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TDM - Teledifusão de Macau, S. A. (short form: TDM; ) provides public broadcasting services in
Macau Macau or Macao is a special administrative regions of China, special administrative region of the People's Republic of China (PRC). With a population of about people and a land area of , it is the most List of countries and dependencies by p ...
. By running five digital terrestrial television channels, one satellite television channel and two radio channels, TDM provides local audiences with a wide range of content in Macau's two official languages, Chinese (
Cantonese Cantonese is the traditional prestige variety of Yue Chinese, a Sinitic language belonging to the Sino-Tibetan language family. It originated in the city of Guangzhou (formerly known as Canton) and its surrounding Pearl River Delta. While th ...
) and Portuguese, as well as having time-slots for English as well as Indonesian and Tagalog, which reflects the multicultural nature of the city, with 95 percent of the population being Chinese and five percent made up of Portuguese and other ethnic groups. In the new media era, TDM has extended its services by developing multimedia platforms, including the official website (tdm.com.mo), mobile app (TDM App), social media and content-sharing platforms, allowing local and international audience instant access to information about Macau. TDM transmits eight television channels from
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locally, including
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,
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,
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, Strait Television, Hunan TV World,
Southeast Television Southeast Television (SETV; ) formerly ''Fujian Television'', is a television network in Fujian, China. It is part of the Fujian Media Group, which in itself is part of the Fujian Radio Film and TV Group conglomerate. SETV currently broadcas ...
, and GDTV World.


History

A Hong Kong businessman and the
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ese Pacific Television Corporation were planning the creation of a terrestrial television station in Macau in 1963; it is unknown when and why it was shelved. In 1979, the colonial Portuguese government announced that it set up bids for a television station. Three companies were interested. TDM was founded in 1983, and as a public company, took over the control of the existing Rádio Macau stations and, from 1984, would begin its television broadcasts. TDM started broadcasting its television station on May 13, 1984, offering a mix of Portuguese and Cantonese programming between 18:00 and 23:00. It was the first television company to be founded in Macau, with news only being reported via radio broadcasts on stations such as Rádio Macau before they were absorbed into TDM. The company was sold for 50 million patacas into a public-private partnership in 1988 following corruption scandals and major financial losses of up to 90 to 100 million patacas a year. In 1990, the Portuguese and Cantonese television operations were split into separate channels, granting each division its own autonomy. TDM ceased analogue transmission from 00:00 on 30 June 2023. TDM's international channel launched on NOS in Portugal on 13 May 2025, the day of the 41st anniversary of TDM's television broadcasts.


2021 broadcasting rules controversy

On March 10, 2021, in light of recent protests in neighbouring
Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...
which were followed by the passage of national security legislation, TDM executives addressed the company on new broadcasting rules requiring the company to promote "patriotism, respect and love" for mainland China and withhold reports critical of the
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. Several journalists have resigned from the broadcaster as a result of this conflict, with local journalist unions criticizing the rules as a breach of press freedom. Subsequently, the Portuguese Minister of Foreign Affairs
Augusto Santos Silva Augusto Ernesto dos Santos Silva (born 20 August 1956) is a Portuguese sociologist, university professor, and politician who served as the President of the Assembly of the Republic between 2022 and 2024, in the 15th Legislature. From Novem ...
warned them that press freedom is a part of
Macao Basic Law The Basic Law of the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( zh, 中華人民共和國澳門特別行政區基本法, ) is the organic law that establishes the Macau Special Administrative Region, replacing the E ...
, stating that the Portuguese government expects the law to be followed.
Chief Executive of Macau The chief executive of the Macao Special Administrative Region (; ) is the head of government of Macau, a special administrative region of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. W ...
Ho Iat-seng denied that press freedom restrictions were being imposed. Following the criticism, TDM's executives stated they would continue to follow their current editorial policy.


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Media of Macau Media in Macau are available to the public in the forms of: television and radio, newspapers, magazines and the Internet. They serve the local community by providing necessary information and entertainment. Macau's media market is rather small. ...


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Teledifusao de Macau Mass media in Macau Chinese-language radio stations Portuguese-language radio stations Portuguese-language television networks Multilingual broadcasters Television channels and stations established in 1982 Companies of Macau Television in Macau 1982 establishments in Macau Cantonese-language radio stations Chinese-language television stations