{{Short description|Chinese state media company}} {{Redirect|SZR}} {{Infobox broadcasting network | network_name = Shenzhen Media Group<br/>{{nobold|{{lang|zh-cn|深圳广播电影电视集团}}}} | network_logo = 220px<br/><small>Logo of Shenzhen Media Group</small> | foundation = {{start date and age|2004|6|28|df=y}} | country = China | network_type = Terrestrial television; state media | available = | website = {{Official URL}} | image = Shenzhen Media Group HQ 20080404.jpg | caption = Headquarters of Shenzhen Media Group | owner = Propaganda Department of the Shenzhen Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party }} {{Infobox Chinese | showflag = stp | s = 深圳广播电影电视集团 | p = Shēnzhèn Guǎngbō Diànyǐng Diànshì Jítuán | w = | j = Sam<sup>1</sup>zan<sup>3</sup> Gwong<sup>2</sup>bo<sup>3</sup> Din<sup>6</sup>jing<sup>2</sup> Din<sup>6</sup>si<sup>6</sup> Zaap<sup>6</sup>tyun<sup>4</sup> | y = | order = st }} '''Shenzhen Media Group''' ('''SZMG''') is a state media company based in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China. It owns twelve TV channels and four radio stations which broadcast music, report news and Chinese talk shows. Shenzhen Media Group is controlled by the propaganda department of the Shenzhen Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Bandurski |first=David |date=2023-10-05 |title=Reading China's Media Counter-Attack |url=https://chinamediaproject.org/2023/10/05/reading-chinas-propaganda-counter-attack/ |access-date=2023-10-10 |website=China Media Project |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-10-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231009213527/https://chinamediaproject.org/2023/10/05/reading-chinas-propaganda-counter-attack/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
==History== Before the establishment of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, Shenzhen had no local television station. Since Shenzhen is adjacent to Hong Kong, some people used Yagi-Uda antennas to receive Hong Kong channels.<ref>{{cite web |author1=列孚 |date=2008-06-25 |title=TVB前世今生 股权可能出现变化引起全球关注 |url=https://ent.ifeng.com/special/tv/tvb/200806/0625_3849_616562_1.shtml |accessdate=2024-04-04 |website=Phoenix Television |publisher= |archive-date=2024-04-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240404101719/https://ent.ifeng.com/special/tv/tvb/200806/0625_3849_616562_1.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> In May 1978, Baoan County (present-day Shenzhen City) set up a TV transmitting station at Wutong Mountain. Work was completed on 1 March 1980 and the 300-watt transmitter was used, on channel 10, to relay the programs of Guangdong Television, channel 2. The power was increased to 10 kilowatts on 1 October 1981.<ref name="gdr">{{cite book |author=广东省地方史志办公室 |title=广东省志·广播电视志 |publisher=广东人民出版社 |year=1999 |isbn=9787218029719 |location=中国广东省 |language=zh |oclc=44587478}}</ref>
After the establishment of the Shenzhen SEZ, the State Administration of Film, Radio and Television approved the creation of Shenzhen Television on 19 August 1982. Experimental broadcasts on channel 10 started on 1 January 1984. However, the broadcast of the Shenzhen Radio and Television University caused these experiments to adjust the airtime.<ref name=gdr/>{{rp|243}}
On 1 November the same year, regular broadcasts started with a transmitter imported from France broadcasting on UHF channel 33.<ref>{{cite news|title=当年今日（1980—2010）-深圳电视台开播自办节目|url=http://sztqb.sznews.com/html/2010-11/01/content_1290013.htm|author=戴晓蓉|newspaper=《Shenzhen Special Zone Daily》|publisher=深圳报业集团|date=1 November 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304234956/http://sztqb.sznews.com/html/2010-11/01/content_1290013.htm|archivedate=4 March 2016|df=}}</ref>
In July 2023, SZMG launched an international communication center.<ref name=":0" /> It also operates Zhinews or "Straight News" online.<ref name=":0" />{{Infobox radio station | country = CN | logo = szr.jpg | name = Shenzhen Radio Station | area = Shenzhen, China | airdate = 1984 | frequency = Internet, AM, and FM | format = various | owner = Shenzhen Media Group | website = {{url|http://www.szr.com.cn/}} }} ==South African holdings== In May 2009 South African fixed-line telephone operator Telkom said it had sold its majority stake in start-up broadcaster Telkom Media to the Shenzhen Group. The parties had been in negotiations since at least March 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.moneyweb.co.za/mw/view/mw/en/page39?oid=289157&sn=Detail |title=Someone finally buys Telkom Media |publisher=Moneyweb |access-date=2009-06-05 |archive-date=2009-05-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090509075737/http://www.moneyweb.co.za/mw/view/mw/en/page39?oid=289157&sn=Detail |url-status=live }}</ref>
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==External links== *{{Official website}}
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