I&B Ministry meets OTT stakeholders to discuss regulation

NEW DELHI: Within weeks of Union Minister Prakash Javadekar promising wide-ranging consultations to regulate online content, the I&B ministry on Friday held its first meeting with stakeholders related to certification of the same on streaming platforms, and which was attended by executives from 18 companies, including Netflix, Amazon Prime, Zee5 and Jio, among others.

Organised by the Film Certification Appellate Tribunal (FCAT), a statutory body under the ministry, Bombay High Court judge Gautam Patel and BJP spokesperson and advocate Hitesh Jain were among the speakers invited by the ministry to speak at the meeting that was held in Mumbai. The two-day agenda, according to officials, is just one of the many consultations the ministry has planned for the next four weeks. The next consultation with more stakeholders has been planned in Chennai, ET has learnt.