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Julian Knight MP, chairman of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, welcomed Ofcom s decision. Today s ruling is confirmation that the Chinese Communist Party is the ultimate controller of its broadcasts which is not permitted under UK law, he said last week. CGTN had already breached broadcasting codes with a forced confession, and failure on impartiality over coverage of the Hong Kong protests. It should be seen as a strong warning that the power to broadcast carries with it responsibility and accountability. Failing this bar will not be tolerated.
Ofcom launched an investigation into CGTN - previously CCTV - following broadcasts which showed British journalist Peter Humphrey appearing to confess to a criminal offence, and reported his conviction and an apology.
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 Ofcom explained that it had “withdrawn the license for CGTN to broadcast in the UK, after its investigation concluded that […]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 U.K.’s media regulator has stripped Chinese state-backed television channel CGTN of its broadcast license, a move that is certain to escalate state-level tensions with Beijing.
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