TDM (Macau)
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Type | TV and Radio (Public Service Broadcast) |
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Country | |
Availability | Macau |
Launch date | 26 March 1982 (TV Broadcast on 13 May 1984)[1] |
Official website | www |
TDM - Teledifusão de Macau, S. A. | ||
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Hanyu Pinyin Àoměn Guǎngbō Diànshì Gǔfěn Yǒuxiàngōngsī | | |
Yue: Cantonese | ||
Jyutping | ou3 mun4 gwong2 bo3 din6 si6 gu2 fan6 yau3 haan6 gong1 si1 | |
IPA | [ʔōumʊ̏n kʷɔ̌ːŋpɔ̄ː tɪ̀nsìː kǔːfɐ̀n jɐ̄uhàːŋkɔ́ːŋsíː] |
TDM - Teledifusão de Macau, S. A. (TDM; Chinese: 澳門廣播電視股份有限公司; English: Macau Broadcasting Television Limited) provides public broadcasting services in Macau. By running five digital terrestrial television channels, one satellite television channel and two radio channels, TDM provides local audiences with a wide range of content in Macau's two official languages, Chinese (Cantonese) and Portuguese, as well as having time-slots for English as well as Indonesian and Tagalog, which reflects the multicultural nature of the city, with 95 percent of the population being Chinese and five percent made up of Portuguese and other ethnic groups.
In the new media era, TDM has extended its services by developing multimedia platforms, including the official website (tdm.com.mo), mobile app (TDM App), social media and content-sharing platforms, allowing local and international audience instant access to information about Macau.
TDM transmits eight television channels from
History
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TDM was founded by the colonial Portuguese government in 1982, and as a public company, would first begin evening television broadcasts on May 13, 1984, offering a mix of Portuguese and Cantonese programming between 18:00 and 23:00. It was the first television company to be founded in Macau, with news only being reported via radio broadcasts on stations such as Rádio Macau before they were absorbed into TDM.
The company was sold for 50 million
TDM ceased analogue transmission from 00:00 on 30 June 2023.[3]
2021 broadcasting rules controversy
On March 10, 2021, in light of
Channels
Ch № | Channel | Channel content | Transmission | Launch Date | Website |
Local channels | |||||
91 | TDM Ou Mun | Cantonese , first broadcasting channel of TDM |
Digital | 17 September 1990 | Website |
92 | Canal Macau | Free-to-air in Portuguese and English | Digital | 17 September 1990 | Website |
93 | TDM Sport | Sports programs | Digital | 9 October 2009 | Website |
94 | TDM Information | News and financial information programs | Digital | 3 September 2012 | Website |
95 | TDM Entertainment | Digital | 15 July 2008 | Website | |
96 | TDM Macau World | International channel | Satellite | 1 October 2009 | Website |
Mainland channels | |||||
71 | CCTV-1 | Transmission of CCTV-1 | Digital | 20 December 2016 | Website |
72 | CCTV-13 | Live broadcast of CCTV-13 | Digital | 1 October 2009 | Website |
73 | CGTN | Live broadcast of CGTN | Digital | 15 July 2010 | Website |
74 | CGTN Documentary | Live broadcast of CGTN Documentary | Digital | 1 November 2011 | Website |
75 | Strait Television | Live broadcast of FMG |
Digital | 1 April 2011 | Website |
76 | Hunan TV World | Live broadcast of HBS | Digital | 15 July 2010 | Website |
77 | Southeast Television | Live broadcast of FMG | Digital | 20 December 2017 | Website |
78 | GDTV World | Live broadcast of GRT | Digital | 8 February 2018 | Website |
See also
References
- ^ Macau, Richard L. Edmonds, Clio Press, 1989, page xlix
- ^ "A Brief History of TDM: Teledifusão de Macau". Macau Lifestyle. Macau Lifestyle Media. October 30, 2019. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
- ^ "TDM Switches Off Its Analogue TV Transmission System". TDM. 2023-06-25. Archived from the original on 2023-07-19. Retrieved 2023-07-19.
- ^ "Portugal expects China to respect press freedom in Macao". Macao News. Macau. 24 March 2021. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
- ^ Jim, Clare; Master, Farah (8 April 2021). "Press freedom in Macau's gambling hub under spotlight as China ramps up scrutiny". Reuters.