At House panel meeting, he gives a presentation on reforms made by CBFC.
OTT (Over-The-Top) platforms such as Netflix, Amazon Prime and others need to be regulated, Chairman of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) Prasoon Joshi said at a meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information and Technology.
The committee, headed by senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, met on Wednesday on the agenda of holding a review of functioning of the CBFC.
Mr. Joshi gave a presentation on the recent reforms made by the CBFC, including cutting down the average time it takes in the certification process.
He also remarked that while the films which were made available for public viewing in cinema halls were regulated, similar checks and balances were missing for the OTT platforms. The same content in cinema hall had to go through the CBFC, while it did not need any clearance if it was aired on the OTT platforms, he said.
In the case of films meant for cinema halls, the…