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...many do so illegally, and small cable networks routinely offer the channels to subscribers even though it's technically forbidden. By some estimates, there are more than 40 million households with access via illegal dishes to otherwise unavailable TV programs. "We don't encourage this distribution," says a News Corp. executive, "but we can't stop...
...Other restrictions mean some Starry Sky programs don't quite match the realism of their Western prototypes. Although the judge on TV Court is genuine, the government wouldn't allow Her Honor to rule on real cases for fear of ceding sensitive legal issues to foreign TV executives. News Corp. has tried to add a sense of the unexpected by using nonprofessional actors and basing the episodes on actual Chinese court cases, but compared with Judge Judy, whose apoplectic reactions to evidence give her show a fierce moral compass, TV Court seems heavily scripted. "Look, she shed a tear!" says...
...American hit Friends. During the review process, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television gutted most of one episode in which male characters bemoan the small size of a neighbor's breasts. The state agency then refused to issue the series a broadcast permit?although News Corp. had already shown several episodes without a permit, an embarrassing snafu that a company executive blames on "a paperwork problem" involving its production partner. Under censors' orders, News Corp. pulled Joyful Youth...
...News Corp. officials decline to disclose ad revenues. But Davis insists Starry Sky will be profitable in three years. For one thing, he argues, co-producing shows locally is relatively cheap. In addition, Mandarin content could attract a huge global market that has yet to be tapped. "We're building a library that will become the backbone for channels in Chinese-speaking markets around the world," Davis says. He also expects the company will ultimately be granted the wider distribution rights it needs to reach a larger audience. "If I thought we'd be in Guangdong forever, it wouldn...
...Liang, entertainment critic for New Weekly magazine in Guangzhou, offers halfhearted applause: "Regardless of whether it's good or bad, it's still nice to watch locally made content." As for that TV Court verdict on the donkey, the judged ordered the creature out of the apartment. As News Corp. may eventually discover, China can be a ruthlessly inhospitable place to make your home...