Canal Macau
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (February 2024) |
| Country | China |
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| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Portuguese and English |
| Picture format | 16:9 |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Teledifusão de Macau, S.A. |
| History | |
| Launched | 13 May 1984 17 September 1990 (standalone service) |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Analogue | Variable by district |
| Digital | Variable by district |
Canal Macau is a Portuguese-language television channel broadcast in Macau, China.[1] Both Canal Macau and its sister, Cantonese language station TDM Ou Mun, are owned by TDM.
Local programmes usually broadcast daily from 4:00 pm to 1:00 am Macau Time (Except Sunday from 3:00 pm Macau Time for RTP África's África 7 Dias, a weekly news programme from Lusophone countries in Africa).[2] As a result, programmes from RTP Internacional (Asia-Pacific feed) are usually relayed for other time schedules (with the exception of football matches). In addition, The Catholic Mass broadcasts live on Sunday mornings from the Igreja da Sé. Together, these programmes make Canal Macau a 24-hour television service.
History
[edit]Until 1984, Macao had no television station. Viewers depended on TVB and ATV, whose target audience was Hong Kong, and did not meet local necessities. The colonial government also lacked a television outlet to air political propaganda in its favor.[3]
TDM started television broadcasts on a single UHF channel (channel 30 from Guia Mountain) in Portuguese and Cantonese, with the nightly schedule, 18:00 to 23:00 every evening, being divided between the two languages. At the end of 1984, it started producing new television content, including a horse-pulled car racing tournament and the funeral of Ho Yin. On 18 November, it aired the Macao Grand Prix with TVB, and on 13 April 1987, the signing of the Luso-Chinese agremeent live by satellite.[3]
After the restructuring of TDM into a public-private company, the channel's airtime increased significantly from 1 July 1989: from 07:00 to 21:00, it aired the Cantonese service, while from 21:00 to 00:00, it aired the Portuguese service. Beginning 17 September 1990, the Cantonese programming moved to its own channel, while the existing channel was renamed TDM Canal 1 and became the standalone Portuguese channel.
By 2003, Canal 1 was broadcasting 24 hours a day. On 29 March 2007, the channel was renamed Canal Macau, its current name.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "About TDM". TDM. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
- ^ "TDM". www.tdm.com.mo. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ a b c A Televisão de Macau
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