SARFT to Shut Down Unlicensed Video Sites by Dec 20
China News, 12/11/09
According to regulations set by China's State Administration of Radio Film and Television (SARFT), any video-providing website that has not received an Online Audio-Visual Broadcasting License by December 20 will be shut down or forbidden to provide audiovisual content.
Starting March 1, 2010, SARFT authorities at all levels of government will investigate the licensing status of all audiovisual websites within their jurisdictions. Those found to be severe violators - having conducted unlicensed broadcasts for more than three months - will be investigated and shut down according to the "Notice of the Establishment of a Blacklisting System for Illegal Domestic Websites" issued by SARFT, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), and 10 other governmental departments.
In the two years since the regulations were promulgated, nearly 400 sites have received an Online Audio-Visual Broadcasting License.
Editor's Note: For more background on this topic, please see "SARFT, MII Co-Issue Online Video Regulation" MD 12/29/07 issue.
Keywords: Internet regulation online video Online Audio-Visual Broadcasting License MIIT SARFT
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