Internet and Mobile Association of India Sets up New Code to Govern Content on Streaming Platforms, Responds To Concerns
4 years, 11 months ago

Internet and Mobile Association of India Sets up New Code to Govern Content on Streaming Platforms, Responds To Concerns

The Quint  

Chatterjee, responded to this by saying that “The entertianment committee was started in IAMAI four years ago. The content has remained, and we’re just adding another tier to the complaints process.” “It was not discussed with the entertainment committee, because it did not concern the entire entertainment committee. Arre, and Ajay Chacko said that he will not sign it, and said that he doesn’t want to be the first independent player to sign on. We are saying that creative people should be allowed their creative freedom, and that platforms should give some kind of age descriptor, content descriptor.

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Under Google, NCPCR pressure, IPO-bound Ullu drops adult content
9 months, 1 week ago

Under Google, NCPCR pressure, IPO-bound Ullu drops adult content

The Hindu  

March 30, 2024 11:12 am | Updated 11:43 am IST - NEW DELHI Pressure is mounting on the Initial Public Offering-bound streaming platform Ullu for its adult-only content, with the streaming self-regulatory body it is a member of issuing a rebuke of its catalogue and the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights asking the government to take action against …

Despite court stay, OTT platforms face pressure on content
1 year, 8 months ago

Despite court stay, OTT platforms face pressure on content

The Hindu  

OTT streaming services like Netflix and Amazon Prime Video are facing pressure to comply with the Information Technology Rules, 2021, and exercise further restraint in streaming mature content. Sikri, chairperson of the Digital Publisher Content Grievances Council ’s Grievance Redressal Board, said in an advisory to streaming platforms on April 10. ‘Respect Indian sensibilities’ I&B Minister Anurag Thakur recently warned …

GUEST COLUMN: MEDIA | A new phase of censorship creep in India
1 year, 11 months ago

GUEST COLUMN: MEDIA | A new phase of censorship creep in India

The Hindu  

Published : Feb 03, 2023 15:34 IST The Information Technology Rules, 2021, are back in active play, causing deep concern among those who value free speech and media freedom in India. The proposal has been sharply criticised by organisations like the Internet Freedom Foundation, which believes that “this will heavily impact the freedom of speech, expression and information online, and …

For Netflix India to conquer Indian market, they'll have to choose persuasion over attraction, conditioning over content
2 years, 11 months ago

For Netflix India to conquer Indian market, they'll have to choose persuasion over attraction, conditioning over content

Firstpost  

Indians may not use the thing you offer them for free but it is in our nature to prize that which feels abundant rather than that which feels appealing. * Last week, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings publically admitted to being ‘frustrated’ by the platform’s lack of growth in India. In all honesty, there is some truth to these theories, especially …

The Hindu Explains | Why has the government announced new guidelines to regulate digital content?
3 years, 10 months ago

The Hindu Explains | Why has the government announced new guidelines to regulate digital content?

The Hindu  

The story so far: On Thursday, in a long-anticipated move, the government notified guidelines that seek to provide a grievance redressal mechanism for users of digital platforms of all kinds — social media sites, messaging apps, over-the-top streaming services, and digital news publishers. The Information Technology Rules, 2021 also mandate that social media and messaging platforms will have to adhere …

India plans new social media controls after Twitter face-off
3 years, 10 months ago

India plans new social media controls after Twitter face-off

India Today  

Chafing from a dispute with Twitter, India plans to oblige social media companies to erase contentious content fast and assist investigations, according to a draft regulation. In India, Twitter ignored orders to remove content over farmers’ protests, fuelling the zeal of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government since 2018 to tighten regulation for content it deems disinformation or unlawful. Racial, Religious …

Experts divided over regulation of OTT content in India
3 years, 11 months ago

Experts divided over regulation of OTT content in India

India TV News  

As calls for regulating content showed on the over-the-top platforms grow stronger and with the government also reportedly examining regulations in foreign countries, experts have cautioned that pros and cons of such measures need to be evaluated properly before taking a decision. "When the content is anyway accessible via the internet directly, it makes little sense to impose any kind …

Concerned Over Obscenity and Fake News, Centre Brings Online Content Under I&B Ministry's Ambit
4 years, 1 month ago

Concerned Over Obscenity and Fake News, Centre Brings Online Content Under I&B Ministry's Ambit

News 18  

All online news portals and live streaming film apps and content will now come under the information and broadcasting ministry. There has also been growing concern over fake news and provocative writings and current events online portals. They fear that the online content being brought under the I&B ministry would mean censorship. The clampdown would be in and those who …

Online news and streaming platforms, including Netflix, now under govt regulation
4 years, 1 month ago

Online news and streaming platforms, including Netflix, now under govt regulation

Firstpost  

According to a notification issued by the Cabinet Secretariat on Tuesday, content made available by online providers will come under the purview of the I&B Ministry New Delhi: The government has brought films, audiovisuals, news and current affairs content on online platforms under the domain of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. According to a notification issued by the Cabinet …

Netflix, Disney+ Hotstar, Amazon Prime And More Streaming Apps Will Self-Regulate Content
4 years, 4 months ago

Netflix, Disney+ Hotstar, Amazon Prime And More Streaming Apps Will Self-Regulate Content

News 18  

Video streaming services in India, including Netflix, Disney+ Hotstar, Amazon Prime, have signed up to a self-regulation code. The Code also introduces a clear, transparent and structured grievance redressal and escalation mechanism for reporting non-compliance with the prescribed guidelines,” say the new guidelines adopted by video streaming platforms. Yet, this joint effort is also unprecedented in many ways, because globally, …

Netflix India is dialling up the diversity with its new 2020 slate, says Monika Shergill, VP-Content
4 years, 5 months ago

Netflix India is dialling up the diversity with its new 2020 slate, says Monika Shergill, VP-Content

Firstpost  

Editor’s note: With the world in varying stages of lockdown during the ongoing coronavirus crisis, streaming services have seen a surge in consumption and consequently, commissioning of content. * Netflix India has announced eight new titles that have spruced up its slate for 2020 to 17 titles, including films surpassing theatrical release to premiere directly on the platform, and long-awaited …

How streaming platforms like Netflix, Hotstar, Amazon Prime have changed the way we consume content this decade
5 years ago

How streaming platforms like Netflix, Hotstar, Amazon Prime have changed the way we consume content this decade

Firstpost  

The past three years have increasingly belonged to streaming content in this country. If anything, this vindicates the huge investments OTT platforms have been making over the past couple of years into original ‘desi’ content across languages, genres and show formats. The big three: Hotstar, Netflix, Amazon Prime Hotstar, with the highest number of users in India, started out a …

Are Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Hotstar, Voot the new multiplexes in town?
5 years, 5 months ago

Are Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Hotstar, Voot the new multiplexes in town?

Live Mint  

From adding star power by roping in veteran A-list stars, hosting digital concerts with big names attached, bringing movies onto the streaming services within a few months of theatrical release to reviving cancelled shows on fan demand -- the world of over-the-top or OTT platforms is expanding, and what started on the small screens of the smartphones the world over, …

A big ‘no’ to regulation
5 years, 7 months ago

A big ‘no’ to regulation

Deccan Chronicle  

Ask a youngster how he or she spends leisure time these days, majority would say ‘by binge watching films and series the web’. The NGO had alleged that online streaming platforms feature ‘uncertified, sexually explicit and vulgar’ content. The NGO, in its PIL, condemned that the services telecast shows having content that is ‘vulgar, religiously forbidden and morally unethical’ due …

India’s Plan to Curb Hate Speech Could Mean More Censorship
5 years, 11 months ago

India’s Plan to Curb Hate Speech Could Mean More Censorship

Wired  

New rules proposed by the Indian government to rein in tech giants and combat fake news could have a profoundly chilling effect on free speech and privacy online. Under the new rules, platforms would be required to deploy automated tools to ensure that information or content deemed “unlawful” by government standards never appears online. The unlawful definition likely would encompass …

Netflix says self-regulation in India does not equal censorship
5 years, 11 months ago

Netflix says self-regulation in India does not equal censorship

CNN  

New Delhi CNN Business — Netflix is battling questions of censorship for the second time in three weeks — this time in India. The company is one of nine streaming platforms that has signed a “code of best practices” that pledges to self-regulate the content they publish online. “Self-regulation encourages creativity and makes content creators more responsive to their viewers,” …

Hotstar, SonyLIV, Netflix and 6 other video streaming players adopt self-regulation code
5 years, 11 months ago

Hotstar, SonyLIV, Netflix and 6 other video streaming players adopt self-regulation code

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Nine video streaming players in India have decided to adopt a self-regulatory Code of Best Practices under the aegis of the Internet and Mobile Association of India. In the works for over a year, the code attempts to protect consumer interest while offering viewers a variety of content choices and exercising creative freedom. The second gives content creators …

Netflix, Hotstar to censor content in India: Report
5 years, 11 months ago

Netflix, Hotstar to censor content in India: Report

Hindustan Times  

Netflix Inc and home-grown rival Hotstar plan to adopt self-regulation guidelines for content streamed on their platforms in India in an effort to prevent potential government censorship, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. But global video streaming market leader, Netflix, was drawn into a legal battle last year after a complaint that its first Indian original series “Sacred Games” …

Netflix and Hotstar plan to adopt self-censorship for content streamed in India
5 years, 11 months ago

Netflix and Hotstar plan to adopt self-censorship for content streamed in India

Firstpost  

Netflix and home-grown rival Hotstar plan to adopt self-regulation guidelines for content streamed on their platforms in India in an effort to prevent potential government censorship, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. But global video streaming market leader, Netflix, was drawn into a legal battle last year after a complaint that its first Indian original series Sacred Games insulted …

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