| Dragon Television | |
| Launch Date: | October 1, 1998 (as Shanghai Television) |
| Owner: | Shanghai Media Group |
| Headquarters: | Shanghai |
| Picture Format: | 1080i (HDTV) |
| Country: | People's Republic of China |
| Area: | National (China) International (Includings; Canada United States) |
| Online Serv 1: | Sling TV |
| Online Chan 1: | Internet Protocol television |
Shanghai Dragon Television or Dragon TV, commonly nicknamed the Tomato Channel 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.
All of Dragon TV's news programs are owned by the parent company SMG TV news production center. The center has a professional staff of 500 people a day, 7 sections provided for the Dragon TV news programs which amounts a total of five hours. It is Asia's largest open-press studio and the largest television news production and broadcasting of news organizations.
News programs include Morning (Chinese: ็ไธๆน), Dragon TV News Midday (Chinese: ๅ้ด30ๅ), Primetime News (Chinese: ไธๆนๆฐ้ป) and Tonight (Chinese: ไปๆ).
