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Portugal
Global Media Group, formerly known as Controlinveste Media and Lusomundo Media, is a Portuguese media conglomerate headquartered in Lisbon, founded in July 2014. The company owns two of Portugal's oldest newspapers: Diário de Notícias and Jornal de Notícias, as well as the sports daily O Jogo, and the TSF radio station. In recent years, the group has faced financial difficulties, with losses reaching €7 million in 2023. Global Media Group is one of Portugal's major media conglomerates, con…
Austria
OKTO is a community television station based in Vienna, Austria, that has operated since autumn 2005, allowing the public to create and broadcast their own content using free production facilities and airtime. The non-profit station is financed by the Austrian Regulatory Authority for Broadcasting and Telecommunications (RTR). …
Italy
Milano Pavia TV is an Italian local television broadcaster serving the northern Province of Pavia and the Milan metropolitan area. Originally launched as telePAVIA in February 2010, the station focused on local news, sports, culture, and events across Pavia Province. In February 2019, the broadcaster rebranded as Milano Pavia TV to expand its coverage to include Milan city and the southern Milan area. The station operates two daily news editions covering both territories and positions itself as an independent, non-partisan source of local information. …
Cyprus
LIMEX is a Cyprus-based streaming platform opened in February 2020. The platform provides live television channels from multiple countries across web platforms, offering content in over eight languages, including English, Portuguese, Spanish, German, and Arabic. LIMEX claims over 100 million downloads worldwide with presence in Nigeria, Brazil, Turkey, Germany, and Egypt. The company operates through official distribution agreements with broadcasters and content owners on a revenue-sharing model for advertising inventory, marketing regional variations of its service under different brand names, including
France
RMC BFM is a French media company founded in 2000 by businessman Alain Weill. The group operates major French media properties, including the rolling news channel BFM TV, the radio station RMC, and various regional news networks.…
United Kingdom
Propeller TV (普羅派樂衛視) is an Anglo-Chinese television channel that launched in February 2006 on Sky's satellite platform, delivering Chinese-related content on culture, lifestyle, and entertainment to UK English-speaking audiences. The channel was acquired in 2009 by Beijing-based marketing company Beijing Xijing Advertising Co., Ltd. (北京西京廣告有限公司), led by businessman Ye Maoxi (葉茂西), who said that he would use the station as a "propaganda platf…
United Kingdom
StagePlayer+ is a UK-based subscription streaming platform that also offers international news channels. The company was founded in December 2019 and launched its news streaming service in January 2021. Among its initial 15-channel lineup was CGTN, the English-language international channel of China Central Television (CCTV), the state-run broadcaster under the China Media Group (CMG). CGTN had its UK broadcast license revo…
China
Beijing Xijing Advertising Co., Ltd. (北京西京廣告有限公司) is a Chinese advertising and commercial services company founded in December 1994 and based in Beijing's Chaoyang District. The firm provides advertising design, production, and distribution, digital advertising services, property management, and equipment rental services. Wenzhou native entrepreneur Ye Maoxi (葉茂西) serves as chairman of Xijing Group, which in 2009 acquired UK satellite television station Propeller TV with plans to use the platform to promote Chinese culture and products in Europe.
France
Dailymotion is a French video-sharing and streaming platform founded in 2005. The company operates three main divisions: a consumer video app, Dailymotion Pro for professional video hosting and broadcasting, and Dailymotion Advertising. …
France
CMA CGM Group is a French shipping and logistics company founded in Marseille in 1978. In 2024, CMA Media completed a major expansion by acquiring French news channels BFM TV, BFM Business, and radio station RMC, extending its presence across digital, audiovisual, print, and business-to-business event platforms.…
Portugal
Iris FM is a regional radio station founded on December 1, 1985. Operating as an independent broadcaster, Iris FM provides news, music, and opinion programming across the southern Benavente municipality with an emphasis on editorial independence from political parties and local government. The station has expanded its operations to include a news website and podcast distribution of its programs. According to its editorial team, the station was established to serve the information needs of the southern Benavente region, …
China, United Kingdom, United States
On June 12, 2024, Xinhua News Agency President Fu Hua (傅華) met with Associated Press President and CEO Daisy Veerasingham and Reuters President Paul Bascobert in New York. Fu and Veerasingham signed a new cooperation agreement on news and information services, and both sides discussed artificial intelligence's impact on media and Olympic coverage. Fu expressed hope for strengthening cooperation with Reuters on emerging technologies and international news services, noting the partnership between the two agencies dating back to 1957. While Xinhua
China, Myanmar, Pakistan, Thailand
On October 14, 2024, Xinhua News Agency and the Xinjiang regional government co-hosted the 6th World Media Summit in Urumqi, China, with over 500 participants from 106 countries and regions attending, according to Xinhua. The summit focused on "Artificial Intelligence and Media Transformation." Organizers arranged a tour of Xinjiang for attendees, which Xinhua documented in vlogs featuring media representatives from Thailand, Pakistan, and Myanmar describing their positive impressions of the region. China faces…
China, France, United Kingdom, United States
On October 12, 2024, representatives from Xinhua News Agency, Reuters, the Associated Press, and Agence France-Presse convened in Beijing for a high-level meeting among the four agencies. This was the second dialogue event hosted by Xinhua since the December 2023 inaugural meeting. Unlike the first meeting, which included top executives, the October gathering featured senior officials rather than agency leaders. According to
Thailand
InfoQuest is a media intelligence company and news agency, established in 1990 by founder and chairman Jalthong Patamapongs, a former executive at Thomson Reuters Thailand who previously led Thailand's Agricultural Futures Exchange. The company offers media monitoring solutions across social, online, and traditional media platforms from thousands of domestic and international sources, alongside press release distribution services to local and global media outlets. InfoQuest operates a real-time …
Singapore
Dataxet is a regional media intelligence holding founded in 2020 by a group of entrepreneurs and headquartered in Singapore. The company provides AI-powered integrated platforms and insight solutions for marketing and public relations professionals across Southeast Asia. The company operates under the brand Dataxet with its DXT360 platform offering social listening — software that tracks and analyzes online conversations about brands, industries, and competitors — alongside media monitoring and analytics services. Dataxet has
China, Singapore
China's National Data Administration (国家数据局), the Chongqing Municipal Government (重庆市人民政府) and Singapore's Infocomm Media Development Authority (资讯通信媒体发展局) signed a memorandum of understanding on December 15, 2025, to jointly build a digital Land and Sea Corridor (数字陆海新通道), deepening cooperation under the China-Singapore Strategic Connectivity Initiative. The agreement establishes collaboration in three key areas: digital connectivity and cross-border data flows within agreed regulatory frameworks; joint research and application of artificial intelligence, blockchain and big data technologies; and digital talent exchange through workshops, skills certification and training programs. The M…
China, France
On January 18, 2024, the Paris-based global news agency Agence France-Presse (AFP) and China’s official Xinhua News Agency signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Beijing. According to Xinhua, the two agencies agreed to jointly hold photo exhibitions in Beijing and Paris in 2024 to celebrate the 60th anniversary of China-France diplomatic relations. They also discussed coverage of the Paris 2024 Olympics. Xinhua characterized AFP as "one of the first Western news agencies to establish a fr…
China, France
On July 25, 2018, Les Échos published an article by Chinese Ambassador to France Zhai Jun (翟隽) titled "China's Position on Avoiding a Global Trade War," following the 20th China-EU Leaders' Meeting held on July 16, 2018 in Beijing. In the article, Zhai accused the United States of "implementing protectionism under the banner of its own priorities" and characterized US actions as "wielding the tariff bludgeon," claiming these measures "forced China to retaliate." The ambassador's commentary addressed the trade disputes triggered when President Trump
China, France
On September 12, 2017, Xinhua News Agency President Cai Mingzhao (蔡名照) met with Agence France-Presse (AFP) President Emmanuel Hoog in Beijing to discuss cooperation in new media development, photography, short videos, financial information, and technology services. The meeting marked the 60th anniversary of news exchange agreements between the two agencies, which began in 1957. Cai expressed hopes to "increase communications and cooperation." At the same time, AFP’s president said that the agencies had "maintained long-term cooperative relations" and hoped to "share more experiences in the f…
