Current logo since 2024 (Current SMG logo design since 2014) | |
| Type | State media |
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| Country | |
| 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; 24 years ago (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-basedstate media outlet, and its wholly owned subsidiary,Shanghai Media Group (SMG), represent one of the largest state-owned media conglomerates of thePeople's Republic of China, with the most complete portfolio of media and related businesses.
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.[1] It renamed its Shanghai Broadcasting Network toDragon 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-ownedChina 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.[citation needed]
English radio programming includes "Live It Up, Shanghai" broadcasts on theEast 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 alongKim Jang-hoon,Super Junior-M andEXO-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 asChina Business Network), which in addition to the TV channel also runs a magazine namedCBN Weekly, a newspaper calledCBN Paper, radio channelCBN Radio and a number of websites carrying the name.[6] In 2015,Alibaba Group paid 1.2 billion yuan ($193.5 million) to Shanghai Media Group for 30% of CBN's stocks.[7][8][9] In October 2020, theUnited States Department of State designated Yicai Global as aforeign mission of the Chinese government.[10][11]
| Channel | Channel content | Launch Date |
| Dragon TV | maincommercialterrestrial channel Free-to-air in Shanghai only formerly known asShanghai Television | 23 October 2003 1 October 1998 (Shanghai Television) |
| STV | general andnews channel | 1 October 1958 |
| Yicai | financialnews channel formerly known asShanghai Television Economy | 1 August 2003 |
| City TV | entertainment channel formerly known asShanghai Television Lifestyle and Fashion formerly known as Oriental Television | 1 January 2019 |
| Oriental Film | films, TV show series, and their relative informations | 26 December 1992 |
| Great Sports | sports channel formerly known asShanghai Television Sports | 8 October 2001 |
| Oriental Shopping | Infomercial channels | 1 January 2008 |
| Toonmax | children animation channel | 1 January 2019 |
| Oriental Pearl Mobile Television | information channel specific used for metros, buses and outdoor LED panels | 27 February 1994 |
| Channel | Channel content | Launch Date |
| Golden Class | learning platform for old peoples (de facto free channel in Shanghai since 1 March 2021)||18 June 2021 | |
| Seven-color Opera | Opera contents in Jiangsu,Shanghai and Zhejiang (de facto free channel in Shanghai) | |
| Oriental Financial | financial comments (known as Oriental Financial-Pudong)|| | |
| World of the Law | legality contents | |
| New vision | sports records, mainly football contents | |
| UUSee Sports | sports informations | |
| Fascination Football | football matches | 21 March 2020 |
| Happy color | lottery,CFA Super League | 1 September 2010 |
| SiTV max | automobile informations | |
| Full Documentary | documentary channel | |
| Animation Show | animation contents | |
| Urban Theater | TV series | |
| Laugh Theater | films, arts, documentary and sports informations | |
| Lifestyle | international fashion contents | |
| Gamefy | video games live and e-sport events | 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 ofSMG 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.[12]
| Frequency | Description |
|---|---|
| 990 AM / FM 93.4 | Shanghai News Radio (FormerShanghai 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 formerShanghai 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) |