Posts Tagged: SARFT


Xiaomi Box

Report: Xiaomi’s Set-Top Box Finally Coming April 9

China’s Xiaomi has proven itself to be pretty great at selling phones, but the company surpris...

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  • March 12, 2013
  • at 8:00 am
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Xiaomi Box on sale soon

New Partnership Means Xiaomi Box No Longer Banned, Sales in 3 Cities Starting Soon

On Friday evening we suggested that the Apple TV-esque Xiaomi Box had risen from the dead after bein...

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  • January 28, 2013
  • at 7:23 pm
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Rumor: Xiaomi Set-Top Box Returning Soon With Less Content; Rebranding Possible

Mobile phone makers Xiaomi recently branched out into the world of entertainment, announcing a set-t...

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  • December 4, 2012
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Xiaomi TV Set-Top Box Service Suspended, Regulatory Kerfuffle Perhaps to Blame [UPDATED]

Just one week after the launch of Xiaomi’s set-top box for streaming media to TVs, the company...

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  • November 23, 2012
  • at 10:30 am
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A Week Later, China Says TV Adaptations Ban is Just a False Rumor

Two weeks ago, the folks over at SARFT announced a ban on six aspects of television drama, including...

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  • August 14, 2012
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China’s SARFT to Censor Original Internet Video, Criminalize Rainbows, Ban All Fun

Grab another drink, everyone, because it sounds like the party is nearly over. SARFT, China’s ...

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  • July 10, 2012
  • at 1:00 pm
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SARFT: Internet Celebrities to be Banned from TV

China’s State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television, a government bureau tasked with e...

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  • April 11, 2012
  • at 12:00 pm
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SARFT Banning TV Ads During Shows; Good News or Bad News for Online Video?

For the past few days, rumors have been swirling that along with its limitation of “entertainm...

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  • November 25, 2011
  • at 2:43 pm
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Will China’s Ban on TV Ads for Luxury Goods Boost Web Ads For Baidu and Youku?

Last week, we learned of a ban on TV advertising luxury goods in China issued by SARFT that is preve...

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  • February 14, 2013
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Xiaomi Box regulatory approval

Xiaomi Box Finally Gets Regulatory Approval, Can Soon Go on Sale

Remember the set-top streaming device from Xiaomi which was seemingly killed off by China’s me...

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  • January 25, 2013
  • at 10:49 pm
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How and Why Xiaomi Ran Afoul of China’s Media Regulator

We reported on Friday that Xiaomi’s TV set-top box had stopped working and speculated that the...

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  • November 26, 2012
  • at 11:00 am
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China Establishes State-Run Telecom/Internet Company

Our friends at SARFT have been quiet recently, so I figured they were working on something, and it t...

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  • November 15, 2012
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China’s New TV Ban: No Web Game or Novel Adaptation, No Remakes of Foreign Shows [UPDATED]

UPDATE 8/14: SARFT officials now deny this story and say these reports were just a baseless rumor. O...

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  • August 3, 2012
  • at 11:00 pm
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With Government Backing, China Close to a Netflix-Like Video Subscription Site

A deal between state-backed China Movie Channel and Jiaflix will bring a Netflix-like video subscrip...

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  • June 29, 2012
  • at 11:45 am
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SARFT Establishing Platform For Regulating Internet Video in China

Well, we all knew it was coming. Heck, I even wrote it was coming in an article three months ago. No...

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  • February 16, 2012
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VeryCD, After Shunning Piracy and Going Legit, Loses 50% of Traffic

It has been a rough passage for the Chinese site VeryCD, which this year has been transitioning away...

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  • November 16, 2011
  • at 4:00 pm
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