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Supreme Court seeks Centre’s response on OTT content regulation petitionThe Supreme Court has addressed a petition concerning objectionable content on OTT platforms and social media, issuing notices to the Centr...
Worried about obscenity, government asks Netflix, other streaming services to review contentIndia has told Netflix, Disney and other streaming services that their content should be independently reviewed for obscenity and violence ...
Parliamentary panel may call OTT companies amid demand for more control on contentTop officials of the information and broadcasting ministry, including secretary Apurva Chandra, on Monday discussed the emergence of OTT pl...
Amazon restricts LGBTQ products in United Arab EmiratesThe Emirati government gave Amazon until Friday to comply under threat of penalties, the documents show. It was not clear what those penalt...
India says video streaming platforms should be held responsible for contentIndia tightened its grip on social media firms such as Facebook and Twitter. The rules, called the "Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Med...
OTT industry, govt will partner to make audience experience better: Prakash Javadekar"Had a fruitful meeting with representatives from OTT industry and explained the provisions of the OTT rules. All representatives have welc...
IAMAI wants a say in framing of OTT streaming guidelines in IndiaInternet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) has expressed disappointment over the government’s approach towards framing content guidel...
Govt drawing up broad guidelines for OTT censorship in IndiaThe I&B ministry, which had rejected the self-regulation framework proposed by IAMAI in September last year, is working on specific legisla...
‘Tandav’, 'Mirzapur' controversy seen hurting India’s creative dream“This is the beginning of the end of the dream of Indian content creators to make shows that can travel globally,” says a top director, who...
I&B ministry to seek transfer of OTT cases to Supreme CourtAt least 23 cases pertaining to OTT content are being heard in different courts of the country, and it will be better if the SC hears them ...
View: Chaperoning ‘non-news’ content reveals a technophobic, anti-creativity StateIf, in the process, the ‘original’ job of sifting the wheat of information and broadcasting from the chaff of fake news, hate speech, etc, ...
Self-regulation model may work for OTT companies: GovtThe government has said it does not have powers to regulate internet content, but suggested an institutional self-regulatory model similar ...
Ministry of I&B to meet again with industry to debate online video content regulationSources familiar with the matter said the industry believes there are enough laws, including the Information Technology Act, to regulate on...
SC seeks Centre's reply on plea to regulate Netflix, Amazon Prime Video contentA bench of CJI Gogoi & Justice Sanjiv Khanna issued notices to the ministries of broadcasting, law and communications on an appeal challeng...
Netflix, Hotstar, Jio, others sign self-censorship codeCode bars signatories from showing banned content; Amazon feels current rules are adequate.
Self-censorship: Streaming soon on Netflix, Hotstar, JioNetflix, Hotstar, Jio and other streaming services may soon adopt a voluntary censorship code.
Amazon opposes voluntary censorship code move mooted by industryAmazon will not walk out of the discussions, though, and will continue to engage with its peers, the people said.
Netflix, Amazon explore voluntary censorshipTop players in the video-on-demand (VOD) industry met in New Delhi on Tuesday to discuss the possibility and what such a code would entail.
The big short. Bearish bets on biggest tech stocks hit $37 billionThe greater the rise, the greater the fall, so they are being targeted as the stocks to short.
Why protectionism cannot be blamed for China's tech successWhat Chinese companies do have is innovation, flexibility and the ability to develop new products at great speed whenever they spot a marke...