UK watchdog fines Chinese state broadcaster over footage of ‘forced confessions’ Lucy Fisher © Getty Images Europe CGTN airs a programme in the UK featuring President Xi Jinping of China - Getty Images Europe
China’s state-owned broadcaster has been fined a total of £225,000 by a UK watchdog for serious breaches of fairness, privacy and impartiality rules.
Ofcom sanctioned China Global Television Network £125,000 for failing to uphold “due impartiality” in five broadcasts relating to protests in Hong Kong in 2019, it was announced on Monday.
A second fine of £100,000 was levied on the state-owned company for breaching fairness and privacy requirements in two reports, aired in 2013 and 2014, on the arrest of Peter Humphrey, a British citizen.
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Why can CGTN broadcast in Germany again?
After being removed from the air, the management behind the CGTN channel approached France s media regulator to gain legal access once again to European networks.
The French regulator confirmed that CGTN was able to broadcast under French jurisdiction. Due to Brexit, on the one hand, and the revocation of the license granted to this channel by Ofcom under British law, on the other hand, CGTN s managers approached the Conseil Supérieur de l Audiovisuel (CSA) for confirmation that this service was now under French jurisdiction under European law, the CSA said in a statement published on its website.