I&B Ministry forms task force to combat rising piracy threatThe Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has established a task force to combat piracy, which causes an estimated $2.5 billion in annua...
13 Aug, 2025, 03.35 AM IST
Govt has blocked 43 OTT platforms for violating content norms: Ashwini VaishnawThe Ministry of Information and Broadcasting took action against several OTT platforms. Forty-three platforms faced blocking for not follow...
30 Jul, 2025, 06.27 PM IST
OTT crackdown: Govt bans Ullu, ALTT, Desiflix, Mojflix & 20+ platforms over vulgar contentThe Indian government has banned several OTT platforms, including Ullu and ALTT, for displaying obscene and vulgar content violating the In...
26 Jul, 2025, 03.38 PM IST
MIB asks ISPs to block 25 streaming platforms over obscenity, indecent representationThe Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has ordered a ban on 25 OTT platforms. These platforms allegedly host inappropriate content. I...
25 Jul, 2025, 11.58 PM IST
ALTT, once a ₹1,209 crore asset for Balaji, now among platforms blocked by MIBBalaji Telefilms' streaming platform, ALTT, valued at ₹1,209 crore, faces a government ban along with 24 other OTT platforms due to alleged...
25 Jul, 2025, 09.41 PM IST
Banned adult streaming platforms evading blocks, MIB informs Standing CommitteeThe Ministry of Information and Broadcasting is actively addressing the resurgence of blocked adult content platforms operating under new g...
25 Jul, 2025, 09.29 PM IST
25 OTT platforms banned in India: Ullu, ALT Balaji, Desiflix among major names blockedThe Indian government has blocked access to 25 OTT platforms. These platforms allegedly hosted unlawful and obscene content. The Ministry o...
25 Jul, 2025, 01.34 PM IST
PIL in SC seeks autonomous body to regulate content on OTT, other digital platformsA PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking the establishment of an autonomous body to monitor and regulate content on OTT platforms ...
10 Sep, 2024, 04.31 PM IST
MIB received 269 complaints against TV channels in five yearsThe ministry of information and broadcasting reported receiving 269 complaints against TV channels from 2019 to 2023. In the same period, t...
13 Aug, 2024, 03.43 PM IST
OTT industry seeks help over anti-tobacco warning regulationsThe video over-the-top (OTT) sector has sought help from the information and broadcasting ministry and health ministry to find workable sol...
28 Jan, 2024, 01.55 PM IST
IBDF tells its OTT members to avoid vulgar, abusive content without justificationThe DMCRC is part of the Indian Digital Media Industry Foundation (IDMIF), which has been formed by IBDF, and has 10 members, namely JioCin...
05 Nov, 2023, 12.48 AM IST
OTT content in line with IT Rules: Lobby groups tell MIBTwo of India’s leading over-the-top (OTT) industry lobby groups have told the government that their OTT platforms are ensuring compliance w...
12 Aug, 2023, 10.47 AM IST
MIB advises OTT platforms to exercise self-restraint amidst growing concerns about vulgar contentWhile advising the OTT industry to be cognisant of the country's culture while producing content, MIB secretary Apurva Chandra said OTT pla...
15 Apr, 2023, 08.49 PM IST
I&B ministry has addressed 265 grievances around OTT content under IT Rules 2021: Anurag ThakurEarlier, Thakur had said that 95% of the complaints received by the OTT platforms are settled at the first level of the three-level grievan...
07 Feb, 2023, 05.28 PM IST
Google says it doesn't allow online gambling advertsThe statement was issued in response to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting's (MIB) letter last week, wherein the ministry asked G...
08 Dec, 2022, 12.58 AM IST
OTTs and digital news platforms get 15 days to comply with new rulesIn its public notice, the I&B ministry has listed a format in which traditional media with a digital presence, video streaming platforms an...
28 May, 2021, 10.08 AM IST
OTT guidelines | Streaming apps weigh IAMAI as self-regulatory bodyIndia's OTT platforms, such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+ Hotstar and ZEE5 are still trying to wrap their heads around India's ne...
02 Mar, 2021, 03.33 AM IST