Media Digest, May 14-20, 2010

Media Digest, May 14-20, 2010

Dating show contestant banned for sexy modeling?

If You Are The One (非城勿扰), a dating program on Jiangsu TV, has produced some dodgy contestants, some of whom admitted afterward to pretending on be outrageous characters the show. Now, it is rumored that a Beijing model, Ma Nuo (马诺), who has modeled for Gome Electrical Appliances and for magazines such as Cosmopolitan, has come under fire for her remarks about only dating super rich guys. The rumor making the rounds is that SARFT has banned her appearances on future reality TV shows.

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

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.

CAMRI/CMC Seminar: A Great Opportunity to Meet Prof. Li Xiguang

“Swine flu virus or news virus: How do Chinese media work in a commercialized environment?”

Speaker: Prof. Li Xiguang, Tsinghua University, Dept. of Journalism and Communication

Date and Time: Wednesday 7th April, 2010, 12.30pm-2.00pm
Venue: MHW_A7.3 Harrow Campus

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