Major video sites remove TV apps   

互联网电视政策收紧 各大视频网站下架TV客户端

受广电总局收紧互联网电视监管政策影响，多家视频网站日前宣布停止提供智能电视客户端服务，全面下架TV客户端。记者采访发现，腾讯视频、优酷土豆、爱奇艺和乐视等四大视频网站已对用户发布了停止服务的公告。[查看全文]

(ECNS) – Four major online video websites in China have removed or are removing their TV apps in response to the broadcasting authority's regulatory policies, according to the Guangzhou Daily.

The move comes after the State Administration of Radio Film and Television (SARFT) interviewed seven network television license-holders, including Wasu Media, CNTV, BestTV, and CIBN, who later informed their partners to remove video services and apps that violate regulations.

Youku Tudou was the first to comply with the regulation in July. Tencent Video and PPTV followed up in late August, and LETV told app stores to remove its TV app by 12am on Tuesday.

The SARFT has enhanced supervision over set-top boxes, saying that some illegal content was being broadcast through the platforms. Several Internet TV content providers were urged to rectify their products by halting the download channels of third-party applications such as Youku, iQiyi and Souhu.