01-01-2008, 11:15 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-rajesh_g+Jan 1 2008, 02:41 AM-->QUOTE(rajesh_g @ Jan 1 2008, 02:41 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->Talked to a relative from MP recently (urban area). He was aware of the Guj elections intimately - he is prob 60 years of age and not at all a political person. He seemed to have noticed some kind of ads that INC put out on 'national' TV. Question for guroos -> is it common to show ads on national TV during assembly elections in a state ? If its not common then who were those ads for ?[right][snapback]76659[/snapback][/right]
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During Lok Sabha elections it is common to air ads on private and public TV channels. There are even free airtime provided by Doordarshan (National Carrier) during prime time.
But during state level elections it is rare to find ads by any political party but this trend in the Gujarat elections could well be seen in other states in next elections, afterall Gujarat is the most progressive state in the country.
There is an major growth in TV and Radio stations in India with nearly 200 TV channels available today and in the coming years it is expected to rise to 700 channels. Most of the news channels are free-to-air i.e. you dont have to pay money to view them and rest consist of channels dedicated to sport,entertainment,etc.
At the state level there are more than 4-5 news channels run by different news organisations in every state. Major organisations being Zee, Star, Etv, Sun network and not to forget Doordarshan which also has the most number of regional TV Stations covering all the major languages of the nation from Kashir to Tamil and Gujarati to Assamese.
Regarding the political line that these news channels follow can be classified as follows.
1)Doordarshan News - Doordarshan has the largest terrestrial network in the world and reaches more Indian homes than any other TV channel.
By and large neutral and even if there is a tilt towards any political party it is always towards the ruling party. Sometimes the party ruling the centre and the state are different like today in M.P. BJP is ruling while in centre Cong(i) is in power. In such cases the Doordarshan regional news stations tilt towards the ruling party in the state.
By the word tilt i mean that if a particular news item can be damaging towards a party Doordarshan will air the clip but provide an official response with it rather than totally censor such news which is done by foreign TV chanels like FOX in USA.
In today's age of 24X7 news channels Doordarshan is always reliable as it does not sensationalise news events but tries to portray the reality as it is rather than mix some masala in it.
2)Star News- Staffed by pro-congress buffons. If anybody wants to get mad in a short time they should regularly watch this channel. The news carried on this channel is not even worth watching. A few days back they were airing an video clip of an dog killing a snake.
These StarTv morons classified it as Breaking News and kept on repeating the one-minute clip of the dog v/s snake fight and made it into an 30 minute live program with running commentary provided by an brain dead zombie anchor. The dog was portrayed as an hero which saved human life by killing the snake. But what the buffon news anchor failed to notice and mention was that the snake was an non-poisonous rat snake which cant harm humans.
Daily you get to view either such news items or news praising congress ruled states while state governments not ruled by cong(i)'s are portrayed negatively. example: MP, Bihar, Raj are portrayed as lawless states.
3)Zee TV - Credible and neutral news organisation. Whatever be the situation does not side with any political party.
4)Etv - Same as Zee.
5) Sun network - Owned by the Marans who are/were with the DMK. Need i say more about it <!--emo&
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And the coming days Congress is trying to launch it's own channel called JaiHind TV in Karnataka.
<!--QuoteBegin-rajesh_g+Jan 1 2008, 02:41 AM-->QUOTE(rajesh_g @ Jan 1 2008, 02:41 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->BTW what is the situation like in MP/Rajasthan ? The relative above mentioned that BJP was doing good in MP but as mentioned above the person is not at all a political person so cant be trusted. If BJP can retain MP/Raj then that would really drive INC into a corner. So whats the sitation like in MP/Raj ?[right][snapback]76659[/snapback][/right]<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
The situation in MP and Raj can be best described as fluid since no major pro or anti wave is seen.
The main opposition in MP is cong(i) is busy fighting among themselves and bending over backwards to lure the influential fundamentalist elements in muslims. In Raj the cong(i)'s are sleeping like Kumbhakaran.
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During Lok Sabha elections it is common to air ads on private and public TV channels. There are even free airtime provided by Doordarshan (National Carrier) during prime time.
But during state level elections it is rare to find ads by any political party but this trend in the Gujarat elections could well be seen in other states in next elections, afterall Gujarat is the most progressive state in the country.
There is an major growth in TV and Radio stations in India with nearly 200 TV channels available today and in the coming years it is expected to rise to 700 channels. Most of the news channels are free-to-air i.e. you dont have to pay money to view them and rest consist of channels dedicated to sport,entertainment,etc.
At the state level there are more than 4-5 news channels run by different news organisations in every state. Major organisations being Zee, Star, Etv, Sun network and not to forget Doordarshan which also has the most number of regional TV Stations covering all the major languages of the nation from Kashir to Tamil and Gujarati to Assamese.
Regarding the political line that these news channels follow can be classified as follows.
1)Doordarshan News - Doordarshan has the largest terrestrial network in the world and reaches more Indian homes than any other TV channel.
By and large neutral and even if there is a tilt towards any political party it is always towards the ruling party. Sometimes the party ruling the centre and the state are different like today in M.P. BJP is ruling while in centre Cong(i) is in power. In such cases the Doordarshan regional news stations tilt towards the ruling party in the state.
By the word tilt i mean that if a particular news item can be damaging towards a party Doordarshan will air the clip but provide an official response with it rather than totally censor such news which is done by foreign TV chanels like FOX in USA.
In today's age of 24X7 news channels Doordarshan is always reliable as it does not sensationalise news events but tries to portray the reality as it is rather than mix some masala in it.
2)Star News- Staffed by pro-congress buffons. If anybody wants to get mad in a short time they should regularly watch this channel. The news carried on this channel is not even worth watching. A few days back they were airing an video clip of an dog killing a snake.
These StarTv morons classified it as Breaking News and kept on repeating the one-minute clip of the dog v/s snake fight and made it into an 30 minute live program with running commentary provided by an brain dead zombie anchor. The dog was portrayed as an hero which saved human life by killing the snake. But what the buffon news anchor failed to notice and mention was that the snake was an non-poisonous rat snake which cant harm humans.
Daily you get to view either such news items or news praising congress ruled states while state governments not ruled by cong(i)'s are portrayed negatively. example: MP, Bihar, Raj are portrayed as lawless states.
3)Zee TV - Credible and neutral news organisation. Whatever be the situation does not side with any political party.
4)Etv - Same as Zee.
5) Sun network - Owned by the Marans who are/were with the DMK. Need i say more about it <!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->And the coming days Congress is trying to launch it's own channel called JaiHind TV in Karnataka.
<!--QuoteBegin-rajesh_g+Jan 1 2008, 02:41 AM-->QUOTE(rajesh_g @ Jan 1 2008, 02:41 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->BTW what is the situation like in MP/Rajasthan ? The relative above mentioned that BJP was doing good in MP but as mentioned above the person is not at all a political person so cant be trusted. If BJP can retain MP/Raj then that would really drive INC into a corner. So whats the sitation like in MP/Raj ?[right][snapback]76659[/snapback][/right]<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
The situation in MP and Raj can be best described as fluid since no major pro or anti wave is seen.
The main opposition in MP is cong(i) is busy fighting among themselves and bending over backwards to lure the influential fundamentalist elements in muslims. In Raj the cong(i)'s are sleeping like Kumbhakaran.