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China makes deal to air US commercial TV shows

  • By Compiled From Wire Service Dispatches With Analysis From Monitor Correspondents Around The World
  • Edited By Linda Feldmann

| New York

CBS Inc. announced it reached an agreement with China to provide the Chinese national television network with 64 hours of commercial programming for a one-year period beginning in October.

The contract will give the Chinese the right to use programs of its choice - including current news reports and film footage from CBS archives going back to World War I. CBS said this provides for the first broadcast of American commercial television in China .

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