Govt won't appoint any member in self-regulating body: Javadekar to OTTs

Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Prakash Javadekar on Thursday interacted with representatives of various OTT platforms including from Alt Balaji, Hotstar, Amazon Prime, Netflix, Jio, Zee5, Viacom18, Shemaroo, MxPlayer, etc.

During the meeting, the minister clarified that in the self-regulating body, no member will be appointed by the government, putting an end to speculations.

Stressing on the need for self-regulation, Javadekar said that the government has done several rounds of consultation with the OTT players in the past.

"Javadekar stated that he had received representations from cinema and TV industries that while there were regulations for them, none existed