Sajan, thanks for your meticulous work on this, as always, and forwarding the full CR recommendations in the TRAI doc. BTW, can you forward offline the complete doc if you have it.
>In their recommendations on the entry of state governments and other 'entities' into broadcasting, TRAI has this to say about community radio: "The Authority >recommends that the Community Radio Stations ... should be permitted and supported in their activities." >What will be the nature of this support? Will the government provide funding from the 'Public Service Broadcasting Obligation Fund', also recommended by > >TRAI? My view is that government should fund and support CR on common infrastructure kind of basis - with collaborative ownership of local community groups - with clear rules for keeping the ownership democratic and participatory, and insulating against government's influences. I also think that CR forum should make a proposal to the government and the TRAI in this regard. Parminder _____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of sajan venniyoor Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 10:14 PM To: CR India Subject: [cr-india] TRAI recommendations on Community Radio and TV In their recommendations on the entry of state governments and other 'entities' into broadcasting, TRAI has this to say about community radio: "The Authority recommends that the Community Radio Stations ... should be permitted and supported in their activities." What will be the nature of this support? Will the government provide funding from the 'Public Service Broadcasting Obligation Fund', also recommended by TRAI? TRAI also reiterates its 2005 recommendations, that "that terrestrial television broadcasting may be permitted for community television purposes. The eligibility conditions for entry into such terrestrial community television broadcasting may be broadly on similar lines as those already prescribed for community radio stations". They have also recommended the creation of 'citizen spaces' for "public access for the common man" in the general broadcast media, including Prasar Bharati and private commercial media, especially on local cable TV networks. Before we break out the champagne, we should bear in mind that these are only recommendations, and that TRAI's August 2005 recommendations on Private Terrestrial TV, including Community TV, have yet to be implemented. Sajan
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