The livestream for Apple’s Oct. 13 keynote was supposed to be hosted by several Chinese video platforms, but it was dropped without explanation.
Apple’s keynote kicked off on Tuesday at 10 a.m. Pacific, and was available on various streaming platforms. That includes Apple.com and the Apple YouTube page for international viewers.
But as Beijing-based Bloomberg technology reporter Yuan Gao noted on Tuesday, the video stream appears to have been cut by major Chinese video platforms such as Tencent and Bilibili.
Gao added that the move was made “without an explanation,” and this was the first time that the video platforms had cut Apple’s stream.
It isn’t clear why the livestream was not made available in China, and no further details could be found.