Advertising is content

IN Media Watch Briefs | 08/05/2013

 As they strategise to oppose TRAI's 12-minute per hour cap on advertising on TV, broadcasters are  coming up with a variety of rationales. At a Delhi meet today Jawahar Goel of Zee said that advertising is content and  since TRAI can regulate only carriage not content, it has no locus standi to propose advertising caps. (ORF roundtable)