prime-time television in an effort to curb excessive entertainment, exemplified by a Chinese dating show on local satellite television , "If You Are The One," in which a provocatively dressed young woman are paraded on stage,blatantly embracing materialism. I think I have that queued up here.
And the show "Super Girls" became an overnight rating sensation, promoting CCTV to launch a campaign attacking Hunan Satellite Television , calling it a rogue broadcaster with culturally vulgar programs. And a top official from SARFT echoed CCTV, complaining about what he saw as an excessive amount of low-quality and lowbrow reality shows on Chinese television.
And CCTV is the only broadcaster that is allowed a nationwide coverage, although the arrival of cable and satellite television would challenge the neat structure. So how does satellite television work in China? Well, in China, each provincial TV station is allowed to operate one satellite TV channel with signal coverage capable, or theoretically capable, of
So in terms of the satellite dishes, this was sort of a milestone moment in Lantern's history last Decem-- or I guess November actually-- when we went on a satellite television station called Manoto1. So Manoto is the largest TV station in Iran, or largest satellite TV station in Iran, and because of that, the largest station, period.
And Chinese folks didn't take too kindly to this. The Chinese authorities actually banned satellite television , so satellite dishes are technically illegal in China. And then Rupert Murdoch actually had to spend the next decade trying to recover from that faux pas, and trying to suck up to the Chinese government.
I'm not sure if the Lady would be pleased with this kind of connection, the connotation, the image of grandmother and Lady Gaga. The second is part of Hunan Satellite Television 's Mid-Autumn Festival Gala. Mid-Autumn Festival, some of you might know, is an occasion for family gathering and reunion in China.
Well, I think one of the key things that laid the groundwork for the move into digital was the fact we were already successful in uh cable and satellite television . So, we'd already demonstrated that you could take the brand and style of content and move it into another medium and build a business.
So that's another fun one playing with images. And then the last one we'll do-- "satellite television ." Again, a lot of these words are out there. I'm just putting out my best guess.
But in this case, the reason why this might be blocked may be due to the fact that back in, I believe in 1990s, Rupert Murdoch tried to enter China by creating this satellite television company, Sky. And he actually stated in an interview, "Advances in the technology of communications have proved an unambiguous threat to totalitarian regimes," and basically said that we're
public and I think that makes us it a significant Force for change one of the most daring and breaking taboos was FIA durai a brash kuwa sex advised columnist who had her own satellite television talk show the biography of love where callers from around the hour World asked
And I chased films around, DVD ladies on Road, star movies-- Everyone-- You remember those? You know, movie channels on satellite television , and then later, pay TV. And then I spent time in North America and really got into the habit of going to art houses, and discovering other forms of films,
But after 2000, there was this period known as the Damascus Spring when Bashar al-Assad through open electronic connectivity, and we saw this massive surge in cell phone usage, in internet access, in access to satellite television . And actually if you look at the other cities and other countries involved in the Arab Spring, you see a very, very similar pattern
are closely linked in economic and political exchange. And CCTV is the only broadcaster that is allowed a nationwide coverage, although the arrival of cable and satellite television would challenge the neat structure. So how does satellite television work in China?