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Entity Type: PRC Media Company

Ya Zhou Wen Hua Enterprises Limited (HK)

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Ya Zhou Wen Hua Enterprises Ltd (was created in 1980. The Hong Kong-based corporation also controls the Nouvelle d’Europe (European Times), a newspaper and online media conglomerate which is connected to the United Front Work Department of the Chinese Communist Party and is core to the PRC’s media network building and external communication, particularly in Europe. According to Hong Kong registration documents sourced by the CMP research team, all five shareholders of the Hong Kong corporation have ties to the United Front Work Department or the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office. 

StarTimes Media Co. Ltd

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StarTimes Media Co. Ltd is a Chinese electronics and media company founded in 1988 by Chinese engineer Pang Xinxing (龐新星). The company, with a strong presence in Sub-Saharan Africa, offers digital terrestrial and satellite television services while providing technologies to countries transitioning from analog to digital television. As of 2024, StarTimes established “a network transmission platform covering 45 countries and 1.2 billion people in Sub-Saharan Africa” and became “the only operator providing paid-long video services in English, French, and Portuguese-speaking regions of Africa simultaneously.” In 2018, the company began implementing the “Access to satellite TV for 10,000 African villages” project, which it described as a “China-Africa cooperation project aimed at giving rural areas of Africa access to digital media.”