Indian Broadcasting Foundation appoints secretary general

NEW DELHI: The Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF), the apex body of television broadcasters, has appointed Siddharth Jain as secretary general. Until 30 April, 2021, Jain was working with Turner International India Pvt. Ltd. as senior vice-president and managing director – South Asia.

IBF is being renamed the Indian Broadcasting and Digital Foundation (IBDF), as it expands its purview to cover digital platforms and bring the over-the-top (OTT) video streaming firms under one roof. To facilitate this, IBF is in the process of setting up a separate subsidiary which will carry out various activities for member OTT players including handling the day-to-day activities of the industry-led self-regulatory body (SRB) called Digital Media Content Regulatory Council (DMCRC) for non-news digital OTT platforms.