U.K. Regulator Revokes TV Broadcast License of China s CGTN
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The U.K.’s broadcast regulator Ofcom said Thursday that it had revoked the license of CGTN, the overseas arm of China Central Television. The move is likely to increase tensions between the two already fractious countries.
Ofcom explained that it had “withdrawn the license for CGTN to broadcast in the UK, after its investigation concluded that the license is wrongfully held by Star China Media Limited.”
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While that reads like a technicality, the regulator explained that licensees must have editorial control over the licensed service. In addition, license holders cannot be controlled by political bodies. CGTN fell foul on these two counts because editorial control rests with CCTV, which is ultimately controlled by the Communist Party of China. Additionally, Star China Media “is the distributor of the CGTN service in the U.K., rather than the prov
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People wearing face masks to protect against the spread of COVID-19 walk past the headquarters of CCTV, the home of Chinese state-run television network CCTV and its overseas arm CGTN, in Beijing on Feb 4, 2021. (Photo: AP/Mark Schiefelbein)
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LONDON: The United Kingdom s broadcast regulator Ofcom on Thursday (Feb 4) revoked the licence of Chinese news network CGTN after it concluded that the Chinese Communist Party had ultimate editorial responsibility for the channel.
The move is likely to further inflame tensions between London and Beijing
4 February 2021 • 4:21pm
Ofcom launched an investigation into the channel last year
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Ofcom has revoked the license of the Chinese state broadcaster CGTN to air programmes in Britain after finding the organisation is “ultimately controlled by the Chinese Communist Party”.
In a decision welcomed by human rights campaigners but likely to further inflame tensions between London and Beijing, the watchdog said organisations broadcasting in the UK are required to exercise editorial oversight over programmes shown, and cannot be controlled by political bodies.
CGTN, however, held a license in the UK under an entity called Star China Media Limited, which “did not have editorial responsibility” for the channel’s output. Ofcom also said it was unable to grant an application to transfer the license to another entity, which it determined fell under the purview of China’s Com
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People wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus walk past the CCTV Headquarters building, the home of Chinese state-run television network CCTV and its overseas arm CGTN, in Beijing, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)