Hunan Television or Hunan TV (simplified Chinese: 湖南卫视; traditional Chinese: 湖南衞視; pinyin: Húnán Wèishì) is a state-owned provincial satellite TV station launched on September 29, 1970. It is currently China's second-most-watched television channel,[1] second to China Central Television's CCTV-1, although Hunan TV has occasionally overtaken CCTV-1 in ratings.[2]
 Hunan Television headquarters | |
| Country | China |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | China, Macau, Hong Kong, and the ROC-controlled Taiwan Area |
| Network | Hunan Broadcasting System (HBS) |
| Headquarters | Changsha |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Mandarin |
| Picture format | SDTV 576i/480p (1970.9.29–2016.8.31) HDTV 1080i (2009.9.28–present) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Hunan Broadcasting System |
| History | |
| Launched | 29 September 1970 |
| Links | |
| Website | Official website |
Owned by Hunan Broadcasting System, Hunan TV's signal covers most of China, including Macau, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. It is also broadcast overseas as Hunan STV World in Japan, India, Nepal, South Korea, Southeast Asia, Tajikistan, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, Fiji, Australia, and parts of Africa, the Americas, and Europe.[citation needed] The channel has broadcast in high-definition since September 28, 2009. The appearance of its logo has resulted in the nickname of Mango TV.[citation needed]
History
editOn December 15, 2006, Hunan TV collaborated with BBC to broadcast “Just the Two of Us”—the first entertainment collaboration between Chinese television and the BBC on a global scale.[3]
On May 20, 2009, Hunan TV World launched in Hong Kong.[4] It was the first permitted "international channel." Aria Jin served as the host of "Shoot, Brother!"[5][verification needed]
In 2015, because of changes to the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television's policies, HSTV changed prime-time broadcasts to show 2 episodes per night instead of 3 and changed the start of air time from 19:30 to 20:00. It is the only channel besides CCTV that airs drama at 22:00.[6]
Reception
editBy 2013, HSTV had broadcast to over 1 billion viewers in China, with 358 million showing approval for HSTV programming. There are approximately 210 million daily viewers. Online, HSTV's platform has 730 million views.[7][8]
In 2017, the Hunan Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party criticized Hunan TV for chasing ratings, saying that "they have failed to fulfill the mission of being a mouthpiece of the Party." They also claimed that the channel is a "platform for gay entertainment," that its female guests show too much skin, that it advertises fake products, and that it trades social benefits for economic ones.[9][10]
Notable programs
editReferences
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- ^ "湖南卫视年终晒业绩 09全年收视全国第二" China News Service (CNS). 28 January 2010. Retrieved 2012-10-23
- ^ De Burgh, Hugo; Rong, Zeng; Siming, Chen (2012-01-01). "Chinese television 'internationalization' and the search for creativity". Creative Industries Journal. 4 (2): 137–154. doi:10.1386/cij.4.2.137_1. ISSN 1751-0694. S2CID 143778962.
- ^ "湖南卫视国际频道21日正式开播_湖南卫视". zixun.hunantv.com. Archived from the original on 2009-05-23. Retrieved 2017-04-20.
- ^ 只卖地道湖南农产品 《出手吧，兄弟！》2小时卖货超亿元, Huasheng Online (in Chinese), 8 June 2020
- ^ "湖南卫视2月启动创新编排 金鹰剧场周间八点见_湖南卫视". zixun.hunantv.com. Archived from the original on 2015-02-15. Retrieved 2017-04-20.
- ^ "湖南卫视覆盖人口已达10亿 观众忠诚度走高护航招商会_湖南卫视". zixun.hunantv.com. Archived from the original on 2015-02-18. Retrieved 2017-04-20.
- ^ "湖南卫视本周四落地宁波 新年强档节目陆续登场_娱乐_腾讯网". ent.qq.com (in Chinese (China)). Archived from the original on 2017-04-21. Retrieved 2017-04-20.
- ^ Feng, Jiayun (2017-09-04). "Hunan TV slammed for chasing ratings". MCLC Resource Center. Archived from the original on 2023-02-04. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
- ^ 澎湃新闻 (2017-09-01). "湖南广电巡视整改:有同志娱乐立台思想根深蒂固". news.sina.com.cn (in Chinese). Sina Corporation. Archived from the original on 2023-02-04. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
- ^ a b "2018年湖南卫视综艺节目有哪些_最新好看的综艺编排". 九号下载咨询. Archived from the original on 13 January 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2019.