{"id":89421,"date":"2021-12-02T10:47:34","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T09:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=89421"},"modified":"2021-12-02T11:24:40","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T10:24:40","slug":"streaming-services-fg-tightens-grip-on-social-media-space-moves-to-regulate-netflix-kallo-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/streaming-services-fg-tightens-grip-on-social-media-space-moves-to-regulate-netflix-kallo-others\/","title":{"rendered":"Streaming Services: FG Tightens Grip On Social Media Space, Moves To Regulate Netflix, Kallo, Others"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m22632\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Worried that they can be used to \u201ccause chaos\u201d and undermine Nigeria\u2019s democratic processes, the federal government says it is planning regulations for streaming and content providers such as Netflix among others.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">At a two-day conference, the government and industry stakeholders discussed \u201cthe implication of Nigeria censorship laws and regulatory framework for Over-The-Top (OTT) streaming services and content providers in Nigeria.\u201dMinister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said the popularity and demand of streaming services in Nigeria increased with the COVID-19 pandemic, \u201chence its regulation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Represented by Comfort Ajiboye, Director, Information and Technology in the ministry, Mr Mohammed reiterated his age-long bias that social media and streaming services can be used \u201cto cause chaos and undermine democratic processes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The conference was organised by the National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) in Lagos, along with practitioners and stakeholders in the entertainment and creative industry.<\/p>\n<p>In his opening address, Adedayo Thomas, Executive Director and CEO of the NFVCB, said the conference was to brainstorm on creating policies to regulate streamers and content providers in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith over 50 per cent internet penetration, it has become imperative to convene this conference to bring together stakeholders and legislators in a conversation so as to come up with crystal policies on the regulation of streamers and content providers,\u201d Mr Thomas said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Thomas said streaming service providers were unable to self-regulate, reason why their operations were now being discussed at the conference with the theme, \u201cNigeria Digital Content Regulation\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The NFVCB boss, however, promised that, \u201cthe goal of regulation is not to stifle creativity but to create sanity and encourage healthy competition for socio-economic gains.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the conference as a panelist was Netflix Director of Public Policy, Sub-Saharan Africa, Shola Sanni.<\/p>\n<p>Participants include members of the various Guilds in Nollywood which included Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) and Directors Guild of Nigeria (DGN).<\/p>\n<p>Others are the Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Theatre and Movie Practitioners Association of Nigeria (TAMPAN), among others.<\/p>\n<p>Also were representatives of local and international streaming services, Free To Air (FTA), Pay TV operators and other content creators.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Worried that they can be used to \u201ccause chaos\u201d and undermine Nigeria\u2019s democratic processes, the federal government says it is planning regulations for streaming and content providers such as Netflix&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":89433,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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