Shanghai Media Group


Radio and Television Station of Shanghai, a Shanghai-based government institution, and its wholly owned subsidiary, Shanghai Media Group, represent one of China's largest state-owned media and cultural conglomerates, with the most complete portfolio of media and related businesses. The Oriental Pearl Media Company under SMG was the first cultural and media company in China to realize a market capitalization totaling more than ¥100 billion on the Shanghai Stock Exchange in 2015. By June 2015, SMG has more than ¥61B in assets and about 17,200 employees.
SMG's businesses span operations of radio and TV networks, signal transmission, newspapers and magazines, drama and film production and distribution, OTT and streaming, IPTV, online and console gaming, digital advertising, home shopping and e-commerce, financial data and information services, children's arts training, TV post-production services, live entertainment, tourism and cultural investments, etc.

History

Formed in 2001, SMG is the result of a merger between the People's Radio Station of Shanghai, East Radio Shanghai, Shanghai City Television, and Oriental Television. It has 11 analogue TV channels, 90 digital paid cable TV channels, an internet TV service, plus 10 analogue and 19 digital radio services. The group also operates and owns five sports centres and 14 cultural art centres. According to a survey of AC Nielsen, eleven of the group's TV channels have achieved a market share of 76% during prime time in 2003.
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-own 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.

Television channels

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 Music
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