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Vietnam
Hanoi Radio-Television (Đài Phát thanh - Truyền hình Hà Nội), was established on October 14, 1954, as the official broadcast network of Vietnam's capital city. According to Vietnamese government sources, regional television stations operate in major Vietnamese cities, including Hanoi, with each of Vietnam's 61 provinces maintaining its own television channel under state oversight. The station initially operated as a fixed radio station with basic technical facilities. The network operates within Vietnam's state media system, which is
China
The Guangxi Autonomous Region Radio and Television Bureau is the provincial-level government agency responsible for managing broadcast media and internet audiovisual content in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region under the oversight of the National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA). The NRTA was established in March 2018 as a ministry-level executive agency controlled by the Central Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist Party. The bureau operates under dual leadership from both the provincial CCP committee and the national NRTA, implementing policies for broadcast media regulation, content…
Brazil
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 owne…
China
The Sichuan International Communication Center, established in March 2022 by the Sichuan Daily Press Group (四川日報報業集團), describes itself as a provincial hub for international media outreach. Officials say the center "covers more than 20 million overseas users" and operates what they call their "flagship video platform" (旗艦視頻平台) "Inspiration China" (灵感中国). The center says it focuses on distributing content about Sichuan culture, tourism, cuisine, gaming, and traditional medicine through what it terms "multi-modal, lightweight video products" (多模態、輕量化視頻). Officials claim the center has developed partnerships with "over 500 international content creators" and "more than 50 international organ…
Chile
Radio Cooperativa, founded on February 17, 1935, and headquartered in Santiago, Chile, is a news radio station operated by Compañía Chilena de Comunicaciones S.A. The station gained prominence for opposing the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship (1973-1990) and denouncing its human rights violations at a time when such reports were federally suppressed. The broadcaster, which maintains historic ties to Chile's Christian Democratic Party, operates on AM frequencies 660 and 1140/1150 kHz. …
Thailand
Matichon is a major Thai-language daily newspaper founded by progressive writers in 1978, when Thailand was emerging from authoritarian rule following the October 6, 1976 Massacre. The newspaper positions itself as a quality, upmarket publication with a strong focus on politics, distinguishing itself from sensationalist mass-circulation papers. With a circulation of approximately 120,000 in 1997, Matichon became one of Thailand's most politically influential newspapers alongside Thai Rath. Since the late 2000s, the publication has
Bangladesh
Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS), the country's national news agency, was launched on January 1, 1972. The Dhaka bureau of the Associated Press of Pakistan was turned into the national news agency of the new country following the Bangladesh Liberation War. Beginning with a small staff in the head office in Dhaka and a bureau in Chittagong, BSS now has bureaus in Rajshahi, Rangpur, Bagura, Khulna, Barishal, Rangamati, and Sylhet, with correspondents in all 64 administrative districts. The agency functions almost around the clock to disseminate national, international, political, economic, development, and other news to nearly 50 subscriber…
Thailand
The Sing Sian Yer Pao, also known as The Sing Sian Yer Pao Daily News, is a Chinese-language newspaper based in Bangkok, Thailand, founded on June 23, 1950. Originally published in traditional Chinese characters, it switched to simplified Chinese after 2010. In November 2013, the newspaper formed a partnership with China's Southern Media Group. As of February 2016, the paper was priced at 5 baht in Bangkok and 6 baht elsewhere in Thailand. The newspaper operates from its headquarters on Silom Road in Bangkok's Samphanthawong district, continuing its long tradition of serving Thailand's Chinese-language readers.…
Spain
Spain’s Ministry of Culture is the governmental body responsible for promoting and safeguarding the nation’s cultural assets. Its responsibilities encompass the preservation of historical heritage, oversight of museums and archives, and support for the arts, literature, cinema, audiovisual media, and libraries. Created in May 1977 through Royal Decree 1558/1977 during Spain’s transition to democracy, the ministry is meant to advance Spanish-language culture on the world stage.…
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Mirror is a Colombo-based bilingual news website founded in November 2010. It describes itself as "a reliable, unbiased and reputed news company" dedicated to reporting news in Sri Lanka "in an unbiased manner," and says its website is registered with Sri Lanka's Ministry of Mass Media. The outlet covers local and foreign news, arts, features, sports, and business, and operates under the tagline "Right To Know, Power To Change." In April 2025, Sri Lanka Mirror launched a dedicated channel for Let's Meet, an English-language program produced by Chongqing's Weste…
Thailand
The Bangkok Post, founded on August 1, 1946, is Thailand's oldest English-language newspaper still in publication. Published in broadsheet and digital formats, it maintains a daily circulation of 110,000 copies with 80 percent distributed in Bangkok. The newspaper was established by former OSS officer Alexander MacDonald and Thai associate Prasit Lulitanond (ประสิทธิ์ ลุลิตานนท์), initially selling for one baht per four-page issue. Now owned by Bangkok Post Public Company Limited (SET: POST), whose major shareholders include the Chirathivat family, South China Morning Post, and GMM Grammy, the publication employs…
Taiwan
Convergence Media Group (匯流傳媒集團), also known as CMG, is a Taipei-based digital media and data analytics group founded in 2016 by Wu Shih-chang (吳世昌), who serves as chair. Its core outlet is CNEWS (匯流新聞網), a digital news portal covering politics, technology, healthcare, finance, and cross-strait affairs. According to the group's corporate profile, CMG integrates news production, public opinion polling, big data analytics, video production, and integrated marketing under a single structure, describing itself as one of the few Taiwan-based digital media groups to combine t…
Taiwan
The Taiwan Shin Sheng Daily News (台灣新生報), or TSSD News, is a Taipei-based daily newspaper founded on October 25, 1945, making it, by its own account, the oldest continuously published newspaper in Taiwan. According to the paper's own history, it was established as the successor to the Japanese colonial-era Taiwan Shinpō (台灣新報), whose assets were received on behalf of the Taiwan Provincial Administrative Executive Office (台灣省行政長官公署), the ROC governing body that administered Taiw…
Taiwan
National Broadcasting Company (全國廣播公司), also known as M Radio, is a privately operated FM radio station incorporated on June 1, 1994, and first broadcast on December 23, 1994, broadcasting on FM 106.1 from its headquarters in Taichung's West District. The station claims it was the first medium-power commercial FM station to begin broadcasting after Taiwan's
China, Taiwan
The Taiwan China Journalism Society (台灣中國新聞學會) and the All-China Journalists Association (中華全國新聞工作者協會), or ACJA, co-organized the 30th Cross-Strait University Students Journalism Camp, held August 19-29, 2024, across Inner Mongolia and Beijing. Approximately 200 students from 18 universities on both sides of the strait participated, the largest cohort since the camp began in 2004. An official Chinese Communist Party-led press group that plays a key part in controls on journalism and media, the ACJA arranged visits to the official media conglom…
Taiwan
Gala Television (八大電視公司), also known as GTV, is a nationwide cable television network in Taiwan established on June 13, 1997, and headquartered at 455 Ruiguang Road, Neihu District, Taipei. According to the company's about page, it launched initially as GTV International Communications Co., Ltd. (八大國際傳播股份有限公司), operating two channels, GTV27 (GTV One) and GTV28 (GTV Variety). It was renamed Gala Television Co., Ltd. in 2001 and established a dedicated drama channel, GTV Drama (八大戲劇台), in 2000 and an entertainment channel in 2006. The company underwent a series of ownership changes: it was acquired by MBK Partners in 2008, sold to EQ…
Taiwan
Formosa Plastics Group (台塑企業), also known as FPG, is a Taiwan-based industrial conglomerate founded in 1954 by brothers Wang Yung-ching (王永慶) and Wang Yung-tsai (王永在) in Kaohsiung. According to the group's corporate introduction, it began as the world's smallest polyvinyl chloride (PVC) factory, with a daily production capacity of four tons, and expanded over seven decades into a conglomerate of more than 100 companies. Core subsidiaries include Formosa Plastics Corp. (台灣塑膠公司), Nan Ya Plastics Corp. (南亞塑膠公司), Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Corp. (台灣化學纖維公司), Formosa Petrochemical Corp. (台塑石化公…
Taiwan
Eastern Group (東森集團) is a Taipei-based conglomerate founded in 1975 as Far Eastern Silo Co., Ltd., initially operating grain storage and port facilities at the ports of Kaohsiung and Taichung. The group entered the media industry in 1991 by establishing what became Eastern Broadcasting Co., Ltd., and has since expanded into e-commerce, digital media, beauty and wellness, insurance, and logistics. Its principal subsidiaries include Eastern Media International Corporation, the home shopping channel ETMall, and the digital news platform
Taiwan
United Daily News (聯合報) is a Taipei-based daily broadsheet newspaper founded on September 16, 1951, by Wang Ti-wu (王惕吾) as a merger of three papers: the Popular Daily (全民日報), the National Daily (民族報), and the Economic Times (經濟時報). It is the flagship publication of the United Daily News Group (聯合報系), whose other publications include the Economic Daily News (經濟日報), founded on April 20, 1967, and the World Journal (世界日報), founded in 1976 and described by the group as the largest Chinese-language newspaper in North Amer…
Taiwan
Meihua Media Group (梅花媒體集團) is a Taipei-based digital media group incorporated in October 2023 as Meihua Media Cultural Enterprises Co., Ltd. (梅花媒體文化事業股份有限公司). The group was founded by Wujue Miaotian (悟覺妙天), a Chan Buddhist master who self-describes as the 85th Chan Patriarch since Shakyamuni Buddha and who has a longstanding record of involvement in pan-Blue politics in Taiwan, who serves as chair, and Wang Cho-chung (王綽中), former president of the China Times (中國時報), who served as president as of February 20…
