The broadcasting house of Radio Television Hong Kong is seen on 30 Broadcast Drive, Kowloon Tong, August 7, 2015. (ROY LIU/CHINA DAILY)
HONG KONG - Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK), a public broadcaster, said Friday it will stop relaying BBC (British Broadcasting Cooperation) World News and BBC News Weekly from 11 pm local time Friday, following the decision of the national broadcasting regulator to pull the channel off the air.
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The National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA) said Thursday that the channel was found to have seriously violated regulations on radio and television management and on overseas satellite television channel management in its China-related reports, which went against the requirements that news reporting must be true and impartial, and undermined China's national interests and ethnic solidarity.
"As the channel fails to meet the requirements to broadcast in China as an overseas channel, BBC World News is not allowed to continue its service within Chinese territory. The NRTA will not accept the channel's broadcast application for the new year," the regulator said in a statement.
