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Need rules to balance out digital media: Smriti
Digital media; security
News:
- Recently, Information and Broadcasting Minister highlighted the need for regulations in the digital media industry
Important Facts
- IB Minister of India inaugurated the 15th Asia Media Summit (AMS) 2018
- This is the first time the summit has been organised in India
- The summit is jointly organised by Information and Broadcasting Ministry, the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) and public sector firm Broadcast Engineering Consultants India Ltd (BECIL).
- The theme of the summit is “Telling our Stories- Asia and more”
- According to IB Minister, India is the fastest growing advertising market and is expected to reach 10.59 billion US dollars by the end of 2018
- Number of internet users is expected to reach 969 million y 2021
- Mobile spend is estimated to grow to 1.55 billion US dollars in 2018.
