[icernet] New I&B Minister Has Key Issues To Sort

[Arul Selvan]

Despite former information and broadcasting minister (I&B) Sushma
Swaraj’s claims of significant achievements, there is a lot her
successor Ravi Shankar Prasad has on his plate.Conditional access system
(CAS), which would enable TV viewers to watch pay channels of their
choice through set top box, is among the many policies yet to be
thrashed out and implemented.Besides CAS, Direct-to-Home (DTH)
broadcasting is still to begin. Two DTH applications—from Space TV (with
Star backing) and ASC (Zee group)—have been pending with the government
for months now. Also, the foreign investment regulation for television
uplinking is up for change. FM privatisation in the second phase,
broadcasting bill, anti-piracy laws are some of the other issues which
are likely to keep the new minister busy for some time.

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