I&B Ministry to issue guidelines for OTT platforms, says Prakash Javadekar

The Information and Broadcasting Ministry will soon release guidelines on Over the Top (OTT) platforms as it is receiving a lot of complaints against some serials available on the streaming platforms, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar announced on Sunday.

“We have received a lot of complaints against some serials available on OTT platforms. Films and serials released on OTT platforms and digital newspapers do not come under the purview of the Press Council Act, Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act or Censor Board. We will come up with some guidelines on it soon,” Javadekar said while addressing the media.

The Information and Broadcasting Minister also announced that full occupancy will be allowed in cinema halls from Tuesday while following all coronavirus-related protocols.