{"id":45445,"date":"2015-02-15T21:21:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-15T21:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1:10081\/?p=45445 "},"modified":"2015-02-15T21:21:00","modified_gmt":"2015-02-15T21:21:00","slug":"45445-revision-v1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minzhuzhongguo.org\/?p=45445","title":{"rendered":"Mainland delays HK TV shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Published: 2015-2-4 23:28:02<\/div><div>&nbsp;<\/div><div>&nbsp;<\/div><div><\/div><div>A popular video website on Wednesday confirmed that it has received a notice from the State broadcasting regulator to pull down online streams of Hong Kong TV dramas for review.&nbsp;<\/div><div>&nbsp;<\/div><div><\/div><div>&#8220;We received the notice about two to three weeks ago. We are complying with the rule,&#8221; a spokesperson of Youku told the Global Times.&nbsp;<\/div><div>&nbsp;<\/div><div><\/div><div>The Hong Kong TV shows are the latest target of the State broadcasting regulator&#8217;s new rule on managing online streams of non-mainland and overseas-produced TV shows.&nbsp;<\/div><div>&nbsp;<\/div><div><\/div><div>The State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (SAPPRFT) introduced the rule in September 2014, requiring a review of all overseas TV series, including those from the US, the UK and South Korea before they are shown online in the Chinese mainland.&nbsp;<\/div><div>&nbsp;<\/div><div><\/div><div>The Youku spokesperson said that Hong Kong TV shows were also put under the &#8220;overseas production&#8221; category, and that they will also be reviewed before broadcast.&nbsp;<\/div><div>&nbsp;<\/div><div><\/div><div>Chinese fans of overseas dramas will have to deal with a delayed online broadcast after the whole season ends.&nbsp;<\/div><div>&nbsp;<\/div><div><\/div><div>Analysts said the new rule reflects the authorities&#8217; commitment to regulating online content, and may give rise to more domestic productions.&nbsp;<\/div><div>&nbsp;<\/div><div><\/div><div>Major online video sites Youku and Tudou signed an exclusive contract with Hong Kong broadcaster Television Broadcasts Limited, commonly known as TVB, to broadcast their productions.&nbsp;<\/div><div>&nbsp;<\/div><div><\/div><div>None of this year&#8217;s recently aired Hong Kong dramas have so far been shown on the Chinese mainland&#8217;s video streaming sites.&nbsp;<\/div><div>&nbsp;<\/div><div><\/div><div>The new rule has sparked lively discussions across the mainland&#8217;s cyberspace.&nbsp;<\/div><div>&nbsp;<\/div><div><\/div><div><\/div><div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/content\/905990.shtml\">For detail please visit here<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;div&gt;The Hong Kong TV shows are the latest target of the State broadcasting regulator&#39;s new rule on managing online streams of non-mainland and overseas-produced TV shows.&amp;nbsp;&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ChinaHumanRights","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/minzhuzhongguo.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/minzhuzhongguo.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/minzhuzhongguo.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/minzhuzhongguo.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/minzhuzhongguo.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/minzhuzhongguo.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45445\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/minzhuzhongguo.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/minzhuzhongguo.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/minzhuzhongguo.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}