NBF governing body meets Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur

Table of Contents Toggle NBF (News Broadcasters Federation) had a productive meeting with the Union Information & Broadcasting Minister Mr. Anurag Thakur on key issues faced by industry

Founding President of the NBF Mr. Goswami said, “The meeting of NBF members with the Minister was a wonderful opportunity to apprise him about the steps we have taken to build India’s largest federation of news broadcasters. The Minister has heard our views and concerns in detail and we look forward to working with the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to make the news broadcasting sector even stronger.”

Mr. Shankar Bala, CEO of Fourth Dimension and Vice President of the NBF after the meeting with the Minister said, “Today’s meeting was really pathbreaking. It was a great opportunity to meet the Minister. He was extremely cordial and he heard us patiently. Whatever the issues were, those were addressed. We have particularly stated that it is essential to release the viewership ratings for news channels, which were unilaterally stopped. The resumption of the publication of news ratings will ensure fair play and a measurement-driven competitive news industry. We have a lot of expectations after our talks.”