China to pull BBC News off the air, state broadcast regulator says lmtonline.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from lmtonline.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
2.3k shares
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.
China cited complaints about BBC news reports, but the ban also came after a British regulator banned China’s main global broadcaster over license problems.
Chinese regulators have accused the UK's global broadcaster of breaking China's media code. The move follows the decision by UK authorities to revoke the license for China's global state TV network CGTN.