Shanghai Media Group


Radio and Television Station of Shanghai, a Shanghai-based state media outlet, and its wholly owned subsidiary, Shanghai Media Group, represent one of the largest state-owned media conglomerates of the People's Republic of China, with the most complete portfolio of media and related businesses.

History

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. In 2003 the group conducted a feasibility study with a view to set up a new English channel. 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. In January 2008, the Group launch a 24-hour English TV news channel,, the second in China after the state-owned China Central Television's English channel. 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.
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.
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.
Shanghai Media Group is the holding company of Yicai Global , 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. In 2015, Alibaba Group paid 1.2 billion yuan to Shanghai Media Group for 30% of CBN's stocks. In October 2020, the United States Department of State designated Yicai Global as a foreign mission of the Chinese government.

Television channels

Free channels

Pay channels

ChannelChannel contentLaunch Date
Golden Classlearning platform for old peoples
18 June 2021
Seven-color OperaOpera contents in Jiangsu, Shanghai and Zhejiang
Oriental Financialfinancial comments
World of the Lawlegality contents
New visionsports records, mainly football contents
UUSee Sportssports informations
Fascination Footballfootball matches21 March 2020
Happy colorlottery, CFA Super League1 September 2010
SiTV maxautomobile informations
Full Documentarydocumentary channel
Animation Showanimation contents
Urban TheaterTV series
Laugh Theaterfilms, arts, documentary and sports informations
Lifestyleinternational fashion contents
Gamefyvideo games live and e-sport eventsDecember 2004

Radio stations

All Channels are using callsigns with a prefix of "Shanghai People's Radio Station", but most programmes of them has been produced by of SMG Radio Centre since 2014.
FrequencyDescription
990 AM / FM 93.4Shanghai News Radio
648 AM / FM 105.7Shanghai Jiaotong Guangbo
1296 AM / FM 90.9Dong Guang Xinwen Tai
792 AM / 89.9 FMDong Fang Dushi Guangbo
101.7 FMPopular Music
103.7 FMLove Music
94.7 FMClassical 94.7
97.7 FMEconomic/Business News
107.2 FMStory Channel
1197 AM / FM 97.2Marine Channel
94.0 FMSports News
98.1 FMWestern Pop Music

Programmes

  • Dwelling Narrowness
  • Global Business News
  • We Got Married – a special Valentine's Day Chinese version

    Films

  • Flying Swords of Dragon Gate
  • Last Flight
  • Kung Fu Panda 3
  • Born in China Along with Disneynature
  • Earth: One Amazing Day
  • 21 Carats
  • ''Kiangnan 1894''