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
Govt blocks 25 OTT platforms for streaming obscene, vulgar contentThe action to disable 26 websites and 14 apps have been taken in consultation with the ministries of home affairs, electronics and IT, and ...
26 Jul, 2025, 06.00 AM IST
Blocked 18 OTT platforms for publishing obscene, vulgar content: GovtThe Indian government blocked 18 online video streaming platforms on March 14, 2024, for distributing obscene and vulgar content, according...
18 Dec, 2024, 09.01 PM IST
'Non-skippable' anti-tobacco ads should precede content on OTT platforms, proposes govtThe draft rules issued on September 13 state, "All content published in the online curated content platforms, shall display non-skippable a...
22 Sep, 2024, 05.20 PM IST
IC 814 controversy: Kangana Ranaut slams OTT platforms over censorship bias amid stalled release of her 'Emergency'Kangana Ranaut criticized OTT platforms for promoting violent and explicit content while stifling nationalist voices. She voiced concerns o...
02 Sep, 2024, 12.24 PM IST
Plea for restrictions on OTT platforms: SC asks petitioner to make representation before govtThe Supreme Court addressed a petitioner's concerns regarding inappropriate content on over-the-top (OTT) platforms, including nudity and i...
19 Apr, 2024, 01.46 PM IST
ETtech Explainer: The govt’s ban on OTT platformsThe government banned 18 over-the-top apps for housing obscene, vulgar and, in some cases, pornographic content. The move comes after risin...
15 Mar, 2024, 03.30 PM IST
Paytm gets nod to become third-party UPI app; Govt cracks down on OTT platformsPaytm parent One 97 Communications Ltd has secured approval from the National Payments Corporation of India to become a third party UPI app...
14 Mar, 2024, 08.19 PM IST
Kerala to launch India's first govt-owned OTT platform on Mar 7Kerala is set to launch CSpace, India's first government-backed OTT platform, on Thursday. The platform aims to provide informative and ent...
05 Mar, 2024, 10.04 PM IST
Net Neutrality battle a 'hard fought' one; important factor behind vibrant startup ecosystem: MoS IT Rajeev ChandrasekharChandrasekhar added that India was one of the first countries to ensure net neutrality and push back against telecom companies seeking to b...
29 Sep, 2023, 08.31 PM IST
From OTT services to spectrum allocation: Key features of draft Telecom Bill, 2022The Bill allows govt to fix accountability on the tech platforms which provide communication services such as WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram et...
10 Nov, 2022, 12.35 AM IST
2021 Year in Review | India’s IT rules and the threat to individual privacyHere are the major developments around the controversial rules this year.
31 Dec, 2021, 04.27 PM IST
New content classification for streaming platforms like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video: GovtStreaming platforms would be required to implement parental locks for content classified as U/A 13+ or higher, and reliable age-verificatio...
25 Feb, 2021, 06.43 PM IST
View: What over-the-top media platforms can teach TVAs many as 130 million homes pay for watching three-plus hours of TV every day, the numbers for which are growing. These trends tally with ...
08 Feb, 2021, 12.09 AM IST
Legal notice sent to makers of ZEE5 show 'Abhay 2' over freedom fighter's image rowZEE5 took to Twitter to say that it did not mean to hurt sentiments.
17 Aug, 2020, 04.03 PM IST
Digital Consumption – Realizing the Data DividendThe rapid scale up of wireless infrastructure in 2016 was a result of the 4G launches and increasing realization by telcos of data being th...
15 Jun, 2017, 01.20 PM IST