Major video sites remove TV apps   

互聯網電視政策收緊 各大視頻網站下架TV客戶端

受廣電總局收緊互聯網電視監管政策影響，多家視頻網站日前宣布停止提供智能電視客戶端服務，全面下架TV客戶端。記者采訪發現，騰訊視頻、優酷土豆、愛奇藝和樂視等四大視頻網站已對用戶發布了停止服務的公告。[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.