New rules to safeguard China’s cultural security
From Xinhua – English: China will not permit any more overseas satellite television channels to land on its mainland and will not allow foreign investment in the country’s news media, according to new...
View ArticleMurdoch Apologized to China, New Book Claims
Media baron Rupert Murdoch apologized to Jiang Zemin and Li Peng in a 1997 letter, years after claiming that communications technologies were a threat to totalitarian regimes, according to a...
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Shanghai To Crack Down On Satellite Dishes
From Shanghai Daily (h/t the Shanghaiist): SEVETEEN (sic) government departments will launch a joint city-wide campaign to wipe out illegal television satellites that can receive foreign TV programs...
View ArticleIllegal Satellite TV in China Brings CNN to the Masses
From PCWorld: A black market for satellite TV is booming in China as the middle class grows there, bringing foreign channels like CNN and MTV to a much wider audience than allowed by the government....
View ArticleSARFT-Approved Sat TV for Hotels Serving Foreigners
The following example of censorship instructions, issued to the media and/or Internet companies by various central (and sometimes local) government authorities, has been leaked and distributed online....
View ArticleCensorship Vault: Beijing Internet Instructions Series (26)
In partnership with the China Copyright and Media blog, CDT is adding the “Beijing Internet Instructions” series to the Censorship Vault. These directives were originally published on Canyu.org...
View ArticleCCTV Losing Ground Amid Changing Media Landscape
The Wall Street Journal reports that state television broadcaster CCTV, which has long dominated audience share in China, is losing advertisers, talent, and viewers to new media outlets and local...
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