By: Bhawana Anand
Last updated : December 07, 2018 10:43 am
However, it was also a field day for unauthorised media
The local parties confined their campaigns to areas in and around their spheres of influence, but it were the national parties that went big on outdoor advertising.
Unfortunately, elections also given an opportunity for some players to make capital from unauthorised media, which hurt the business of those holding authorised media. “That was a drawback for legal media owners who pay for tenders and taxes. And the unauthorised sites are generally erected out of Nagar Nigam boundaries where they have no control but they do come as a competition to legal sites,” he said.