U.K. Revokes Iran's Press TV License

[maddezmom]

LONDON—Britain's telecommunications regulator on Friday revoked the license of Iranian state-owned television station Press TV, and said the channel would disappear from U.K. television screens by the end of the day.

Ofcom said it wasn't convinced the station, an arm of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, had control over the programs it aired—a requirement for gaining a broadcasting license. It is a crime in Britain to broadcast without a license. Ofcom said that the license was held by London-based Press TV Ltd. but editorial decisions were being made by Press TV International, which is based in Tehran.

Press TV called the decision "a clear instance of censorship." But the regulator said it had "offered to assist them in coming into compliance" with the rules by registering its license in Tehran, without success.

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The threat of sanctions has been hanging over Press TV since May, when Ofcom ruled that the station broke broadcasting rules by airing a 2009 interview with detained Newsweek correspondent Maziar Bahari.

more:http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204616504577172763781772708.html

[izquierdista]

1. That's one way to shut Max Keiser up

He's been airing too much dirty laundry from the City of London about being the world capital of fraud.

[dipsydoodle]

2. This refers to PRESS : not RT.

Apart from that - yes its gone.

[jakeXT]

3. He is on both networks "On The Edge" it's called, "The Oracle" on BBC didn't last long...

[dipsydoodle]

4. Whatever

the issue only affects those who watched it on tv here in the UK - It's still up online.

[ellisonz]

5. Good. n/t

[Arctic Dave]

6. Shutting down news organizations seems a fascist to me.

Britain looks like a bunch of jackasses for doing this.

[Codeine]

7. It's not even VAGUELY a "news organization."

It's a propaganda arm for the Iranian government, and a clumsy one at that.

[Arctic Dave]

8. So is fox, CNN and msnbc.

Should we shut them down?

[dipsydoodle]

9. Broadly speaking

it wasn't a whole lot different from some other foreign channels other than obviouse bias. Of course you'd know that if you've got it as a tv news channel. You have - havn't you ?