Type | State media |
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Motto | Spread upward power and enrich people's lives (传播向上力量,丰富大众生活) |
Headquarters | Shanghai |
Launch date | 2001 |
Official website | www |
Shanghai Media Group | |||||||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 上海文化广播影视集团有限公司 | ||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 上海文化廣播影視集團有限公司 | ||||||||||
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Alternative Chinese name | |||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 上海广播电视台 | ||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 上海廣播電視台 | ||||||||||
Literal meaning | Radio and Television Station of Shanghai | ||||||||||
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Radio and Television Station of Shanghai (RTS),a Shanghai-based state media outlet,and its wholly owned subsidiary,Shanghai Media Group (SMG),represent one of the largest state-owned media conglomerates of the People's Republic of China,with the most complete portfolio of media and related businesses.
As of September 2024 [update] ,the Media and Journalism Research Center evaluated the Shanghai Media Group,to be "Captured Public or State Managed/Owned Media" under its State Media Matrix. [1] [2]
Formed in 2001,SMG is the result of a merger between the People's Radio Station of Shanghai,East Radio Shanghai,Shanghai Television,and Oriental Television.[ citation needed ] In 2003 the group conducted a feasibility study with a view to set up a new English channel. [3] It renamed its Shanghai Broadcasting Network to Dragon TV and moved that channel's best-known English program "News at Ten" to Shanghai Television Business Channel and Dragon TV. [4] In January 2008,the Group launch a 24-hour English TV news channel,(ICS –International Channel Shanghai),the second in China after the state-owned China Central Television's English channel (CCTV-9). [5] The content of ICS News is distributed on mobile and internet platforms by US Company China Animation Partners,LLC.[ citation needed ]
English radio programming includes "Live It Up,Shanghai" broadcasts on the East Radio channel (792am and 89.9fm).[ citation needed ]
On 2 October the Group hosted special concert to mark the 20th anniversary of South Korea and China's diplomatic ties,with performers including along Kim Jang-hoon,Super Junior-M and EXO-K. [6]
The Walt Disney Studios and Shanghai Media Group Pictures signed a movie development agreement,before 6 March 2014 announcement,in which Chinese themes would be incorporated into Disney branded movies. [7]
Shanghai Media Group is the holding company of Yicai Global (China) (formerly known as China Business Network),which in addition to the TV channel also runs a magazine named CBN Weekly,a newspaper called CBN Paper,radio channel CBN Radio and a number of websites carrying the name. [8] In 2015,Alibaba Group paid 1.2 billion yuan ($193.5 million) to Shanghai Media Group for 30% of CBN's stocks. [9] [10] [11] In October 2020,the United States Department of State designated Yicai Global as a foreign mission of the Chinese government. [12] [13]
Channel | Channel content | Format | Launch Date |
Dragon Television | main commercial terrestrial channel Free-to-air in Shanghai only formerly known as Shanghai Television | HDTV&SDTV | 23 October 2003 1 October 1998 (Shanghai Television) |
SMG News and General (STV) | general and news channel | HDTV&SDTV | 1 October 1958 |
Yicai Television | financial news channel formerly known as Shanghai Television Economy | HDTV&SDTV | 1 August 2003 |
SMG City TV | entertainment channel formerly known as Shanghai Television Lifestyle and Fashion formerly known as Oriental Television | HDTV&SDTV | 1 January 2019 |
SMG Oriental Film | films,TV show series,and their relative informations | HDTV&SDTV | 26 December 1992 |
SMG Great Sports | sports channel formerly known as Shanghai Television Sports | HDTV&SDTV | 8 October 2001 |
SMG DocuTV | documentary channel | HDTV&SDTV | 1 January 2002 |
SMG International Channel Shanghai | international English channel | HDTV&SDTV | 1 January 2008 |
Oriental Shopping | Infomercial channels | HDTV&SDTV | 1 January 2008 |
Haha-Toonmax TV | children animation channel | HDTV&SDTV | 1 January 2019 |
Oriental Pearl Mobile Television | information channel specific used for metros,buses and outdoor LED panels | SDTV | 27 February 1994 |
Channel | Channel content | Format | Launch Date |
Golden Class | learning platform for old peoples (de facto free channel in Shanghai since March 1, 2021) | HDTV&SDTV | 18 June 2021 |
SiTV Seven-color Opera | Opera contents in Jiangsu, Shanghai and Zhejiang (de facto free channel in Shanghai) | HDTV&SDTV | |
Oriental Financial | financial comments (known as Oriental Financial-Pudong) | HDTV | |
World of the Law | legality contents | HDTV | |
New vision | sports records, mainly football contents | HDTV | |
UUSee Sports | sports informations | HDTV | |
Fascination Football | football matches | HDTV | 21 March 2020 |
Happy color | lottery, CFA Super League | HDTV | 1 September 2010 |
SiTV max | automobile informations | HDTV | |
Full Documentary | documentary channel | HDTV | |
Animation Show | animation contents | HDTV | |
Urban Theater | TV series | HDTV | |
Laugh Theater | films, arts, documentary and sports informations | 4K UHDTV | |
Lifestyle | international fashion contents | HDTV | |
Gamefy | video games live and e-sport events | HDTV | December 2004 |
All Channels are using callsigns with a prefix of "Shanghai People's Radio Station"(Chinese: 上海人民广播电台), but most programmes of them has been produced by of SMG Radio Centre (Chinese: 东方广播中心) (a.k.a. Shanghai East Radio Company Limited, Chinese: 上海东方广播有限公司) since 2014. [14]
Frequency | Description |
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990 AM / FM 93.4 | Shanghai News Radio (Former Shanghai People's Radio Station) |
648 AM / FM 105.7 | Shanghai Jiaotong Guangbo (Traffic Radio of Shanghai) |
1296 AM / FM 90.9 | Dong Guang Xinwen Tai (Created by former Shanghai People's Radio Station, not East Radio Company) |
792 AM / 89.9 FM | Dong Fang Dushi Guangbo (Driving FM) |
101.7 FM | Popular Music (POP 101) (Mandopop) |
103.7 FM | Love Music |
94.7 FM | Classical 94.7 |
97.7 FM | Economic/Business News (Diyi Caijing a.k.a. CBN) |
107.2 FM | Story Channel (The Story Broadcast of Shanghai) |
1197 AM / FM 97.2 | Marine Channel |
94.0 FM | Sports News (The Five-Star Sport News Channel) |
98.1 FM | Western Pop Music (KFM 981) |
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