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Media Digest, May 7-13, 2010
Twenty jailed for CCTV tower blaze
Twenty people involved in last year’s deadly Spring Festival fire at the China Central Television (CCTV) headquarters have received jail terms ranging from three to seven years. A statement released Monday by the Beijing No. 2 Intermediate People’s Court, said Xu Wei, former head of construction office of the broadcaster’s new headquarters, was sentenced to seven years, with the other 19 involved receiving three years to six and a half years. A total of 21 people were convicted Monday, but one, Chen Zijun, was exempted from criminal punishment due to his minor role is the blaze, said the statement. The 21 convicted included five CCTV staff: Xu Wei, Deng Jionghui, Hu Debin, Gao Hong and Wang Shirong
Media Digest, April 13-May 6, 2010
China Has 18 mlllion 3G Users
The number of China’s 3G mobile telecommunication users reached 18.08 million in March, an increase of 4.83 million from the first quarter, said a senior official with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) Thursday. China Mobile took the biggest 3G market share at 42.5 percent, followed by China Telecom at 30.8 percent and China Unicom at 26.7 percent, Zhu Jun, deputy director of the ministry’s telecom development department, told a press conference.
Media Digest, March 11-April 12, 2010
Asian media ’should expand influence’
BEIJING – Asian media should increase their influence to match the growing economic clout of the continent, a top Chinese official has said.
Li Changchun, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks during a meeting with representatives of Asia News Network （ANN）, an alliance of 21 leading newspapers in Asia.
Media Digest, January 26-February 17, 2010
More publications during 2010 Expo
German newspapers like Bild and racy Italian magazines may be available in Shanghai this summer as Expo organizers consider lifting the curbs on foreign publications during the six-month-long cultural gala. Scores of the 192 countries that will join the Expo have already given their tacit backing to the lifting of the ban as they aim to promote their respective pavilions or culture through their national media, which they would like to see on sale in the host city.
