Media News - Monday, April 28, 2008
Nobel Foundation drops Swedish broadcaster after China censorship
The Nobel Foundation has dropped TV4 as carrier for its annual
prize ceremony, saying the Swedish broadcaster had let Chinese
television censor a speech on freedom of expression, a Swedish newspaper
said. Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter said TV4, which has the rights to
broadcast the annual ceremony, had allowed Chinese television stations
to censor Nobel Foundation Chairman Marcus Storch’s words at last year’s
ceremony extolling liberty of speech and the media. Dagens Nyheter cited Michael
Sohlman, Nobel Foundation managing director, as saying the Nobel broadcast was governed
by a contract between Nobel Media and TV4 with terms tough enough to
make it impossible to censor. TV4 said Chinese broadcasters that carried
the ceremony - China Central Television and Shanghai Media Group -
appeared to have breached the terms of their agreements with the
broadcaster.
(Reuters via Media Network Weblog)
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