UK strips China’s state media channel of broadcast licence

LONDON: The U.K. has stripped China’s state-owned TV channel of its broadcasting license in the country, after an investigation found the license holder lacked editorial control and had links to China’s ruling Communist Party.

The communications regulator, Ofcom, said Thursday it revoked the U.K. license for China Global Television Network, or CGTN, an international English language satellite news channel.

CGTN had been available on free and pay TV in the U.K. It could not be reached immediately for comment.