TV News Channels in India: Business, Content and Regulation

Book info: TV News Channels in India: Business, Content and Regulation (Hardcover, 200 pages) – Academic Foundation, 2016. Language: English.

The book examines the era of explosive growth of TV news channels in India from the eyes of TV news professionals, critics, researchers and academicians with national and international perspectives. It provides insights on policy and regulation, and investigates important aspects of ownership of Indian TV news channels. It highlights structural issues of TV news in India and presents analytical case studies on the coverage of entertainment and corruption in TV news channels. Editorial Reviews About the Author Prabhakar Kumar is Head of CMS Media Lab. He has over 13 years of experience in media research, production and training. He has led the research projects on prime-time TV news programmes of 90,000 hours. P.N. Vasanti is Director-General of Centre for Media Studies (CMS). She is a researcher and specialist in studies on media habits, policy issues in broadcasting and media consumption patterns.