Shanghai Media Group

Shanghai Media Group
上海东方传媒集团
Type Broadcast
Country China
Availability in Shanghai, other parts in China
Launch date
 2001
Official website
 SMG Online
Shanghai Media Group
Simplified Chinese 上海东方传媒集团
Traditional Chinese 上海東方傳媒集團

Shanghai Media Group (SMG; Chinese: 上海东方传媒集团; pinyin: Shànghǎi Dōngfāng Chuánméi Jítuán) under the Shanghai Media & Entertainment Group (SMEG), is a Chinese multimedia television and radio broadcasting, news and Internet company. The company employs around 5,200 people, with capital assets totalling RMB 11.7 billion.

SMG’s core business is television broadcasting and related media entertainment services including sports, showbiz, performance arts, science and technology, and finance. Revenue from advertising accounts for 10% of the commercial sales turnover in the local market.

History

Formed in 2001, SMG is the result of a merger between the People’s Radio Station of Shanghai, East Radio Shanghai, Shanghai Television Station, and Oriental Television Station. 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 5 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 the March 6, 2014 announcement, in which Chinese themes would be incorporated into Disney branded movies.[5]

Shanghai Media Group is the holding company of China Business Network (CBN), 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]

TV channels

Channel Channel content Format Launch Date
Dragon Televisionmain Standard Chinese channel
Free-to-air in Shanghai only
formerly known as STV (Shanghai Television)		HDTV&SDTV23 Oct. 2003
1 Oct. 1998 (STV)
STV News and Generalgeneral and news channelHDTV&SDTV1 Oct. 1958
CBNfinancial news channelHDTV&SDTV1 Aug. 2003
Channel Youngyouth channelHDTV&SDTV1 June 2009
STV Dramaserial channelHDTV&SDTV26 Dec. 1992
Great Sportssports channelHDTV&SDTV8 Oct. 2001
STV Documentarydocumentary channelHDTV&SDTV1 Jan. 2002
STV Entertainmententertainment channelHDTV&SDTV18 Jan. 1993
STV Art Mediaartistic channelHDTV&SDTV1 Jan. 2008
ICSinternational English channelHDTV&SDTV1 Jan. 2008
OCJ 1 & 2Infomercial channelsHDTV&SDTV —
Haha Kidschildren channelHDTV&SDTV18 July 2004
Toonmaxanimation channelHDTV&SDTV26 Dec. 2004
East Movie Channelmovie channelHDTV&SDTV28 Dec. 2003

Radio stations

Frequency Description
990 AM / FM 93.4 Shanghai People's Radio Station
648 AM / FM 105.7 Traffic
1296 AM / FM 90.9 Eastern China Regional News
792 AM / 89.9 FM Shanghai Local News
101.7 FM Popular Music (POP 101) (Mandopop)
103.7 FM Love Music
94.7 FM Classical Music
97.7 FM Economic/Business News
107.2 FM Story Channel
1197 AM / FM 97.2 Marine Channel
94.0 FM Sports News
98.1 FM Western Pop Music

Programmes

Films

References

  1. ↑ "Shanghai plans all English TV channel" China.org. 22 October 2003. Retrieved 2012-10-01
  2. ↑ "Shanghai plans all English TV channel" People's Daily Online. 23 October 2003. Retrieved 2012-10-01
  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 (March 6, 2014). "Walt Disney, Shanghai Media Group to develop Disney-branded movies". Reuters.com (Thomson Reuters). Retrieved November 30, 2015.
  6. ↑ "China Business News Celebrates Fifth Anniversary". prnewswire.com. November 17, 2009. Retrieved February 23, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Our Partner: China Business Network". Retrieved February 23, 2016.
  8. ↑ Wei Gu, Gillian Wong (June 3, 2015). "Alibaba to Invest in China Business News". wsj.com. Retrieved February 23, 2016.
  9. ↑ Shu Zhang, Paul Carsten (June 3, 2015). "Alibaba to invest in China Business Network to expand finance services: China media". reuters.com. Retrieved February 23, 2016.
  10. ↑ Shai Oster (June 4, 2015). "Alibaba Expands Into Financial News With China Media Investment". bloomberg.com. Retrieved February 23, 2016.
  11. ↑ Ingrid Lunden (June 4, 2015). "Alibaba Invests $194M Into China Business News To Build A Financial Data Platform". techcrunch.com. Retrieved February 23, 2016.
  12. ↑ Mani (June 3, 2015). "Alibaba Group Holding Ltd To Invest $200M In China Business News". valuewalk.com. Retrieved February 23, 2016.
  13. ↑ 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. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
  14. ↑ Leo Barraclough (October 21, 2015). "BBC, China’s SMG to Co-Produce ‘Earth,’ Release ‘Sherlock’ in Chinese Theaters". variety.com. Retrieved October 21, 2015.

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