Shenzhen Media Group (SMG, ) is a
state media
State media are typically understood as media outlets that are owned, operated, or significantly influenced by the government. They are distinguished from public service media, which are designed to serve the public interest, operate independent ...
company based in
Shenzhen
Shenzhen is a prefecture-level city in the province of Guangdong, China. A Special economic zones of China, special economic zone, it is located on the east bank of the Pearl River (China), Pearl River estuary on the central coast of Guangdong ...
,
Guangdong
) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t= , s=广信), an outpost established in Han dynasty ...
province, China. It owns twelve TV channels and four radio stations which broadcast music, report news and Chinese talk shows. Shenzhen Media Group is controlled by the Publicity Department of the
Shenzhen Municipal Committee of the
Chinese Communist Party
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.
History
Before the establishment of the
Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, Shenzhen had no local television station. Since Shenzhen is adjacent to
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 ...
, some people used
Yagi-Uda antennas to receive Hong Kong channels. In May 1978, Baoan County (present-day Shenzhen City) set up a TV transmitting station at Wutong Mountain. Work was completed on 1 March 1980 and the 300-watt transmitter was used, on channel 10, to relay the programs of Guangdong Television, channel 2. The power was increased to 10 kilowatts on 1 October 1981.
After the establishment of the Shenzhen SEZ, the State Administration of Film, Radio and Television approved the creation of Shenzhen Television on 19 August 1982. Experimental broadcasts on channel 10 started on 1 January 1984. However, the broadcast of the Shenzhen Radio and Television University caused these experiments to adjust the airtime.
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On 1 November the same year, regular broadcasts started with a transmitter imported from France broadcasting on UHF channel 33.
In July 2023, SMG launched an international communication center.]
Channels and stations
Television channels
As of 2016, the list of all channels and radio stations of Shenzhen Media Group are as follows:
SZTV International Available On:The List in Asia; Cable TV Hong Kong Channel 26 and now TV Channel 540
Radio stations
South African holdings
In May 2009 South Africa
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n fixed-line telephone operator Telkom said it had sold its majority stake in start-up broadcaster Telkom Media to the Shenzhen Group. The parties had been in negotiations since at least March 2008.
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Chinese-language radio stations
Mandarin-language radio stations
Radio stations in China
Mass media in Shenzhen
Television channels and stations established in 1984
2004 establishments in China
Government-owned companies of China
State media