TDM (Macau)
TDM - Teledifusão de Macau, S. A. (TDM; Chinese: 澳門廣播電視股份有限公司; English: Macau Broadcasting), provides public broadcasting services in Macau. By running five digital terrestrial TV channels, one satellite TV channel and two radio channels, TDM provides local audiences with a wide range of content in Macau’s two official languages, Chinese and Portuguese, as well as having time-slots for English as well as Indonesian and Tagalog (Filipino), which reflects the multicultural nature of the city, with 95 percent of the population being the Chinese and five percent made up of the Portuguese and other ethnic groups.
Type | TV and Radio (Public Service Broadcast) |
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Country | |
Availability | Macau |
Launch date | March 26, 1982 (TV Broadcast on May 13, 1984)[1] |
Official website | tdm.com.mo/ |
TDM - Teledifusão de Macau, S. A. | |||||||||||||
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TDM Headquarter at Rua de Francisco Xavier Pereira, Macau | |||||||||||||
Chinese name | |||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 澳門廣播電視股份有限公司 | ||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 澳门广播电视股份有限公司 | ||||||||||||
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Portuguese name | |||||||||||||
Portuguese | Teledifusão de Macau, S. A. |
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 mainland China locally, including CCTV-1, CCTV-13, CGTN, CGTN Documentary, Strait Television, Hunan TV World, Southeast Television, and GDTV World.
Channels
Ch № | Channel | Channel content | Transmission | Launch Date | Website |
Local Channels | |||||
91 | TDM Ou Mun | Free-to-air in Cantonese, first broadcasting channel of TDM | Analog & Digital | 17 September 1990 | Website |
92 | Canal Macau | Free-to-air in Portuguese and English | Analog & 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 | Transmition 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