Dragon Television

Dragon Television
CountryPeople's Republic of China
Broadcast areaNational
International
HeadquartersShanghai
Programming
Picture format1080i (HDTV)
Ownership
OwnerShanghai Media Group
History
LaunchedOctober 1, 1998 (as Shanghai Television)
Availability
Streaming media
Sling TVInternet Protocol television

Shanghai Dragon Television or Dragon TV (Chinese: 东方卫视; pinyin: Dōngfāng Wèishì; lit. 'Eastern satellite channel'), commonly nicknamed the Tomato Channel (蕃茄台) based on its logo, is a provincial satellite TV station. It launched in October 1998 as "Shanghai Television" but changed its name to Dragon Television on October 23, 2003.[1] Currently, Dragon TV's signal covers most of Mainland China and worldwide. From September 28, 2009, the channel used standard high-definition broadcast.

  1. ^ "Shanghai plans all English TV channel" People's Daily Online. 23 October 2003. Retrieved 2012-10-01