[photopress:espn_cover.jpg,full,alignright]The State Administration of Radio Film and Television has said guests of China’s three-star hotels or above can watch no more than 31 foreign TV channels in hotel rooms as of this year.
The channels are CNN, HBO, Cinemax, CNBC Asia Pacific, MTV Mandari, National Geographic Channel Asia, STAR Movie International, Channel V, AXN, Discovery, Hallmark, BBC World, NHK World Premium, Phoenix Movies, Phoenix Chinese, TVB8, TVB Galaxy, NOW, MASTV Chinese, Phoenix Infonews Channel, Bloomberg, Xing Kong Wei Shi, Euro Sports News, CETV, Horizon Channel, SUNTV, Celestial Movies, Channel NewsAsia, TV5, East TV and Cuba Vision International.
Note this does not include ESPN which is where most Americans turn for sports news. What then of the Olympics?
Source: Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union