Despite Wine Commercial, Chongqing Station Insists Ban Remains

(Beijing) – A senior executive at Chongqing Satellite Television said the station was still not showing commercials and no bidding for ads was occurring.

On March 15, the station aired a white wine ad, raising eyebrows in the public and media. It was the first commercial ad broadcast since Chongqing Satellite Television said on March 1, 2011, that it would cut them and decrease the number of dramas while increasing the number of news programs and public service ads.