Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps Radio and Television ( zh, s=新疆生产建设兵团广播电视台) is a provincial
satellite television
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station in
Xinjiang
Xinjiang, SASM/GNC: ''Xinjang''; zh, c=, p=Xīnjiāng; formerly romanized as Sinkiang (, ), officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC), located in the northwest ...
,
China
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, administered by the
Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps
The Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (), also known as XPCC or Bingtuan ("The Corps"), is a state-owned economic and Paramilitary forces of China, paramilitary organization in China, China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR). ...
(Bingtuan). It runs a television channel called Bingtuan Satellite Television (), which started its 24-hour satellite broadcasting through
Sinosat-3 on 7 October 2007.
History
Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps Radio and Television was preceded by Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps Television Recording Centre (), which was established in early 1985. The Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps began constructing a cable television station in 1993, with a test broadcast in May. The General Office of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps approved the establishment of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps Radio and Television on 25 March 1994. The Ministry of Radio, Film and Television of the People's Republic of China gave its approval on 19 July 1994.
Programs
Its service covers 12 of Xinjiang's 14
prefectures
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, as well as the regional capital of
Ürümqi
Ürümqi ( ; also spelled Ürümchi or without umlauts), formerly known as Dihua (also spelled Tihwa), is the capital of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in the far northwest of the People's Republic of China. Ürümqi developed its ...
. On 1 July 2008, Bingtuan Satellite Television was overhauled with a new focus on music programs, in an effort to become the top youth music channel in China. However, after the
July 2009 Ürümqi riots
The July 2009 Ürümqi riots were a series of violent riots over several days that broke out on 5 July 2009 in Ürümqi, the capital city of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), in northwestern China. The first day's rioting, which ...
, the
State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television
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demanded that Bingtuan Satellite Television rectify its content. As a result, only a few programs, such as ''Bingtuan News'' and some
soap operas
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, were kept.
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，杭州华数在线 The channel also began routinely rebroadcasting CCTV-1
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, the primary channel of China Central Television
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, and cancelled several of its previously planned entertainment shows, which would have been produced in partnership with a production company in Beijing
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Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...
.
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Television networks in China
Mass media in Ürümqi
Television channels and stations established in 2007
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