Radio and television reorganization OTT integrated broadcast control platform back to look at time shift function was canceled

News and publication Administration of radio and television network Audio-visual program management department has again issued a request for some of the Internet TV integrated broadcast control platform for rectification, cancellation of integrated platform directly provided by TV program time Shift and look back function.

Sohu it understands the situation and part of interpretation as follows:

1, the cancellation of OTT television integrated platform TV program time Shift and look back function, on the video site business has no impact.

2, 181th the text stipulates OTT set-top box can not provide live TV broadcast service at this stage, so now some integrated broadcast control platform provides the time shift and look back function without policy support, must cancel this kind of function.

3, this rectification, should be the general administration in the radio and television system within the organization of the responsibility, clear their respective division of labor, to protect the cable TV operators in the field of television service interests.

4, look back is a form of on demand, but in the Internet TV content service, the news program on demand only by radio and television broadcast organization, film and television play on demand service and graphic information services can be broadcast and television broadcast agencies with the copyright resources of the Organization to carry out cooperation. The integrated broadcast platform does not provide this kind of look-back service directly, but it needs to be provided by the relevant content provider.

5, the cancellation of integrated broadcast control platform TV show back and time shift function, is conducive to the protection of some TV stations popular programs copyright.

Radio and television expert Wu Chunyong to Sohu it said that the cable operator's TV set-top box because there is a live TV business, so in the set-top box for users to provide a certain time interval of the program back to watch and program time shift function is legal. and OTT Internet TV set-top box, because the current stage can not provide users with live television service, so in part of the integrated broadcast control platform to provide TV show back to see the timely transfer function is illegal, will be the higher authorities to rectify.

SARFT recently in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations, to strengthen the OTT Internet television and other radio and television business in the field of control, before the Ott field in the gray area of practice, business and so will be corrected.