China and the Prior Consent Requirement: A Decade of Invasion and Counter-Invasion by Transfrontier Satellite Television

Authors

Mei Ning Yan

Abstract

This paper examines and analyzes why the majority of television viewers in China can only have access to domestic television at the beginning of the 21st century, despite direct broadcasting by satellite, which respects no national borders being widely employed in Asia for a decade. By applying national broadcasting rules, this paper argues, the Chinese authorities have successfully given effect to the "prior consent requirement," a concept which was fiercely debated in the international arena and has supposedly long been discarded because of disagreement among nations and technological advances.

Recommended Citation

Mei Ning Yan, China and the Prior Consent Requirement: A Decade of Invasion and Counter-Invasion by Transfrontier Satellite Television, 25 UC Law SF Comm. & Ent. L.J. 265 (2003).
Available at: https://repository.uclawsf.edu/hastings_comm_ent_law_journal/vol25/iss2/2