International Channel Shanghai


International Channel Shanghai, better known as ICS, was the foreign-language cable channel of Shanghai Media Group. Long before the parent company was known as SMG, Shanghai Television Station began producing the English-language News at Ten in 1986. On January 1, 2008, ICS replaced the Shanghai Broadcasting MusicChannel as a 24-hour English service. In 2010, the channel replaced its "Red Sun Seagull" logo from the old Oriental TV channel with the STV "Magnolia" logo. The channel's news department produces a Monday-through-Saturday news program Shanghai Live at 9:00pm, and the weekly business/financial news program Money Talks on Saturday nights. On December 8, 2011, the Asian Television Awards named Shanghai Live "Best News Programme" of 2011.
Other locally produced programs included:
  • Bridge to Japan 中日之橋
  • Money Talks
  • Cosmo Times
  • City Beat
  • You Are the Chef
  • Getaway
  • Culture Matters
  • Voices
  • Way to Wellness
  • Minds of Millionaires
The channel also co-produced two seasons of The Amazing Race: China Rush, whose first season was "highly commended" at the 2011 Asian Television Awards.
On 1 January 2025, SMG shut down ICS and its flagship program ShanghaiEye moved to Dragon TV.