Television

Digital terrestrial standard to be published this month
Sources close to the development of China's digital terrestrial standards have revealed that the long-awaited standard will be published later this month
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SARFT to restrict historical costume dramas

The State Administration for Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) is to restrict the number of costume dramas broadcast on Chinese television in an effort to raise the quality of the genre and combat historically inaccurate or misleading programmes and storylines

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CCTV looks for stake in TVB
China's Xinhua News Agency has reported that national broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) has approached Hong Kong's Television Broadcasts (TVB) looking to buy a stake in the popular broadcaster
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Konka reports flat-screen sales surge
One of China's largest television set manufactureres, the Konka Group, has reported a 410 percent year-on-year increase in sales of flat-panel television sets over the first half of this year
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Korean language satellite channel launched
China's first domestic Korean-language satellite channel has been launched to serve remote and isolated populations near the Chinese-Korean border
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Foreign cartoons banned from primetime viewing
Television industry sources have recently revealed a toughening of China's so-called support policies for the domestic animation industry
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