channels have become synonymous with disinformation, propaganda and hate speech.

Newslaundry

News TV tones down Agnipath violence coverage after NBDA letter

Several news channels have either blanked out or reduced the use of old visuals of the anti-Agnipath protests after an alleged missive from the news broadcasting and digital association, which counts “25 leading news and current affairs broadcasters” as its members.

Newslaundry

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

NBDA flags 'unnaturally high growth' in BARC viewership ratings for TV9 Bharatvarsh, Republic Bharat

The News Broadcasters and Digital Association has flagged "glitches" and "irregularities" in viewership ratings released by the Broadcast Audience Research Council, Economic Times reported yesterday.

Newslaundry

Arnab Goswami vs Rajat Sharma: Return of TRPs sparks old rivalry of broadcasters

The currency of India’s boisterous news channels will soon be back in circulation. The Broadcast Audience Research Council’s TRP ratings for the news genre, suspended since October 2020, are expected to resume after an order last week by the ministry of information and broadcasting.

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

ministry of information and broadcasting

13 stories

Broadcast Audience Research Council

10 stories

TV9 Bharatvarsh

10 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.