Thai broadcast watchdog to regulate Netflix, YouTube, online video service providers


BANGKOK (The Nation/Asia News Network): The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) will seek to regulate online content of video on demand (VOD) and video sharing platforms, a source said.

The source from the NBTC Office said that Pirongrong Ramasoota, chairwoman of the NBTC subcommittee on digital platform communications, would hold a meeting on Aug 23 to deliberate on plan to regulate video content by regulating the service providers.

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