TDM (Macau)

Teledifusão de Macau S.A.
澳門廣播電視股份有限公司
Type Broadcast radio and television network
Country Macau, China
Availability Macau and Zhuhai
Owner Government of Macau
Launch date
 January 1, 1982 (television)
Official website
 http://www.tdm.com.mo/
Teledifusão de Macau (TDM)

TDM Headquarter at Rua de Francisco Xavier Pereira, Macau
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 澳門廣播電視股份有限公司
Simplified Chinese 澳门广播电视股份有限公司
Portuguese name
Portuguese Teledifusão de Macau S.A.

Teledifusão de Macau (TDM; Chinese: 澳廣視) is the first over-the-air radio and television network in Macau. It was established on 1 January 1982 during Portuguese administration. TDM offers two 24-hour radio services a Cantonese and a Portuguese channel) and it also offers television services 1 Cantonese, 1 Portuguese, 1 sports, 1 news, 1 HDTV and 1 international channel.

Radio Transmissions

Rádio Macau offers two channels, in Portuguese on FM 98.0 MHz and Cantonese on FM 100.7 MHz.

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 Antena 1 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.

Television Transmissions

It also offers analogue terrestrial television services: TDM Ou Mun in Cantonese and Mandarin, Canal Macau in Portuguese, TDM Desporto (for sports), TDM Informação (for news), TDM HD (for high-definition television) and TDM Macau Satéllite for international broadcast. It also carry three CCTV channels (CCTV-13, CCTV-News, and CCTV-9) along with Strait Television and Hunan TV World.

Local programmes on Canal Macau broadcast from around 13:00 on weekdays until 01:00, and longer hours at weekends. TDM's news bulletin (TDM News), is broadcast in Cantonese and Mandarin on "TDM Ou Mun", and in Portuguese and English on "Canal Macau".

Programmes from Portugal's RTP Internacional are usually relayed for other times, except for football matches. The Catholic Mass is broadcast live on Sunday mornings at the Igreja da Sé. These make Canal Macau a 24-hour channel. TDM Ou Mun broadcasts from 7:00 am (9:00 on Sundays) to 2:00 am next day, with simulcast of CCTV-13 filling rest of the time.

Transmissions of TDM Desporto may begin earlier on Sundays, and are longer for live coverage of football matches such as the English Premier League or the Spanish Liga. At other times when programmes are not transmitted, still image of TDM Desporto logo will be displayed with the background sound of Rádio Macau on FM 100.7 MHz.

Channels

Ch № Channel Channel content Transmission Format Launch Date Website
91TDM Ou MunFree-to-air in CantoneseAnalog & DigitalSDTV17 September 1990Website
92Canal MacauFree-to-air in PortugueseAnalog & DigitalSDTV17 September 1990Website
93TDM DesportoSportsDigitalSDTV9 October 2009Website
94TDM InformaçãoNewsDigitalSDTV3 September 2012Website
95TDM HDHDTV of TDM Ou Mun or TDM DesportoDigitalHDTV15 July 2008Website
96TDM Macau SatélliteInternationalSatelliteSDTV1 October 2009Website
72CCTV-13Live broadcast of CCTVDigitalSDTV1 October 2009Website
73CCTV-NewsLive broadcast of CCTVDigitalSDTV15 July 2010Website
74CCTV-9Live broadcast of CCTVDigitalSDTV1 November 2011Website
75Strait TelevisionLive broadcast of FMGDigitalSDTV1 April 2011Website
76Hunan TV WorldLive broadcast of HBSDigitalSDTV15 July 2010Website

See also

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