Govt sets March 1 deadline for TV channels to report obligatory public service content

NEW DELHI: The information and broadcasting ministry has advised private TV channels to report their obligatory public service broadcasting content to the government with effect from March 1.

Though the government advisory said “voluntary compliance and self-certification” will be the guiding principles of the directive, it laid down a clutch of overarching pointers that would help TV channels develop content, account for time, and report compliance.

The January 30 advisory, a follow up of the government’s November notification, is the result of “extensive consultations with the private satellite TV channel broadcasters and their associations,” the government said.