Company: FENG
Filing Date: 2025-04-18
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0000950170-25-055759
Chunk: 46

Company: Phoenix New Media Ltd
Filing Date: 2025-04-18
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 4
Chunk 46
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V), private network mobile TV, and Internet TV. Any provider who engages in aforesaid service must obtain a license from NRTA. Foreign-invested enterprises are not allowed to engage in the above business.

On December 20, 2007, SARFT and MII jointly promulgated theAdministrative Provisions on Internet Audio-visual Program Service, or the Audio-visual Program Provisions, which came into effect on January 31, 2008 and was revised on August 28, 2015. The Audio-Visual Program Provisions apply to the provision of audio-visual program services to the public via the Internet (including mobile network) in China. Providers of Internet audio-visual program services are required to obtain a License

for Online Transmission of Audio-Visual Programs issued by SAPPRFT or complete certain registration procedures with SAPPRFT. Providers of Internet audio-visual program services are generally required to be either State-owned or State-controlled by the PRC government, and the business to be carried out by such providers must satisfy the overall planning and guidance catalog for Internet audio-visual program service determined by SAPPRFT. In a press conference jointly held by SARFT and MII to answer questions with respect to the Audio-Visual Program Provisions in February 2008, SARFT and MII clarified that providers of Internet audio-visual program services who engaged in such services prior to the promulgation of the Audio-Visual Program Provisions are eligible to register their business and continue their operation of Internet audio-visual program services so long as such providers have not been in violation of laws and regulations.

On May 21, 2008, SARFT issued aNotice on Relevant Issues Concerning Application and Approval of Licenses for Online Transmission of Audio-Visual Programs, which was revised on August 28, 2015. The notice sets forth detailed provisions concerning the application and approval process for the License for Online Transmission of Audio-Visual Programs. The notice also states that providers of Internet audio-visual program services who engaged in such services prior to the promulgation of the Audio-Visual Program Provisions are eligible to apply for the license as long as their violation of the laws and regulations is minor and can be rectified in a timely manner and they have no records of violation during the three months prior to the promulgation of the Audio-Visual Program Provisions.

On December 28, 2007, SARFT issued the Notice on Strengthening the Administration of TV Dramas and