China bans BBC news broadcasts one week after CGTN'''s license withdrawn in U.K.
China bans BBC news broadcasts one week after CGTN's license withdrawn in U.K.
"The channel fails to meet the requirements to broadcast in China as an overseas channel," the Radio and Television Administration said.
BEIJING — China has banned BBC World News from airing in the country, one week after threatening to retaliate for the recent revocation of the British broadcasting license for China's state-owned CGTN.
The National Radio and Television Administration said in a statement dated midnight Friday that BBC World News coverage of China had violated requirements that news reporting be true and impartial and undermined China's national interests and ethnic solidarity.
The BBC already is generally not viewable in China outside of some hotels, businesses and residential compounds for foreigners. It wasn't immediately clear if the ban would affect reception in those facilities.