For the first time in 50 years, the Academy Awards ceremony will not be aired in Hong Kong. TVB, the city’s largest free-to-air broadcaster which has Read More
For the first time in 50 years, the Academy Awards ceremony will not be aired in Hong Kong. TVB, the city’s largest free-to-air broadcaster which has carried the Oscars telecast since 1969, told Hong Kong media outlets, “It was purely a commercial decision” to pull the awards show. The cancellation comes after the film “Do Not Split,” about the 2019 pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong was nominated for best documentary. The nomination raises suspicion that TVB’s decision was not purely “commercial,” but a response to pressure from the Chinese Communist Party. TVB is also suspected of censorship because of a recently resurfaced decade-old quote from Chinese filmmaker Chloé Zhao, who is nominated in the best director category for “Nomadland.
