CHINA TO RELEASE NEW POLICY FOR ONLINE VIDEO BROADCASTING AND SHARING IN 2008
December 30th 2007 01:41
China will release a policy on online video sharing and broadcasting next year, according to Interfax China Online.
Wang Xudong, Minister of Information Industry, told local media at an annual national information conference that the policy will be the first to be jointly issued by the Ministry of Information Industry and the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television.
At present, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television regulates TV and online video broadcasting, while the Ministry of Information Industry regulates internet content providers, and an official from Ministry of Information Industry regulation department said that at present, it is hard to tell which businesses should be regulated by which bureaucracy in the online video sector.
Wang said that companies carrying out an online video business should apply to both bureaucracies once the new regulations have been published.
In addition, current regulations do not specify whether foreign videos are banned from online video sharing and broadcasting sites in China. This has led many foreign TV and film companies to provide content via the internet rather than through television channels, which are highly regulated by the government.
- From MediaBlab
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