China will limit the access to foreign TV-Shows

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China will limit the access to foreign TV-Shows


Photo from the popular American TV-series House of Cards. Photo: Netflix.

BANGKOK: -- According to Wall Street Journal, China will be limiting the amount of foreign content on Chinese streaming sites to 30 percent.

As soon as Thursday regulators could require that no more than 30 percent of the content on Chinese video-streaming sites is foreign. Wall Street Journal reports that this would be more than a 20 percent cut since more than half of the content on the Chinese streaming is said to be foreign.

Until recently the streaming sites have experienced relatively small restrictions compared to the state-run broadcasters that are only allowed to transmit few foreign produced TV-shows and programs.

According to Wall Street Journal Chinese authorities has not yet given a reason for these new moves. But they come at a time where Chinese leaders try to tighten the grip on information circulating via chat apps.

Source: http://scandasia.com/china-will-limit-the-access-to-foreign-tv-shows/

-- ScandAsia 2014-09-05

[retell]

????? They get netflux in china ???.

Want to have that in thailand !

Can get with a vpn but bandwith just too crappy then

[rickirs]

The NCPO has already embraced a Chinese-style politburo government. It might decide that what else is good for China is good for Thai in the interest of national security.

[Suradit69]

Possibly BBC Entertainment can supply them with endlessly repetitive 30, 40 or 50 year old re-runs of Absolutely Fabulous, The Vicar of Dibley, Dad's Army and Fawlty Towers, like they do True Subscibers in Thailand. At least then Chinese consumers will realize they're years ahead of the UK in terms of household appliances, basic technology and slapstick.

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Possibly BBC Entertainment can supply them with endlessly repetitive 30, 40 or 50 year old re-runs of Absolutely Fabulous, The Vicar of Dibley, Dad's Army and Fawlty Towers, like they do True Subscibers in Thailand. At least then Chinese consumers will realize they're years ahead of the UK in terms of household appliances, basic technology and slapstick.

Not gonna happen with allo allo ,, the will have to cut out every scene with the fallen madonna with the big boobies , not much left then

[Publicus]

China's newest dictator Xi Jinping has reverted to strict Maoism of the mind in the CCP-PRC to the strongest and the worst censorship since the advent of the internet.

The CCP's Central Commission on Discipline Inspection is paying students at high schools and universities to go online to report and counter both "negative" posts by anyone and negative comments spoken by their classmates about the new Maoist regime - one can suppose their parents will be the next target of the CCP state.

Xi's high visibility corruption campaign is targeting his liberal CCP opponents and recently eliminated the liberal mayor of liberal Guangzhou, the old Canton, third most populous city in the PRC. Last month democracy had a near death experience in Hong Kong. After Taiwan's Sunflower Revolution earlier this year that killed a massively concessionary treaty with Beijing Taiwanese now call themselves the new West Germany which has put the appeaser Pres Ma and his Beijing sycophant political party in the tank for the 2016 election..

Until Xi's 21st century fascists can find an effective way to completely censor the internet, the Jon Steward show and Steven Colbert will continue to be viewed via online streaming by the more sophisticated PRChinese, principally in the South, but no one knows when the axe will come on those popular shows.

Standing ovation or lost in translation? The popularity of American comedy shows in China

The Daily Show and The Colbert Report have both won over Chinese fans with their satire - can other US shows follow suit?

Jeremy Blum [email protected]

In the case of The Daily Show, a clip from one of Stewart’s earlier skits on North Korea had gone viral on the Chinese internet, racking up an impressive three million hits in a short period of time. This viral attention impressed Stewart enough to devote a lengthy segment to the phenomenon, where the comedian speculated on the possibilities of creating a Chinese version of his programme named “The Daily Show with Imperialist Puppet”.

Stephen Colbert, on the other hand, was responding to the news that a Chinese production named The Banquet had illegally copied the graphics, music and art style of his show’s opening title scene.

“Only the biggest hits get Chinese bootlegs,” Colbert said before demanding that The Banquet fly him over to China to appear on-air. “I’ve been ripped off by the Chinese and I absolutely love it.”

At left screenshots from China's Sina Weibo imitation set of The Banquet's opening sequence and at right screenshots of actual The Colbert Report show's opening sequence. Photo: SCMP Pictures

http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/1454018/standing-ovation-or-lost-translation-accidental-popularity

Watch: US talk show host Ellen DeGeneres says "Ni hao, y’all" to a Chinese audience

Sohu spokespersons said that aside from subtitles, The Ellen DeGeneres Show would not be edited in China. According to press release statements from Warner Bros. International Television Distribution president Jeffrey Schlesinger, Sohu bought the show's rights because of its “family-friendly” nature.

A promotional image for The Ellen Degeneres Show in China

Family-friendly fun, celebrity appeal and a general tendency to avoid overtly insulting China - these three factors seem to be the formula that US comedy shows must follow to achieve mainstream Chinese attention. More aggressive programmes that do not toe the line, like The Daily Show and The Colbert Report, are relegated to underground fame.

Chinese Sites Drop Four U.S. TV Shows

The renewed attention on controlling the Internet has become a characteristic of the presidency of new Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

Four popular U.S. television shows that air on Chinese video websites have been taken down because of government regulations, according to China's state-run media, raising the prospect of intensified government control over videos posted online.

The four shows—"The Big Bang Theory," "The Good Wife," "NCIS" and "The Practice"—have accumulated followings in China through online video companies such as Sohu.com Inc.

The renewed attention on controlling the Internet has become a characteristic of the presidency of new Chinese leader Xi Jinping. In February, the Chinese Communist Party set up an Internet-security committee led by Mr. Xi and other top party officials to focus on cybersecurity and guiding public opinion online.

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB30001424052702304163604579527683976216624

The Closing of the Chinese Mind: China’s new ideological control measures are a major strategic blunder.

By James R. Holmes

James R. Holmes, Ph.D., is the Diplomat's military analyst, a Professor of Strategy and Naval History and of Diplomacy and Diplomatic History at the U.S. Naval War College.

They say you should never interfere with an opponent who’s shooting himself in the foot. I suppose I ought to thank Beijing for consciously dulling its wits. Groupthink in China bestows an intellectual advantage on America and its friends in the strategic competition currently underway — provided, of course, that allied leaders keep their own authoritarian tendencies in check.

Last March the CCP’s Qiushi Journal ran an article on how to manage intellectuals, opinionmakers in particular. Certain “special intellectuals,” notes Qiushi, display a disturbing independence of mind. Its solution? “In general, we need to focus on uniting most of them and obtaining leadership.

Repeat after me, Winston Smith: 2 + 2 = 5. And learn to love Big Brother while you’re at it.

http://thediplomat.com/2014/06/the-closing-of-the-chinese-mind/

Edited September 6, 2014 by Publicus