Dragon Television
| Country | People's Republic of China |
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| Broadcast area | National International |
| Headquarters | Shanghai |
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| Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Shanghai Media Group |
| History | |
| Launched | October 1, 1998 (as Shanghai Television) |
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| Sling TV | Internet Protocol television |
Shanghai Dragon Television or Dragon TV (Chinese: 东方卫视; pinyin: Dōngfāng Wèishì; lit. 'Eastern satellite channel'), commonly nicknamed the Tomato Channel (蕃茄台) based on its logo, is a provincial satellite TV station. It launched in October 1998 as "Shanghai Television" but changed its name to Dragon Television on October 23, 2003.[1] Currently, Dragon TV's signal covers most of Mainland China and worldwide. From September 28, 2009, the channel used standard high-definition broadcast.
History
[edit]All of Dragon TV's news programs are owned by the parent company SMG TV news production center. The center has a professional staff of 500 people a day, 7 sections provided for the Dragon TV news programs which amounts a total of five hours. It is Asia's largest open-press studio and the largest television news production and broadcasting of news organizations.
News programs include Morning (看东方), Dragon TV News Midday (午间30分), Primetime News (东方新闻) and Tonight (今晚).
References
[edit]- ^ "Shanghai plans all English TV channel" People's Daily Online. 23 October 2003. Retrieved 2012-10-01
External links
[edit]- 中国上海东方卫视 on Facebook
- 东方卫视番茄台 on Weibo (in Chinese)
- SMG上海电视台官方频道 SMG Shanghai TV Official Channel's channel on YouTube
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