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[[Image:NTD TV.jpg|thumb|right|NTDTV symbol]]
'''New Tang Dynasty Television (NTDTV)''' is an independent, nonprofit [[Chinese language]] [[television]] broadcaster based in [[New York City]], linked with [[Falun Gong]]. Since its launch in February 2002, NTDTV has extended its [[24/7]] programming to cover [[North America]], [[Asia]], [[Europe]] and [[Australia]] with a wide range of cultural, leisure, political, and news programs in [[Mandarin Chinese]] and select programs in [[Cantonese (linguistics)|Cantonese]] and [[English language|English]]. One of their missions, according to the official website is to foster mutual understanding between Chinese and Western societies and promote multiculturalism, peace and compassion. NTDTV also puts on an annual ''Chinese New Year Spectacular'', which celebrates [[Chinese culture]] and promote the spiritual practise of [[Falun Gong]]. 

NTDTV is, along with [[The Epoch Times]] and [[Sound of Hope]] Radio Station, part of the Epoch Media Group. Like the other media, NTDTV was originally founded by [[Falun Gong]] practitioners[http://de.clearharmony.net/articles/200506/24441p.html]. NTDTV has the reputation for being pro-Falun Gong and anti-Communist in stance, and in January 2005 it aired[http://www.ntdtv.com/xtr/eng/aAboutXTR_e.htm] a video version of [[The Epoch Times#The Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party|the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party]]. 

The station has been criticized by some for programming materials of [[yellow journalism]], as well as anti-communist, pro-Falun Gong bias. Because of this, there has been a running battle between NTDTV and the [[People's Republic of China]], with, allegedly, the [[Beijing]] government putting pressure on satellite operators to stop carrying NTDTV broadcasts. In March 2004, [[New Skies Satellites]] (NSS) for Asia stopped carrying the channel [http://www.rsf.org/print.php3?id_article=10439]. In March 2005, [[Eutelsat]] announced it would not renew a contract to carry the channel [http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=12857]. After prolonged negotiations, NTDTV was able to renew the contract, though under less favourable terms. As reported in [[The Korean Times]] on Jan 7, 2007, a Korean theater scheduled to host the Korean NTDTV Chinese new year performance cancelled the contract at the last minute. [http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/culture/200701/kt2007010719075411710.htm] NTDTV says the theater had been sent a request by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, passing on pressure from the Chinese government, which also threatened to cancel the theater's future performances in China. The theater denied such pressure, saying that the show was cancelled because NTDTV had failed to follow regulations for international performers specified in the contract. Similar things happened in 2006 but Korean NTDTV was able to find another theater around three days before the performance.

In November of 2006, NTDTV reporter Simone Gao of Monterey Park, CA was recognized as the winner for New America Media's Best Investigative/In Depth Broadcast Award for broadcasting on “Hi-tech companies, the Chinese government and the Internet”.
[[Image:Manif cpe5.jpg|thumb|right|NTDTV reporters]]

==The Chinese New Year Spectacular==
The Chinese New Year Spectacular is a show aired globally by NTDTV which celebrates traditional Chinese culture and tradition, as well as the practice of [[Falun Gong]]. After making its debut in North America in 2004, the show is considered be one of the largest global [[Chinese New Year]] celebration in the world. 

The 2006 production at New York’s [[Radio City Music Hall]] was ranked seventh of the top shows internationally on [[Billboard magazine]]’s Boxscore in February 2006. In 2007, the Chinese New Year Spectacular will tour 32 cities in North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia with a global live audience of 100,000.

==External links==
*[http://www.ntdtv.com/ NTDTV Official Site]
*[http://shows.ntdtv.com Chinese New Year Spectacular] 
*[http://www.sfist.com/archives/2007/01/08/the_falun_gong_show_sfist_goes_to_the_ntdtv_chinese_new_year.php The Falun Gong Show: SFist goes to the NTDTV Chinese New Year]

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