Teledifusão de Macau
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Teledifusão de Macau is a radio
Radio network
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-television network
Television network
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 serving the Chinese special administrative region of Macao
Mação
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. It was established on 1 January 1982 during Portugese administration.

TDM offers 24-hour analogue radio
Radio
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 services under the callsign of Rádio Macau, in Portuguese
Portuguese language
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 on 98.0 MHz FM and Cantonese and Mandarin on 100.7 MHz FM.

It also offers terrestrial analogue television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...

 services: Canal Macau
Canal Macau
Canal Macau is a Portuguese-language television channel in Macau owned by Teledifusão de Macau and together with its sister Cantonese language station has Macau TV....

(Channel Macau) in Portuguese, and Macau TV
Macau TV
Macau TV is a Macanese television channel transmitting in Cantonese language. It is owned by Teledifusão de Macau and together with its sister Portuguese language station has Canal Macau.Transmissions are divided into three major blocks...

(Chinese
Chinese language
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:澳門電視台 Pinyin
Pinyin
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: ào mén diàn shì tái) in Cantonese and Mandarin.

Overview

TDM is the company responsible for the provision of public radio and television broadcasting in open signal in the Macao Special Administrative Region. The company was founded on January 1, 1982 under the name of the Society of Television and Broadcasting of Macao was a Portuguese state-owned enterprise with independent management. However, in August 1988 after he had transferred 49.5% of its shares to a private group, became a public company of mixed economy and call themselves Broadcasting of Macao. TDM is privately-owned as of September 2010.

TDM is the only company responsible for the provision of public radio and television, creating channels in Chinese and Portuguese TV and radio signal open in Macao. But most Macao residents also receive broadcasts from other sources, including both TVB
Television Broadcasts Limited
Television Broadcasts Limited, commonly known as TVB, is the second over-the-air commercial television station in Hong Kong. It commenced broadcasting on 19 November 1967...

 and ATV
Asia Television Limited
Asia Television Limited is one of the two free-to-air television broadcasters in Hong Kong, the other being rival Television Broadcasts Limited . It launched in 1957 under the name Rediffusion Television as the first television station in Hong Kong...

 in Hong Kong, which is accessible in most parts of Macao. The ratings for TDM would suffer as a result. In 2007, these subsidies amounted to nearly 73 million Patacas, while the revenue was valued at about 36 million Patacas. The cost of the company is large, so TDM presented in 2007 only one positive result of 45 thousand Patacas. In late 2007, the company had 371 employees.

Brief History

After the transition of Macau to China (1999), the vast majority of its communications vehicles are produced in Cantonese and Mandarin. Currently, TDM operates "TV Macau" (founded in May 1984) and "Radio Macau" (founded 1930).

In one of the channels, TDM displays programs in Portuguese coming from the retransmission of RTP Internacional, plus some local news that typically last about 15 minutes. On Sunday mornings, the Catholic mass is broadcasted live at the Igreja da Sé. TDM also maintains a radio channel in Portuguese, "Radio Macau" with a broadcast of its own production from 7h to 20h. Since that time, Radio broadcasts in the programming of chain-RDP Antena 1. Radio Macau sends twelve o'clock local news, in addition to music programs and information throughout the 13 hours of issuance itself.

In 2008, it was confirmed that the TDM will broadcast live the Olympic Games in Beijing and will focus more on the production itself.

Transmissions

Local programmes on the Portuguese service of Rádio Macau begins from 07:00 to 20:00 on weekdays, and from 08:00 to 20:00 at weekends. Programmes from RDP
Rádio e Televisão de Portugal
Rádio e Televisão de Portugal, S.A.,commonly known as RTP, is Portugal's public service broadcasting organization. It operates four terrestrial television channels and three national radio channels, as well as several satellite and cable offerings....

 Antena 1
RDP Antena 1
Antena 1 is one of the three national radio channels produced by the Portuguese public broadcasting entity Rádio e Televisão de Portugal, the others being Antena 2 and Antena 3....

 are relayed for the rest of the time.

The Cantonese and Mandarin service of Rádio Macau is also 24-hours, with total local programme outputs.

Local programmes on Canal Macau broadcast from around 19:00 on weekdays until 01:00, and longer hours at weekends. Programmes from Portugal
Portugal
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's RTP
Rádio e Televisão de Portugal
Rádio e Televisão de Portugal, S.A.,commonly known as RTP, is Portugal's public service broadcasting organization. It operates four terrestrial television channels and three national radio channels, as well as several satellite and cable offerings....

 Internacional
RTP Internacional
RTP Internacional is the international television service of Rádio e Televisão de Portugal, the Portuguese public broadcaster...

 are usually relayed for other times, except for football matches. The Catholic
Catholic
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 Mass is broadcast live on Sunday mornings at the Igreja da Sé. These make Canal Macau a 24-hour television service.

Transmissions of Macau TV Station are divided into three major blocks. Breakfast news is broadcast from 07:15 to 09:00 on Mondays to Saturdays; afternoon and prime time programmes from around 12:30 until about 01:30. Transmissions may begin earlier on Sundays, and are longer for live coverage of matches such as the English FA Premier League
FA Premier League
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 or the Italian Football Championship
Italian Football Championship
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. At other times when programmes are not transmitted, continuous financial information from Reuters
Reuters
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 will be displayed, with the broadcast of Rádio Macau on 100.7 MHz FM as the background sound.

As of September 2010, Macau TV
Macau TV
Macau TV is a Macanese television channel transmitting in Cantonese language. It is owned by Teledifusão de Macau and together with its sister Portuguese language station has Canal Macau.Transmissions are divided into three major blocks...

 broadcasts local news under the TDM News branding in Cantonese, Mandarin, and English. TDM also broadcasts news in Portuguese on Canal Macau
Canal Macau
Canal Macau is a Portuguese-language television channel in Macau owned by Teledifusão de Macau and together with its sister Cantonese language station has Macau TV....

.

Channels

  • Canal Macau
    Canal Macau
    Canal Macau is a Portuguese-language television channel in Macau owned by Teledifusão de Macau and together with its sister Cantonese language station has Macau TV....

  • TDM Ou Mun
    Macau TV
    Macau TV is a Macanese television channel transmitting in Cantonese language. It is owned by Teledifusão de Macau and together with its sister Portuguese language station has Canal Macau.Transmissions are divided into three major blocks...

  • TDM HD
  • TDM Macau Satéllite
  • TDM Vida
  • TDM Desporto

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