Curbing the stream

Regulators are restricting video websites' content from TV set-top boxes. Han Bingbin reports.

The country's top media regulator has taken its firmest steps yet to restrict streamed content from reaching TV set-top boxes.

The State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television last week required streaming sites, such as Sohu and iQiyi, to remove apps that viewers can download to the boxes to access content and watch them on TV screens.