Chinese State Broadcaster CGTN Banned by UK
British officials on Feb. 4 revoked the license of Chinese television outlet CGTN to broadcast in the UK.
CGTN, or China Global Television Network, is an international English-language satellite news channel owned by the Chinese regime and directly controlled by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
UK broadcasting regulator Ofcom made the decision (pdf) after it concluded that the license was unlawful, because CGTN’s license-holder in the UK, Star China Media Limited (SCML), was the distributor of the CGTN service in the UK, rather than “the provider” of the service.
“Our investigation showed that the license for China Global Television Network is held by an entity which has no editorial control over its programs,” a spokesperson for Ofcom said in a statement.
China’s state-owned broadcaster stripped of UK licence
Updated: 04/02/2021, 3:24 pm
TV regulator Ofcom has withdrawn China Global Television Network’s licence to broadcast in the UK (Dominic Lipinski/PA)
China’s state-owned broadcaster has had its licence to broadcast in the UK withdrawn.
TV regulator Ofcom launched an investigation into China Global Television Network (CGTN) last year.
It has now revoked its licence, under laws which state that any licensee must have editorial control of the programmes shown and must not be controlled by political bodies.
CGTN is an international, English-language satellite news channel.
We have revoked China Global Television Network’s (CGTN) licence to broadcast in the UK, after our investigation concluded that the licence was wrongfully held by Star China Media Ltd. (SCML).
President Xi Jinping of China is seen on a CGTN archive program as it plays on a computer monitor in London. The U.K. s Ofcom says Star China Media Limited, which holds the license for China Global Television Network (CGTN) doesn t have day-to-day editorial control over the channel, which is against its rules. Leon Neal/Getty Images
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President Xi Jinping of China is seen on a CGTN archive program as it plays on a computer monitor in London. The U.K. s Ofcom says Star China Media Limited, which holds the license for China Global Television Network (CGTN) doesn t have day-to-day editorial control over the channel, which is against its rules.
Lack of editorial control in CGTN cited
U.K. regulators stripped China’s state TV channel of its national broadcasting license on Thursday, after an investigation cited lack of editorial control and links to China’s ruling Communist Party.
The communications watchdog, Ofcom, said it revoked the licence for China Global Television Network, or CGTN, an English language satellite news channel. CGTN had been available on free and pay TV in the U.K.
Regulators started looking into the station after receiving a complaint from a human rights group, Safeguard Defenders, calling for an investigation into its ownership.
Ofcom is also continuing to investigate a slew of other complaints that it violated rules on fairness and accuracy. One was from a former British Consulate employee in Hong Kong, who said he was detained and tortured by Chinese police for information on protesters. Another was by a British corporate investigator who said he was forced to confess while imprisoned in Ch
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