The State Administration of Radio Film and Television (SARFT) has granted a group of website licenses to offer video content on 3G networks, Xinhua News Agency reported.

CCTV.com, Cnradio.com and LeTV.com were among the first group of websites to be given the licenses. But SARFT did not reveal how many licenses were issued.

A total of 298 institutions have been granted licenses by SARFT to offer audio and video content on the Internet. However, SARFT hasn’t made it clear whether the new licensing system will replace the existing one.

(Chinadaily.com.cn February 27, 2009)