Stamani qualcuno ha pubblicato la news che la tv cinese ha deciso di smettere di trasmettere la NBA, pensavo fosse l'ennesimo capitolo della guerra commerciale USA - Cina, tuttavia a leggere questo articolo le motivazioni sarebbero ben altre.
Chinese state media and Tencent suspend broadcast of NBA preseason games in China
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Chinese state-run television network CCTV said it was suspending the current broadcast arrangements for the NBA’s preseason games in China. Tencent, which owns the digital streaming rights for NBA in China, said it would also “temporarily suspend” the preseason broadcast arrangements. It follows a
tweet made by Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey in which he showed support for the anti-government protests in Hong Kong. The tweet, which was later deleted, drew strong criticism in the world’s second-largest economy. The suspension underscores the difficulty American companies face when they want to do business within
China’s massive economy, but can’t run the risk of saying anything that will upset the country’s autocratic government. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver defended Morey. “I think as a values-based organization that I want to make it clear ... that Daryl Morey is supported in terms of his ability to exercise his freedom of expression,” Silver said in an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo Japan. CCTV did not agree with Silver’s remarks.
“We are strongly dissatisfied and we oppose Silver’s claim to support Morey’s right of free expression. We believe that any speech that challenges national sovereignty and social stability is not within the scope of freedom of speech,” CCTV said in its statement in Chinese, which was translated by CNBC. The state-run TV channel also said it will “immediately investigate all co-operation and exchanges involving the NBA.”
