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Entity Type: Domestic Media Company

Apsara Media Services

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Apsara Media Services (AMS) is a Cambodian multimedia television organization that operates Apsara TV11 and describes itself as a “newly formed” multimedia channel aimed at establishing itself in the online media industry. The company is headquartered in Phnom Penh and operates from the Khemrany Building on Fine Arts Street. AMS states its mission is to “provide high quality contents” to audiences across Cambodia and internationally, with a vision to “become the leading innovative broadcasting platform” that produces quality content. The organization produces content in the form of videos, articles, and programs for educational and entertainment purposes, operating specialized divisions including AMS Central for news, AMS Sports, and AMS Khmer Civilization focusing on cultural programming.

Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão (SBT)

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Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão or SBT, owned by Brazilian TV host Silvio Santos, began its broadcasts on August 19, 1981, by airing its own license signing ceremony from the Ministry of Communications in Brasília. Operating as Brazil’s third-largest commercial television network according to recent audience data, SBT stepped into the place of the defunct Tupi network, which operated from 1950 until bankruptcy in 1980. Santos gained licenses to former Tupi channels in São Paulo, Porto Alegre, Rio de Janeiro, and Belém, having already owned TVS Rio de Janeiro channel 11 since 1976. The network broadcasts entertainment programming, including Mexican telenovelas from Televisa, children’s shows through a Disney partnership that ended in August 2018, and news programs. While historically second in Brazilian ratings, SBT now ranks third behind Globo and Record TV, operating eight owned stations and over 90 affiliates nationwide.

Tokyo Broadcasting Company

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TBS Television, headquartered at the TBS Broadcasting Center in Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo, is one of Japan’s five major private broadcasters and serves as the flagship station of the Japan News Network in the Kantō region. The broadcaster evolved from Radio Tokyo Inc. (株式会社ラジオ東京), which was established on May 17, 1951, with broadcasting beginning on December 25, 1951. Television operations launched on April 1, 1955, making it Japan’s second private TV station after Nippon Television. Radio Tokyo changed its name to Tokyo Broadcasting System on November 29, 1960. The company underwent restructuring in 2009 when Tokyo Broadcasting System became TBS Holdings, with television operations transferred to a subsidiary. In 2017, TBS Holdings and five other major media firms announced Premium Platform Japan, with TBS Holdings becoming the largest shareholder.

Media Chinese International Limited

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Media Chinese International Limited, formed in April 2008 and dual-listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and Bursa Malaysia, is a Chinese-language media group created by the successful merger of Ming Pao Enterprise Corporation Limited, Sin Chew Media Corporation Berhad, and Nanyang Press Holdings Berhad. The company traces its roots to Sin Poh Amalgamated, founded by Aw Boon Haw (胡文虎) in 1941. Its flagship publication in Hong Kong, Ming Pao (明報), established on 20 May 1959, was acquired by Malaysian timber tycoon Tiong Hiew King (張曉卿) in October 1995. Headquartered at the Ming Pao Industrial Centre (明報工業中心) in Hong Kong’s Chai Wan district with another headquarters in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, the group is chaired by Ms TIONG Choon (張聰). The company reported 5 daily newspapers in 13 editions with “about 1 million” total daily circulation for 2023/24, including Ming Pao, Sin Chew Daily (星洲日報) from 15 January 1929, and other major papers. The group has expanded into digital media and operates over 30 magazines through subsidiaries including Life Magazines and One Media Group Limited.

Cambodia-China Times

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The Cambodia China Times was launched as an online-only digital venture by Phlong Vichet after leaving the Commercial News, not by Ruan Zhiqiang. Vichet, who had worked at Chinese-language newspapers in Cambodia for over a decade, soft-launched the platform in January 2018 to serve the growing Chinese investor and tourist community. The outlet later expanded to include a Khmer-language news application in February 2020. Contrary to earlier claims, no merger occurred with the Commercial News in 2019 – both publications continue to operate independently. The Commercial News (華商日報), founded in 1993 by Pung Kheav Se, chairman of Canadia Bank Group, remains a separate entity. Cambodia China Times has since established cooperation agreements with Chinese media outlets for bilateral media exchange.

Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata

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Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata (ANSA) was founded on January 15, 1945, as Italy’s leading news agency and a not-for-profit cooperative owned by leading Italian news organizations. Headquartered in Rome at Via della Dataria 94, ANSA maintains offices across Italy and internationally in 78 other countries. The organization claims to transmit “more than 3,500 news items and 1,500 photos daily” to Italian media, national institutions, and international organizations. ANSA emerged from Italy’s anti-fascist resistance movement, replacing the fascist Agenzia Stefani after World War II. The agency provides news services in seven languages, including Italian, English, Spanish, German, Portuguese and Arabic, and since 2003 has operated ANSAMed, covering Mediterranean basin countries. ANSA is currently led by President Giulio Anselmi, CEO Stefano De Alessandri, and Editor-in-Chief Luigi Contu.