The 93rd Academy Awards ceremony was scheduled to be held at 8 a.m. Hong Kong Time on April 26. It is reported that Hong Kong Television Broadcasts (TVB) will not broadcast the Oscars this year, for the first time since the opening of the station 52 years. As other TV stations in Hong Kong have not been granted the right to broadcast, which means that Hong Kong this year or no official broadcast of the Oscars.
According to AFP, the Oscars have been broadcast by TVB on its English channel for free every year since 1969. In response, a TVB spokesman told reporters, “We decided not to pursue the Oscars this year, it was purely a business decision.” Earlier this month, Bloomberg reported that China’s Propaganda Ministry had ordered Chinese media to downplay coverage of this year’s Oscars, and that CCTV had canceled plans for a live broadcast.
In response to local media inquiries, TVB reiterated that “TVB does not have the rights to broadcast the 2021 Academy Awards. The station’s decision not to proceed with discussions regarding this year’s broadcast rights is a purely commercial consideration.” It is reported that the documentary “Do Not Split”, which is based on the 2019 anti-revision movement in Hong Kong, has been shortlisted for the best documentary short film at this year’s Oscars, and “Land of the Unwanted”, directed by Chinese director Zhao Ting, has been shortlisted for six awards, including best director and best film.
Meanwhile, Hong Kong director Tsang Kwok-cheung’s “Young You” was shortlisted for Best International Film, and “76 Days”, a documentary about the fight against the outbreak of Xin Guan (the Chinese Communist virus) in Wuhan and the social situation at the beginning of the outbreak, was shortlisted for Best Documentary.
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