watchdog of commodore follows an investigation by the founder of the license used by china global television network had been wrongfully held and therefore doesn't meet the legal requirements here in britain now essentially the company that owns the u.k. license for c t n which is start china media ltd doesn't have day to day control over the channel essentially it doesn't oversee any of the output of the channel again that is totally against the rules now all of them released a statement shortly after the move and said that the company that owns the license didn't have this editorial responsibility we are only able to approve the application to transfer the license to the china global television network corporation because it's alternately controlled by the chinese communist party which is not permitted under u.k. broadcasting law we provide a c.d.n. with numerous opportunities to come into compliance but this is not done so we now consider it appropriate to withdraw the license for c.d.t and to broadcast in the u.k. so while this all may read as a technicality the regulator does explain that any c

license to china greipel television network is housed by an entity which has no editorial control over its programmes so we are unable to approve the application to transfer the license to china global television network as i say this old rate like a technicality the record i did explain that licenses must have editorial control i have a license 7 but all com did accept those that the s.c.m. outlook and stop trying to meet a limited was found to be the distributive but not the producer also service and none of the g.c. and key stakeholders and senior editor of past novels found to be employed by that company so it is quite difficult and complex at this stage but as a result the full cost of will likely have to face some separate sanctions over its coverage again there's been no comment from any of the $4.00 g. and fall flat c.t.c. and old c.c.t.v. foot the u.k. is such that a lot of cases meet with what's holly ation i have all of. the puzzle for throwing a cultural. shadow at point dashti joining us from london to get more reaction tonight by going to out the political analyst chris bambery he joins us from the u.k. i think you're very welcome thanks for coming on the show and chri

news brand china central television was now china global television network or c.d.t. n president she urged its international staff to tell china story wealth spread china's voice well but it's a voice that the u.k.'s media regulator has decided shouldn't be heard anymore in the u.k. revoking the broadcasters license said our investigation concluded that star china media ltd the license holder for the c.d.t. and service did not have editorial responsibility for c.d.t ends output as such as c m l does not meet the legal requirements of having control over the license service and so is not a lawful broadcast licensee. the chinese foreign ministry says it firmly opposes setting barriers to chinese media's regular activities in the u.k. shortly after off comms ruling china said it had large stern representation to the b.b.c. over quote fake news coverage and urged the b.b.c. broadcaster to apologize. the u.k. has been a leading critic of china's hong kong security law and its crackdown on protests it's also legislating against businesses profiting from alleged slave labor in china as we g

chinese government we are unable to approve the application to transfer the license to the china global television network corporation because it's ultimately controlled by the chinese communist party which is not permitted in the u.k. broadcasting law we provide to c.d.t. and with numerous opportunities to come into compliance but it has not done so we now consider it appropriate to withdraw the license for c.d.t and to broadcast in the u.k. now the chinese decision to ban b.b.c. well may not have many massive consequences that is the channel that isn't great to be watched around china over in chinese hosts it's a channel that's mainly broadcast or watched by visitors in hotels but it just goes to show that even in the wake of donald trump leaving the white house in the hopes that many had the west in general and china may begin to rebuild their relationship will this type of tit for tat action when it comes to the opposing sides media outlets certainly doesn't build confidence for the future. of british based politics electorate overpacked young woman told me last hour how the move reflected waning rela

sorry, for china global television network, does not have day—to—day control over the channel which isto see gtn, the china global television network, that it needed to prove it was editorially independent of the chinese communist party, and they failed. so at10:15am, this chinese communist party, and they failed. so at 10:15am, this morning, the licence was revoked. confusingly half an hour after that, china's foreign ministry repeated demand it first seem to have made a few weeks ago that the bbc apologised for its coverage of the pandemic in wuhan. they say, we need an apology, and it's a politically motivated. some well—informed souls say that that seems to be genuinely coincidental rather than a retaliation for what ofcom did, but china has also complained about the bbc coverage of uighur muslims and the mass detention that we have covered here. in recent years state broadcasters have become very important to various countries as a tool of soft power and propaganda. there is a broader colder tech war going on between china and the west. global conflicts is to be about land and nat

we are unable to approve the application to transfer the license to the china global television network corporation because it's ultimately controlled by the chinese communist party which is not permitted under u.k. broadcasting law we provide a c.d.n. with numerous opportunities to come into compliance but it has not done so we now consider it appropriate to withdraw the license for c.d.t and to broadcast in the u.k. this of course follows in the wake of for our press t.v. almost a decade ago having their license they are uranian broadcaster and so it would appear that taking a wait and see cnn's linus's just follows along example of taking away the billet of forecasters from countries that are not on the best of terms with the u.k. government and taking that away now or leave a response from the chinese maybe limited b.b.c. well isn't very well watched across china it's one of those channels that helps is more watched in the hotels that it is in people's homes but in any case it doesn't all go well for the relationship between the 2 sides of the sun he thought with all the trouble eve

bodies are not allowed to broadcast in the uk and ofcom, the regulator, had said to the china global television network gave it a couple of chances to do that and they fail. ofcom put out a statement saying the licence was going to be revoked this morning. confusingly about a0 minutes after that china's foreign ministry repeated the demand it first seems to have made a few days or weeks ago that the bbc apologised for its coverage of the pandemic in wuhan, they said we need an apology and this is politically motivated. some well informed soul says that seems to have been genuinely coincidental rather than a retaliation for what ofcom did but china has separately complained about the coverage of the uighur muslims and how we've covered them. the reason it matters this in recent years state broadcasters have become very important to various countries as a tool of soft power and propaganda. there is a broader tech cold war going on between china and the west about how open the internet should be and once upon a time global conflicts were about land and natural resources and today, they mostly seem to be a

china has threatened a response after the u.k.'s media watchdog last week banned chinese television network in the u.k. china a global television network for short was also to stop brought costs due to its links to the chinese communist party acting on a complaint the u.k.'s media regulator. said the links breached the country's editorial control guidelines you might know c.g. had better bites for my name the state broadcaster c.c.t.v. c g t n was the be branded name given to c.c.t.v. international language channels including english the offical ban did not go down well with the chinese government which responded with these comments. of comus a procedure to broadcast in the u.k. on political grounds it politicizes issues on a technical level seriously hurts the survival of chinese media and seriously interferes with the normal exchanges between the 2 countries china resolutely opposes this idiot in power if the british side talks about freedom of the press but ignores the facts and interferes in the dissemination of c g t and in the u.k. this is a blatant double standard empirical suppression. and joining me now is p

china has threatened a response after the u.k. media watchdog last week bandit chinese television network in the u.k. china a global television network for short was also to stop brought costs due to its links to the chinese communist party acting on a complaint off the u.k.'s media regulator said the links breached the country's editorial control guidelines you might better bites form a name the state broadcaster c.c.t.v. . branded name given to c.c.t.v. international language channels including english. did not go down well with the chinese government which responded with these comments. when each of comus or precede u.t.s. broadcast in the u.k. on political grounds it politicizes issues on a technical level seriously hurts the survival of chinese media and seriously interferes with the normal exchanges between the 2 countries in china resolutely opposes this idiot in power the british side talks about freedom of the press but ignores the facts and into fees in the dissemination of c g t and in the u.k. this is a blatant double standard and political suppression. and joining me now is peter dollar and his directo

news brand china central television was now china global television network or c.d.t. n president she urged its international star to tell china story wealth spread china's voice well but it's a voice that the u.k. is media regulator of comp has decided shouldn't be heard anymore in the u.k. revoking the broadcasters license off com said our investigation concluded that star china media ltd the license holder for the c.d.t. and service did not have editorial responsibility for c.d.t ends output as such as c m l does not meet the legal requirements of having control over the license service and so is not a lawful broadcast licensee. the chinese foreign ministry says it firmly opposes setting barriers to chinese media's regular activities in the u.k. shortly after or coms ruling china said it had large stern representation to the b.b.c. over quote fake news coverage and urged the b.b.c. broadcaster to apologize. to the u.k. has been a leading critic of china's hong kong security law and its crackdown on protests it's also legislating against business is profiting from alleged slave labo

news brand china central television was now china global television network or c d t m president she urged its international stars to tell china story wealth spread china's voice well it's a voice that the u.k. is media regulator ofcom has decided shouldn't be heard anymore in the u.k. revoking the broadcasters license said our investigation concluded that star china media ltd the license holder for the c.d.t. and service did not have editorial responsibility for c.d.t ends output as such. does not meet the legal requirements of having control over the license service and so is not a lawful broadcast licensee. the chinese foreign ministry says it firmly opposes setting barriers to chinese media's regular activities in the u.k. shortly after or coms ruling china said it had lodged representation to the b.b.c. over quite big news coverage and urged the b.b.c. broadcaster to apologise. the u.k. has been a leading critic of china's hong kong security law and its crackdown on protests it's also legislating against businesses profiting from alleged slave labor in china as we get camps and

china. has threatened a response after the u.k.'s media watchdog last week banned a chinese television network in the u.k. china a global television network or c g t and for short was asked to stop u.k. or broadcasts due to its links to the chinese communist party acting on a complaint off the u.k.'s media regulator said the links breached the country's editorial control guidelines you might know c.t.m. better bites for my name the state broadcaster c.c.t.v. c g t n was the rebranded name given to c.c.t.v. international language channels including english the offical burn did not go down well with the chinese government which responded with these comments. of comments or precede broadcast in the u.k. on political grounds it politicizes issues on a technical level seriously hurts the survival of chinese media and seriously interferes with the normal exchanges between the 2 countries china resolutely opposes this idiot in power if the british side talks about freedom of the press but ignores the facts and interferes in the dissemination of c g t and in the u.k. this is a blatant double standard empirical suppression. and

some breaking news, the regulator ofcom is revoking or has revoked the licence of cgt n, china global television networkhailed by star china media limited. cgt n has a right of response and a right to question this ruling but ofcom has revoked the license of the satellite channel saying the licence was wrongfully heard by star china media limited. that is all we have at the moment on the piece of breaking news. take a look at these images of the white cliffs of dover. this footage, captured by a local fisherman, shows chunks of the famous chalk—lined cliffs crumbling and falling into the english channel. dave waterfield said he heard a loud crack and then started filming. seconds later the ground at the top started to buckle, before an entire section gave way. a study carried out in 2016 found the cliffs are retreating by up to 12 inches a year because of coastal erosion. some of scotland's mountain ski centres are having their best winter conditions in years but frustratingly for boarders and skiiers remain closed due to lockdown restrictions. this is cairngorm mountain in the scottish highlands, as yo