Hong Kong regulators have ordered local free-to-air TV and radio broadcasters to carry 30 minutes of national education and identity and National Security Law programming each week.
The new rules affect the city’s two dominant free-to-air TV broadcasters – Television Broadcasts (TVB) and ViuTV, owned by billionaire Richard Li – as well as radio broadcaster Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK). “On top of the existing required broadcast hours of current affairs programmes under the category ‘current affairs,’ licensees shall also broadcast no less than 30 minutes of programmes on national education, national identity and National Security Law per week,” the Communications Authority said.
The Communications Authority also ruled that the required broadcast hours for English programming on English-language radio stations is reduced from 80% to 55%.
In addition, the weekly TV programming quota for “young persons” was doubled, while the minimum number of hours for children’s programming was halved.
Read more on deadline.com
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