Monday, October 13, 2008

I&B ministry gives green signal for FM stations to air news

Monday - Oct 13, 2008
Deepasree Venugopal - Televisionpoint.com Mumbai
Are you late for office or slipped your daily dose of stock movements. Don't fuss and put not yet payable stress on your grey cells, for now you can know the stock motions while driving. Confused?
The Information and Broadcasting (I&B) ministry and the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has given its green signal for the FM radio stations to broadcast news on their stations across the country. From December 01, 2008, not only the stock movement, but one can also tune in to the latest happenings in the business and political world, with just a flick of the radio channel. The ministry has given a go-ahead for 261 FM channels to air news and current affairs programmes produced by All India Radio (AIR) and Doordarshan. TRAI has earlier suggested that FM radio broadcasters should be permitted to broadcast news using content from AIR, DD and other authorised news channels. It has recommended that to sustain the growth evinced in FM Radio sector, major policy decisions should be taken and these include allowing FM channels to broadcast news under certain FDI parameters.
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http://www.televisionpoint.com/news2008/newsfullstory.php?id=1223902420

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