TDM (Macau)

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TDM - Teledifusão de Macau, S. A.
澳門廣播電視股份有限公司
TypeTV and Radio (Public Service Broadcast)
Country
AvailabilityMacau
Launch date
26 March 1982 (TV Broadcast on 13 May 1984)[1]
Official website
www.tdm.com.mo/en/ Edit this at Wikidata
TDM - Teledifusão de Macau, S. A.
Hanyu Pinyin
Àoměn Guǎngbō Diànshì Gǔfěn Yǒuxiàngōngsī
Yue: Cantonese
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IPA[ʔōumʊ̏n kʷɔ̌ːŋpɔ̄ː tɪ̀nsìː kǔːfɐ̀n jɐ̄uhàːŋkɔ́ːŋsíː]
Portuguese namePortuguese
Teledifusão de Macau, S. A.

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

Hunan TV World, Southeast Television, and GDTV World
.

History

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

public-private partnership in 1988 following corruption scandals and major financial losses of up to 90 to 100 million patacas a year. In 1990, the Portuguese and Cantonese television operations were split into separate channels.[2]

TDM ceased analogue transmission from 00:00 on 30 June 2023.[3]

2021 broadcasting rules controversy

On March 10, 2021, in light of

Ho Iat-seng denied that press freedom restrictions were being imposed. Following the criticism, TDM's executives stated they would continue to follow their current editorial policy.[4][5]

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

  1. ^ Macau, Richard L. Edmonds, Clio Press, 1989, page xlix
  2. ^ "A Brief History of TDM: Teledifusão de Macau". Macau Lifestyle. Macau Lifestyle Media. October 30, 2019. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
  3. ^ "TDM Switches Off Its Analogue TV Transmission System". TDM. 2023-06-25. Archived from the original on 2023-07-19. Retrieved 2023-07-19.
  4. ^ "Portugal expects China to respect press freedom in Macao". Macao News. Macau. 24 March 2021. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
  5. ^ Jim, Clare; Master, Farah (8 April 2021). "Press freedom in Macau's gambling hub under spotlight as China ramps up scrutiny". Reuters.

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