Cable sports channels ESPN and News Corp's Star Sports have reportedly been removed from a list of foreign broadcasters that can be distributed to hotels and upscale housing compounds in China.
The channels, run by Singapore-based ESPN Star Sports were not included in 2007 list of the 31 channels approved by the Chinese State Administration of Radio, Film and TV, for broadcast to hotels and housing compounds.
China International Television Corp, the state company that handles such distribution for foreign broadcasters, has already blocked broadcasts of the two channels in at least one province.
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