Province powerless as illegal TV flourishes
By Wang Qingchu |
March 22, 2011, Tuesday
|
Print Edition
Print Edition
PRIVATE TV stations are flourishing in east China's Anhui Province, broadcasting violent and indecent material in the search for profit.
Nearly a thousand private TV stations are said to be operating illegally in Anhui, according to a report in yesterday's Guangzhou Daily.
The private TV stations are well hidden and very difficult to crack down on, an official with Anhui Provincial Bureau of Radio, Film and Television told the paper.
According to the report, which quoted an online poster called Pangdun, viewing figures for the programs were such that it was attractive for pharmaceutical companies to place ads with the stations.
The private stations are cheap to set up, the report said. People need only spend 50,000 yuan (US$7,615) to buy a signal generator and their investment could be recouped within a month. Annual profits could amount up to 900,000 yuan, according to the post quoted by Guangzhou Daily.
In China, private radio or television stations are illegal but such TV stations began to appear in Anhui's Fuyang City five years ago.
Due to a lack of supervision, the illegal business spread to other towns.
The provincial bureau of radio, film and television has shut down more than 70 illegal TV stations, the report said.
Another online post quoted by the paper said: "We reported the illegal TV stations to the municipal and provincial authorities many times. But each time they gave us the runaround saying they were processing the information or they were short-handed."
The Anhui bureau official told the paper: "One owner of an illegal TV station stored their equipment in a villager's house and paid 100 yuan each month to the villager. When we reached there, there was only an old woman who didn't know anything about the station."
Zhu Huaikui, who used to be a village head, admitted he once operated an illegal TV station. "Since cable TV was not covered in all areas, there was demand for illegal TV stations in some remote areas," Zhu said.
Nearly a thousand private TV stations are said to be operating illegally in Anhui, according to a report in yesterday's Guangzhou Daily.
The private TV stations are well hidden and very difficult to crack down on, an official with Anhui Provincial Bureau of Radio, Film and Television told the paper.
According to the report, which quoted an online poster called Pangdun, viewing figures for the programs were such that it was attractive for pharmaceutical companies to place ads with the stations.
The private stations are cheap to set up, the report said. People need only spend 50,000 yuan (US$7,615) to buy a signal generator and their investment could be recouped within a month. Annual profits could amount up to 900,000 yuan, according to the post quoted by Guangzhou Daily.
In China, private radio or television stations are illegal but such TV stations began to appear in Anhui's Fuyang City five years ago.
Due to a lack of supervision, the illegal business spread to other towns.
The provincial bureau of radio, film and television has shut down more than 70 illegal TV stations, the report said.
Another online post quoted by the paper said: "We reported the illegal TV stations to the municipal and provincial authorities many times. But each time they gave us the runaround saying they were processing the information or they were short-handed."
The Anhui bureau official told the paper: "One owner of an illegal TV station stored their equipment in a villager's house and paid 100 yuan each month to the villager. When we reached there, there was only an old woman who didn't know anything about the station."
Zhu Huaikui, who used to be a village head, admitted he once operated an illegal TV station. "Since cable TV was not covered in all areas, there was demand for illegal TV stations in some remote areas," Zhu said.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
