Section 11 in Orissa News Media Accreditation Rules, 2006
11. Eligibility criteria for Electronic Media seeking accreditation for their Representatives.
- Electronic Media shall only be eligible to seek accreditation for their representatives, if they belong to the following categories, namely :(i)T.V./Radio News production organization, having air-time arrangements with channels/stations, must have at least one news bulletin/ programme of minimum 15 minutes duration per day.(ii)Satellite channels, having dedicated at least 15 per cent of their respective air-time (approx. 3.5 hours in a 24 hour cycle) to telecast/transmission of news and news related programme per day.(iii)News magazines, producing organization having telecast/broadcast tie up with T.V. Channels/Stations must have a minimum total cumulative programme duration of 60 minutes per week on news and news related contents.(iv)News websites posting news of public interest in the State.(v)Television/News Agency should supply news clip to at least five subscribing satellite T.V./Radio Organization on regular basis and shall have a minimum annual revenue of rupees fifteen lakhs from news clip etc.
