You are reading it here first: The government now wants to build a central cloud-based tool to monitor TV channels and other exclusive services offered by cable TV providers. The surveillance tool should be able to identify the broadcasting of “unauthorised” content on TV channels using artificial intelligence, and flag them for recording which can later be used as legal evidence. The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, through Broadcast Engineering Consultants India Limited (BECIL), earlier this week floated a tender to empanel an agency that can develop this central monitoring tool. The last date of submitting bids is November 11. On paper, the TV monitoring tool should address three main issues: Monitor TV channels including platform services (which are offered by platform operators exclusively to their own subscribers) Check whether mandatory channels of public broadcaster Prasar Bharti are being aired Whether channels not permitted by the government are being aired. What this could mean The government’s argument is that currently, there is no system in place to “regularly monitor” whether TV operators adhere to rules for the operation of cable television network laid down in the Cable TV Network Act. The Act, among other things, prohibits TV broadcasters from showcasing content or advertisements that could create disharmony between communities on the basis of religion, race, language, cast, or other grounds. It is possible that government aims to keep an eye on any such content being aired on TV using the proposed online monitoring tool, as its primary mandate is to…
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