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Dragon Television
HeadquartersShanghai
Ownership
OwnerShanghai Media Group

Shanghai Dragon Television or Dragon TV (Chinese: 东方卫视; pinyin: Dōngfāng Wèishì; lit. 'Eastern satellite channel') is sometimes referred to as Tomato TV (Chinese: 红柿台), 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 China, including Macau, Hong Kong, Taiwan and overseas in North America, Japan, Australia, Europe, Worldwide and other countries and regions landing. From September 28, 2009 and onwards, the channel used standard high-definition broadcast.

History

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

As of January 2018

Currently, Dragon TV has a total of six news programs, including four live broadcast news program and two news feature shows. Details of the programs are as follows:

Weekdays

Program Chinese Name Time Description
Morning 看东方 7:00 - 8:30 Morning live news show, including the latest news and local life.
Headlines 东方大头条 12:00 - 12:30 A live half-hour of the latest Domestic and Global news, with audience interactions.
Primetime News 东方新闻 18:00 - 19:00 A live hour of Domestic, Local and Global news.
Nightly News 东方夜新闻 21:30 - 22:00 A live half-hour of Local, Domestic and Global news.

Weekends

Morning 看东方 7:00 - 8:10 Morning live news show, including the latest news and local life.
Headlines 东方大头条 12:00 - 12:30 A live half-hour of the latest Domestic and Global news, with audience interactions.
Primetime News 东方新闻 18:00 - 19:00 A live hour of Domestic, Local and Global news.
Nightly News 东方夜新闻 22:00 - 22:10 A live 10-minute of Local news.
Tale of Two Cities 双城记 8:15-9:00 Saturdays A CTITV co-production, Taiwan Political talk show.
Crossover 环球交叉点 8:15-9:00 Sundays A CRI co-production, discussion of Global hot spots weekly.

Shows and Dramas

(Updated January 2016)

Currently, Dragon TV has a total of 8 shows and 1 drama. Details of the shows and dramas are as follows:

Dramas

The Young Marshal 少帅 19:30 - 21:30 (Dream Theater - 2 Episodes Every Day) New TV series dedicated to the legendary life of the young marshal Zhang Xueliang.

References

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

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