Russian Cable Company Suspends BBC, CNN and Bloomberg Broadcasts
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A major Russian cable operator temporarily suspended broadcasts by the British Broadcasting Corp., Cable News Network and Bloomberg Television, saying the channels had ignored repeated requests to obtain licenses.
Akado, an Internet and cable-television provider owned by Russian billionaire Viktor Vekselberg that distributes content to a million households in Moscow, restored the broadcasts today after the government licensing authority said it would intervene. The Moscow-based cable network suspended the three English-language news channels on July 10.