Television network, Satellite television and Cable television |
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Traded as | (: 2008) |
Industry | Broadcasting & Cable TV |
Founded | 1996 |
Headquarters |
Tai Po, New Territories Hong Kong |
Key people
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Liu Changle (Chairman and chief executive officer), Chui Keung (Deputy chief executive officer, Chief Compliance Officer), Liu Shuang (Chief Operating Officer of Phoenix Satellite TV, CEO of Phoenix New Media) |
Products | Television content, Television programming |
Revenue | HK$1,530,505,000 (2009) |
HK$325,110,000 (2009) | |
HK$299,746,000 (2009) | |
Parent | 21st Century Fox |
Website | [2] |
Phoenix Chinese Channel | |
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Launched | 31 March 1996 |
Owned by | Phoenix Television |
Country | Hong Kong |
Broadcast area | Asiaregion |
Sister channel(s) |
Phoenix InfoNews Channel Phoenix Chinese News and Entertainment Channel Phoenix North America Chinese Channel Phoenix Movies Channel Phoenix Hong Kong Channel |
Availability
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Satellite | |
TVB Network Vision (Hong Kong) | Channel 80 |
Astro (Malaysia) | Channel 312 (SD) |
Cignal (Philippines) |
Channel 165 |
Cable | |
SkyCable (Philippines) | Channel 90 (Phoenix Chinese Channel), Channel 89 (Phoenix InfoNews Channel) |
Destiny Cable (Philippines) | 90 (Phoenix Chinese Channel), Channel 89 (Phoenix InfoNews Channel) |
First Media (Indonesia) | Channel 203 (Phoenix Chinese Channel), Channel 202 (Phonenix InfoNews Channel) |
TrueVisions (Thailand) | Channel 779 (Phonenix InfoNews Channel) |
StarHub TV (Singapore) | Channel 805 (HD) |
Cable TV Hong Kong (Hong Kong) | Channel 20 |
Macau Cable TV (Macau) | Channel 314 |
Cablelink (Philippines) | Channel 250 |
IPTV | |
Now TV (Hong Kong) | Channel 548 |
Phoenix Chinese Channel | |||||||
Traditional Chinese | 鳳凰衛視中文台 | ||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 凤凰卫视中文台 | ||||||
Hanyu Pinyin | Fènghuáng Wèishì Zhōngwén Tái | ||||||
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Transcriptions | |
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Standard Mandarin | |
Hanyu Pinyin | Fènghuáng Wèishì Zhōngwén Tái |
Phoenix Television | |||||||
Traditional Chinese | 鳳凰衛視 | ||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 凤凰卫视 | ||||||
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Transcriptions | |
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Standard Mandarin | |
Hanyu Pinyin | Fènghuáng Wèishì |
Phoenix Satellite Television Holdings Ltd or Phoenix Television is a Hong Kong–based Mandarin and Cantonese-language television broadcaster that serves the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong along with other markets with substantial Chinese viewers. It has six different television channels, including Phoenix InfoNews Channel, Phoenix Chinese Channel, Phoenix Movies Channel, and Phoenix Hong Kong Channel. Phoenix Television provides news, information, and entertainment programmes.
Phoenix is one of the few private broadcasters permitted to broadcast in mainland China.
The company's head office is located in Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong, and it also has correspondents offices in Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen. The Shenzhen office is said to be responsible for one half of the TV programs' production.
Phoenix started Phoenix Chinese Channel on 31 March 1996. During these years, the development of satellite allowed them to expand their broadcast to 53 countries and regions with more than 20 million viewers worldwide, of which more than 62% are Chinese-speaking people. It now covers over 150 countries and regions around the world with an estimated 300 million audience, among which, over 42 million households with more than 150 million viewers are from the Mainland China.
Phoenix Chinese Channel, Phoenix Movies Channel and Phoenix InfoNews Channel are broadcasting via cable in Hong Kong and via satellite to Taiwan, mainland China and other regions globally.
The Phoenix InfoNews Channel was established on 1 January 2001. It was the first Chinese-language channel that covered news from the regions of Greater China, including mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. There is 24-hour broadcasting on financial news, stock market information as well as news headlines worldwide. In addition, it provides comments and analysis prepared by analysts on current issues and topics.
In January 2003, the Chinese State Administration of Radio, Films and Television (SARFT) (中國國家廣播電影電視總局) granted landing rights (落地權) to Phoenix InfoNews Channel, making it one of the few non-government owned television broadcasters in mainland China.
The Phoenix CNE channel was founded to broadcast in Europe, and the Phoenix North America Chinese Channel established to broadcast in the Americas. In 2005 California-based broadcast and engineering director Tai Wang Mak was arrested for conspiring with his brother, Chi Mak, to act as an intelligence agent for China. A 10-year prison sentence was announced in 2008.