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China Global Television Network, the country’s state broadcaster, has applied to the French regulator to regain its right to air in the EU.
The CSA, France’s media regulator, said it received an application from the Chinese broadcaster in December, the Financial Times reported Sunday. This comes after the channel’s license to air in Europe was revoked by the U.K. watchdog Ofcom earlier this month, preventing CGTN from broadcasting in the rest of Europe.
China banned the British broadcaster BBC in response, raising geopolitical tensions between the U.K. and China.
The French regulator didn’t say when it will decide on CGTN’s license, and said it needed to further evaluate Ofcom’s decision. The British regulator had said CGTN lacked editorial independence and “is ultimately controlled by the Chinese Communist Party,” which is not allowed under U.K. law.
French laws don’t prohibit state-controlled broadcasters from airing in the country. According to the FT, if France does allow CGTN to air, it would then be allowed to air anywhere in the 47 members of the Council of Europe, including the U.K.
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