Government control

Governmental control of Internet TV

As broadcasts and videos have great influence on people’s thought. Some governments may censor the contents of those programs. In the extreme, they may prohibit Internet TV.

Enablers:

o Contents of Internet TV are not healthy, may there be a lot of porns, violences.
o Some people use Internet TV to spread anti-government ideas: If this happens, governments may think about prohibiting Internet TV.
o No technology to censor and control contents of Internet TV: if governments don't have certain technology to censor the contents, they may prohibit it and make it illegal.
o Dealing with interest conflict: if the development of Internet TV influences government’s or state-owned property’s interest, government would enter.

Inhibitors:

o People in the country fight against government’s control.
o World-wide avocations of democracy.
o Internet TV industry is quite profitable, and has a lot of stakeholders .

Paradigms:

Old: Internet TV would develop freely.
New: Government control.

Experts:

Sources for additional information about this driving force.

Timing:

Recent years.

Web Resources:

comm.ccidnet.com/IPTV1/