New Delhi: he Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has extended the deadline for the submission of comments or counter comments on the Consultation Paper titled “Issues Relating to Media Ownership”. The last date of receiving comments on the issues raised in the Consultation Paper from the stakeholders was fixed as 10th May 2022 and counter-comments as 24th May 2022.
“Keeping in view the requests received from the stakeholders for extension of time for submission of comments on the above-mentioned Consultation Paper on the ground that the Consultation Paper requires in-depth study on many issues, it has been decided to extend the last date for submission of comments and counter-comments up to 7th June 2022 and 21 June, 2022, respectively,” read the statement from TRAI.
TRAI has released a Consultation Paper on “Issues Relating to Media Ownership” on 12th April, 2022. The consultation paper has sought views from stakeholders on the need, nature and levels of safeguard required in terms of media ownership especially when it comes to cross-media ownership and vertical integration in the broadcasting sector.
