Is anyone watching The channel dedicated to narendra modi? turns out it has been around since 2012 The entry of a shiny new channel on our television sets has opened the proverbial Pandora’s Box. Out of this comes questions of ownership, licensing, TRAI regulations, the Model Code of Conduct, and whether the governing Bharatiya Janata […]

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This is likely the first time when news beat general entertainment channels in terms of TRP. But there’s a catch between march 2 and 8, two Hindi news channels beat the most-watched general entertainment channel (GEC) in the weekly viewership numbers game. These two were Aaj Tak and ABP News. While the most-watched GEC of […]

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For the fourth time this year, lakhs of farmers marched to the capital. This time they demanded a special Parliament session to discuss agrarian crisis and the passage of Kisan Mukti bills In October, protesting farmers were not allowed to enter Delhi and were dispelled using tear gas and water cannons. But it was different […]

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Women journalists are telling stories that Big Media won’t. The movement must now become inclusive Indian media houses are abuzz as past and present employees have disclosed instances of sexual harassment, assault and power play. Over the past week, these women from a section of (mostly) the English media stood in solidarity with each other, […]

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The TISS team that exposed exploitation in Bihar homes for children was engaged in a social audit in a non–threatening but non-compromising manner On July 29, Newslaundry published a story about a social audit of children homes in Bihar. The audit, done by the Koshish unit of Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), had revealed […]

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The 2017 Chameli Devi Jain award-winner speaks about her journalistic experiences, changes in newsrooms and more On March 4, Uma Sudhir, NDTV’s executive editor, was declared the winner of the prestigious Chameli Devi Jain award for 2017. Sudhir was recognised for a body of work spanning nearly three decades and covering topics ranging from politics, children, […]

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Small sample size, ‘panel tampering’ and conflicting interests are just some of the problems that plague TV viewership measurement in India Hansa Research Private Limited, a Mumbai-based global market research company, on April 8 registered a complaint at Gwalior’s Madhav Ganj police station following a leak of Broadcast Audience Research Council-related information by one of […]

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