Streaming players sign up to form complaint council

Video on demand players Hotstar, Jio, SonyLIV, Network18 and Eros have signed up to form an independent adjudicatory council to resolve consumer complaints, a step some streaming platforms have termed as increased censorship, regressive and unnecessary.

The Digital Content Complaint Council (DCCC) will be led by a retired judge and have representation from government bodies and industry.

The council will look into complaints that go unaddressed by the companies who had last year signed a self-regulatory code, which censored streaming of certain content