European Parliament Member Says "Restore NTD's China Broadca

ANCHOR It's been over three weeks since NTD's satellite broadcast to China and Asia was cut off. NTD's Satellite provider Eutelsat blamed the interruption on technical difficulties, but the timing and tense history between NTD, Eutelsat, and the Chinese communist regime has led some to suspect the difficulties are more than technical. Recently, European Parliament Member Erik Meijer urged the European Commission to pressure Eutelsat to restore NTD's broadcast as soon as possible. Meijer recently told the European Commission that the incident "...coincidently enough happens on the eve before the Olympic Games start." He also asked the European commission "to remind Eutelsat of it's commitment to pluralism, non-discrimination, and the global free flow of information and ideas, and to also remind Eutelsat to not give in due to pressure from China and pure economic interests." Meijer also said the E.U. should pressure Eutelsat to restore NTD's broadcast into China before the Olympics. NTD, Amsterdam, Netherlands

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