Nobel Foundation Cancels TV Deal
By Staff reporter of the Sun | April 30, 2008
The Nobel Foundation has canceled its agreement with the Swedish broadcaster TV4, which owned the exclusive rights to air the annual Nobel Prize ceremony, saying that Chinese television censored a speech about freedom given at the event, Variety reported.
The foundation claims TV4 violated the contract by allowing China Central Television and Shanghai Media Group to edit remarks made by the foundation's chairman, Marcus Storch, at the December ceremony. TV4, which had the sole rights to distribute the ceremony to television companies around the world, has stated it did not breach the non-censorship clause.
The broadcast from the 2007 Nobel Prize ceremony was the first for TV4, which had signed a three-year deal.
