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Dragon Television
CountryPeople's Republic of China
Broadcast areaNational
International
HeadquartersShanghai
Programming
Picture format1080i (HDTV)
Ownership
OwnerShanghai Media Group
History
LaunchedOctober 1, 1998 (asShanghai Television)
Availability
Streaming media
Sling TVInternet Protocol television

Shanghai Dragon TelevisionorDragon 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

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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. Now Available On TVB Network Vision Channel 88, Cable TV Hong Kong Channel 21, HKBN BBTV Channel 715 and the SPB TV OTT TV.

News programs include Morning (看东方), Dragon TV News Midday (午间30), Primetime News (东方新闻) and Tonight (今晚).

References

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  1. ^ "Shanghai plans all English TV channel" People's Daily Online. 23 October 2003. Retrieved 2012-10-01
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