The British media regulator has announced that it has revoked its broadcasting license in the UK for the English broadcasting of China Central Television, which is owned by China, due to the control of the Chinese Communist Party.
On the 4th, the UK's independent regulatory body, the Broadcasting and Communications Agency, announced that it has revoked its broadcasting license in the UK for CGTN, the English broadcast of China Central Television, which is owned by China.
According to a survey by the Broadcasting and Communications Agency, Chinese media companies that have been licensed to broadcast CGTN do not have the right to edit the broadcast.
After being investigated, there was an application to transfer the license to another company, but this company was under the control of the Chinese Communist Party and the transfer was not permitted, and finally "the licensed business was influenced by political organizations. It means that he decided to revoke his license because he violated the British broadcasting law that says "must not".
The Broadcasting and Communications Agency said that revoking the license would significantly impede freedom of expression and provided ample opportunity to comply with the law but did not improve.
Apart from this decision, the Broadcasting and Communications Agency also revealed that it is considering punishment for violating the broadcasting regulations from the viewpoint of fairness in last year's CGTN report on protests in Hong Kong. ..