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Upgrade rather than cancellation for CCTV's concert seriesPosted by Joel Martinsen, October 12, 2009 11:10 AM
![]() The cancellation of CCTV's popular touring concert series, The Same Song (同一首歌), reported by the mainland media late last week and covered in this post, now seems to be little more than a rumor. The Beijing Times spoke to CCTV management and published a brief article on Saturday:
According to earlier reports, the program was supposedly canceled after recording the Wuhan concert, so Zhong's list of upcoming broadcasts is not iron-clad evidence against The Same Song's cancellation. However, more information came out over the weekend. From the Yangzi Evening News:
Zhong's last comment squelches rumors that The Same Song would jump ship to a competing network. The Oriental Morning Post spoke to program producer Meng Xin, whose purported text-message, as reported by the Chengdu Business News, was the source of the rumor:
Was the initial erroneous report simply irresponsible journalism, or was something more sinister at work? Xinmin Evening News reports that some conspiracy-minded netizens see the hand of CCTV itself behind the curtain: the cancellation rumors were intended to spark interest in a program with declining ratings, and attract media attention to an upcoming series of special broadcasts. Links and Sources
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