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Back in Court: Eutelsat Sued over Another Censorship Row
Nearly two years after Eutelsat SA discontinued its broadcast of New Tang Dynasty Television's (NTD) signals into China, the French satellite company has taken another unequivocal stance that money trumps principles when it comes to business. Late in January 2010, Eutelsat backed out of an agreement to broadcast Georgia Public Broadcasting's Russian-language First Caucasus (1-K) channel in favor of Russia's state-controlled Gazprom Media Group. This move essentially helped Kremlin lock out all voices not sanctioned by the Russian government.
In 2008, Eutelsat shut down NTD's China broadcast to win favors with Beijing. In late 2009, Eutelsat forced BBC off its Hotbird 6 satellite due to jamming by the Iranian government, yet allowed the Iranian government to continue broadcasting on its Hotbird 8 satellite.
1-K has filed a lawsuit against Eutelsat in the Paris Commercial Court for this reversal. NTD is keeping a close eye on the outcome of this case, and continues to urge the people in France and the rest of Europe to speak with one voice and call on Eutelsat to restore NTD's broadcast into China, and to restore the right-to-know for China's 1.3
billion people.
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Ringing in the Year of the Tiger in Grand Tang Style
Vina Lee, Manager of Shenyun Performing Arts Touring Company
On the last day of the year of the ox, NTD kicked of its annual lunar New Year show at Radio City Music Hall with a grand production of Shen Yun Performing Arts. Utilizing the world's largest indoor LED screen with full animation and a cast of over 100 artists, Shen Yun dazzled New York audiences with two-and-a-half hours of divine beauty and charm.
A pre-show cocktail event was held on February 20th at Brasserie Ruhlmann next to the theater at Rockefeller Center. About 100 special guests, hailing from New York's business, media, and social elite, attended the reception; Vina Lee, choreographer and company manager of Shen Yun Touring Company and emcee Leeshai Leemish made an appearance. Ms. Lee told the crowd that touring with Shen Yun has been the best part of her professional life and she hoped all the guests would take away something deeper and more meaningful from the Shen Yun experience. This is the 7th year that NTD presents a lunar New Year show in New York city.
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New Year greetings from around the world!
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Featured Program of the Month: Zooming In
Zooming In, NTD's award-winning flagship news magazine has now gone weekly. The hard-hitting series features in-depth analysis of current affairs with a focus on China. Never shying away from controversial material, Zooming In's team of global investigative reporters finds the story behind the story.
In the "Got Tainted Milk?" segment, host Simone Gao shows how melamine contamination of infant formula found its way from China into the United States through little-known channels. One of Zooming In's most highly anticipated series is called "The Two Faces of China" - a series of mini-documentaries about the many different aspects of China today. In its weekly format, the show will not only tackle the hard-hitting social and political issues of the day but also explore the richness and depth of Chinese culture and traditions. We look forward to many more intelligent and insightful pieces from the Zooming In team in the years to come.
Watch Zooming In's latest program: Red Shadow over the Free World
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Community Event Update
One of the most recognized traditional Chinese doctors in the world is
Dr. Nanwen Hu, the host of NTD's popular program Chinese Medicine Demystified.
On February 16, the renowned Chinese
herbalist held a seminar and private consultation session in New York's
Chinatown on the topic of "traditional Chinese preventative medicine." In the
4-hour session, Dr. Hu discussed the difference between traditional Chinese medicine
and western medicine and how traditional healing methods such as music, herb
sachet, and meditation can improve a person's immune system and delay the aging
process of cells. Dozens of Dr. Hu's fans including bankers, doctors, lawyers,
businessmen, journalists, and housewives, who came from as far as Florida and
London, enjoyed this rare opportunity of meeting the doctor in person.
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