Pemra’s censorship
A REGULATOR that is supposed to be independent continues to play its biased role of censoring political voices that fall out of favour with the establishment. Whereas the role of…
Pemra’s latest assault
LAST month, the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority invited comments on a draft resolution on Web TV and OTT (over the top TV). A cursory or detailed look lead to…
Pemra policing
The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra), of late, appears more energised. It has stepped up surveillance to enforce its revised and reinvigorated Code of Conduct, 2015 and to rein…
The Pemra mess
The regulation of TV and radio channels is a subject of direct relevance to all citizens. Electronic media have been allowed to become an informative but distortive, often incoherent determinant…
Pemra protects the sacred cows
According to a news report in the Guardian covering the recently concluded annual Conservative Party conference in Manchester, Prime Minister David Cameron bumped into the newspaper’s political cartoonist, Steve Bell.…
Pemra protects the sacred cows
According to a news report in the Guardian covering the recently concluded annual Conservative Party conference in Manchester, Prime Minister David Cameron bumped into the newspaper’s political cartoonist, Steve Bell.…
Why DTH never took off in Pakistan
In 2016, Pakistan stood on the threshold of what seemed like a transformative shift in television distribution. Pemra’s long-awaited auction of three Direct-to-Home (DTH) licenses for nearly Rs15 billion was…
Television’s next act
Television in Pakistan is standing at the threshold of a digital renaissance. For two decades, social media and the internet have shaped how people discover and consume content – fast,…
Moral economics
In an age of economic disparity, social unrest and climate volatility, the concept of ‘moral economics’ is no longer an abstract philosophical ideal but rather a pragmatic response to a…
Punching back
I WENT looking for the comment that got the American late-night TV host Jimmy Kimmel suspended a fortnight ago, apparently for inappropriate comments made following conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s death.…
