Under the scanner

As foreign TV shows on Chinese websites are reviewed for regulatory approval, experts say local industry stands to gain from the changing scenario, Han Bingbin reports.

China's new online video rules have resulted in several US TV serials being pulled out of the country's major streaming sites.

Agent Carter, Empire and Shameless are among such shows that have been removed from sites such as Sohu.com and Letv.com. The newly licensed serials being shown on the sites are Girls and Veep, both HBO productions that premiered in the US in 2012, and are available for daily viewing on Chinese site Tencent Video now.