Hoot Desk with IANS : Articles

BY Hoot Desk with IANS| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |18/04/2010

If you want to take your mind off Maoism and much else what better to focus on than a hatti-gatti-Punjabi-kudi version of rural India?

Taking on Eenadu in AP

BY Hoot Desk with IANS| IN REGIONAL MEDIA |26/03/2008

Billed as the first all colour internationally designed Telugu newspaper in 23 editions, Rajshekhar Reddy’s family launched Sakshi in Andhra Pradesh

Real life Batra vs fictional Patel

BY Hoot Desk with IANS| IN LAW AND POLICY |23/03/2008

An American judge rules in favour of an Indian lawyer seeking to sue NBC for ‘libel in fiction’ committed by its legal series "Law and Order".

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Amazon resisting voluntary censorship

The new term for self censorship is voluntary censorship, as proposed by companies like Netflix and Hotstar. ET reports that streaming video service Amazon Prime is opposing a move by its peers to adopt a voluntary censorship code in anticipation of the Indian government coming up with its own rules. Amazon is resisting because it fears that it may alienate paying subscribers.

Let the games begin

Clearly, the run to the 2019 elections is on. A journalist received a call from someone saying they were from Aajtak channel and were conducting a survey, asking whom she was going to vote for in 2019. On being told that her vote was secret, the caller assumed she wasn't going to vote for 'Modiji'. The caller, a woman, also didn't identify herself. A month or two earlier the same journalist received a call, this time from a man, asking if she was going to vote for the BSP.