Beijing seeks to centralize foreign-TV distribution

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China has decreed that all foreign television channels must go through a Chinese 'rebroadcast platform', which would allow for easier censorship of broadcast content. Foreign satellite channels now are to be received only in hotels, foreign compounds and some government buildings, although many households ignore the restrictions and tune in to services such as Phoenix Satellite Television from News Corp. China now wants to encrypt all foreign television signals and rebroadcast them via Sinosat-1.

Government regulation, Telephone communications, exc. radio, Satellite Telecommunications, Satellite TV Communications, Laws, regulations and rules, Satellite communications services industry, Satellite television

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China Telecom IPO delayed

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China Telecommunications Corp. is delaying its initial public offering until next year due to restructuring issues unsettled by the government. Having planned to offer $5 billion to $6 billion in shares on the stock markets of New York and Hong Kong, the company will first have to wait for the Chinese government to decide how to reorganize the former telephone monopoly.

COMMUNICATION, Communications, Broadcasting and Telecommunications, Organizational history, Management, Telecommunications services industry, Telecommunications industry, China Telecommunications Corp.

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