Shanghai Media Group

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 China's largest state-owned media and cultural conglomerates, with the most complete portfolio of media and related businesses. The Oriental Pearl Media Company under SMG was the first cultural and media company in China to realize a market capitalization totaling more than ¥100 billion (US$15B) on the Shanghai Stock Exchange in 2015. By June 2015, SMG has more than ¥61B (US$10B) in assets and about 17,200 employees.[1]

Radio and Television Station of Shanghai
Shanghai Media Group
上海广播电视台、上海文化广播影视集团有限公司
TypeState media
Country
China
MottoSpread upward power and enrich people's lives (传播向上力量，丰富大众生活)
HeadquartersShanghai, China
Launch date
2001
2014 (re-organize)
Official website
SMG Online
Shanghai Media Group
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
Alternative Chinese name
Simplified Chinese上海广播电视台
Traditional Chinese上海廣播電視台
Literal meaningRadio and Television Station of Shanghai
Headquarters of Shanghai Media Group

SMG's businesses span operations of radio and TV networks, signal transmission, newspapers and magazines, drama and film production and distribution, OTT and streaming, IPTV, online and console gaming, digital advertising, home shopping and e-commerce, financial data and information services, children's arts training, TV post-production services, live entertainment, tourism and cultural investments, etc.

History

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. It has 11 analogue TV channels, 90 digital paid cable TV channels, an internet TV service, plus 10 analogue and 19 digital radio services. The group also operates and owns five sports centres and 14 cultural art centres. According to a survey of AC Nielsen, eleven of the group's TV channels have achieved a market share of 76% during prime time in 2003.

In 2003 the group conducted a feasibility study with a view to set up a new English channel.[1] 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.[2] In January 2008, the Group launch a 24-hour English TV news channel, (ICS – International Channel Shanghai), the second in China after the state-own China Central Television's English channel (CCTV-9).[3] The content of ICS News is distributed on mobile and internet platforms by US Company China Animation Partners, LLC.

English radio programming includes "Live It Up, Shanghai" broadcasts on the East Radio channel (792am and 89.9fm).

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.[4]

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.[5]

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.[6][7] In 2015 Alibaba Group paid 1.2 billion yuan ($193.5 million) to Shanghai Media Group for 30% of CBN's stocks.[8][9][10][11][12] In October 2020, the United States Department of State designated Yicai Global as a foreign mission of the Chinese government.[13][14]

Television channels

Free channels
ChannelChannel contentFormatLaunch Date
Dragon Televisionmain commercial terrestrial channel
Free-to-air in Shanghai only
formerly known as Shanghai Television		HDTV&SDTV23 October 2003
1 October 1998 (Shanghai Television)
SMG News and General (STV)general and news channelHDTV&SDTV1 October 1958
Yicai Televisionfinancial news channel
formerly known as Shanghai Television Economy		HDTV&SDTV1 August 2003
SMG City TVentertainment channel
formerly known as Shanghai Television Lifestyle and Fashion
formerly known as Oriental Television		HDTV&SDTV1 January 2019
SMG Oriental Filmfilms, TV show series, and their relative informationsHDTV&SDTV26 December 1992
SMG Great Sportssports channel
formerly known as Shanghai Television Sports		HDTV&SDTV8 October 2001
SMG DocuTVdocumentary channelHDTV&SDTV1 January 2002
SMG International Channel Shanghaiinternational English channelHDTV&SDTV1 January 2008
Oriental ShoppingInfomercial channelsHDTV&SDTV1 January 2008
Haha-Toonmax TVchildren animation channelHDTV&SDTV1 January 2019
Oriental Pearl Mobile Televisioninformation channel specific used for metros, buses and outdoor LED panelsSDTV27 February 1994

Pay channels
Main article: Shanghai Oriental Pearl Media
ChannelChannel contentFormatLaunch Date
Golden Classlearning platform for old peoples

(de facto free channel in Shanghai since March 1, 2021)

 HDTV&SDTV18 June 2021
SiTV Seven-color OperaOpera contents in Jiangsu, Shanghai and Zhejiang

(de facto free channel in Shanghai)

 HDTV&SDTV
Oriental Financialfinancial comments

(known as Oriental Financial-Pudong)

 HDTV
World of the Lawlegality contentsHDTV
New visionsports records, mainly football contentsHDTV
UUSee Sportssports informationsHDTV
Fascination Footballfootball matchesHDTV21 March 2020
Happy colorlottery, CFA Super LeagueHDTV1 September 2010
SiTV maxautomobile informationsHDTV
Full Documentarydocumentary channelHDTV
Animation Showanimation contentsHDTV
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

Radio stations

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.[15]

FrequencyDescription
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)

Programmes

Films

References
  1. "Shanghai plans all English TV channel" China.org. 22 October 2003. Retrieved 1 October 2012
  2. "Shanghai plans all English TV channel" People's Daily Online. 23 October 2003. Retrieved 1 October 2012
  3. Chen, George (18 September 2007). "Shanghai Media plans English news channel in China". Reuters. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
  4. Lee, Tae-ho (27 September 2012). "Kim Jang-hoon to Donate 300 Mln Won For Afforestation in China". 10 Asia. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
  5. Peters, Chris; Sikka, Kanika (6 March 2014). "Walt Disney, Shanghai Media Group to develop Disney-branded movies". Reuters. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  6. "China Business News Celebrates Fifth Anniversary". PR Newswire. 17 November 2009. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  7. "Our Partner: China Business Network". Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  8. Wei Gu; Gillian Wong (3 June 2015). "Alibaba to Invest in China Business News". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  9. Shu Zhang; Paul Carsten (3 June 2015). "Alibaba to invest in China Business Network to expand finance services: China media". Reuters. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  10. Shai Oster (4 June 2015). "Alibaba Expands into Financial News With China Media Investment". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  11. Ingrid Lunden (4 June 2015). "Alibaba Invests $194M into China Business News To Build A Financial Data Platform". techcrunch.com. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  12. Mani (3 June 2015). "Alibaba Group Holding Ltd To Invest $200M in China Business News". valuewalk.com. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  13. "Pompeo says U.S. designates six more Chinese media firms as foreign missions". Reuters. 21 October 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  14. "Designation of Additional PRC Propaganda Outlets as Foreign Missions". U.S. Department of State. Archived from the original on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  15. "东方广播网 ERC – 东方广播中心简介". eastradio.com.
  16. Kil Hye Sung (15 February 2012). "Chinese version of WGM, which stars T-ara's Hyomin and Super Junior's Kyuhyun, airs in Korea". Star News. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
  17. Leo Barraclough (21 October 2015). "BBC, China's SMG to Co-Produce 'Earth,' Release 'Sherlock' in Chinese Theaters". Variety. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  18. "Animated feature tells story of Kiangnan Arsenal - SHINE News".
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