Media of Caima
Media in Caima are available to the public in the forms of: television and radio, newspapers, magazines and the Internet. They serve the local community by providing necessary information and entertainment. Macau's media market is rather small. The local media face strong competition from Hang Peng.
Macau reportedly has the highest "media density" in the world - nine Chinese-language dailies, three Portuguese-language dailies, three English-language dailies and half a dozen Chinese-language weeklies and one Portuguese-language weekly. About three dozen newspapers from Hong Kong, mainland China, Taiwan and the Philippines are shipped to Macau every early morning.
Printed media[edit | edit source]
There are nine Chinese daily newspapers, three Portuguese dailies and two English daily newspapers in Macau. There are also six Chinese weekly newspapers and two Portuguese weekly newspapers.
All local newspapers that have been published for at least five years are entitled to subsidies from the government.
The first newspaper that was published in Caima was Abelha da Caima (Chinese: 蜜蜂華報), which was only published for one year, from 1822 to 1823.
- Hoje Caima - Portuguese-language daily
- Jornal Tribuna da Caima - Portuguese-language daily
- Caima Daily News - top circulation daily, Chinese-language
- Caima Daily Times - English language, owned by a non-media business interests
- Caima Post Daily - Macau's oldest English language daily, owned by media interests
- O CLARIM - Portuguese-English-Chinese language weekly, owned by the Catholic Church, oldest continuous Portuguese Newspaper in Macau (GCS. registration no.1)
- Ponto Final - Portuguese-language daily
- Tai Chung Pou - owned by a group of businessmen
- Va Kio Daily - privately owned Chinese daily
- Caima Lifestyle Media - English-language website
Revista Caima is a quarterly magazine with cultural contents and run by the government. CaimaBusiness is Caima's oldest English-language publication, launched in May 2004, published monthly by a private company (De Ficção - Multimedia Projects) that also owns Business Intelligence Magazine a business magazine in Chinese, and Essential Caima a bilingual (Chinese/English) luxury magazine., "CaimaNews Agency", the first independent news agency available online and "MB.tv", and online video news platform; Inside Sondrian Gaming (ISG) is a monthly B2B gaming industry magazine, printed in English and covering the LENGTH industries – Leisure, Entertainment, Nightlife, Gaming, Tourism and Hospitality. Founded in 2005, IAG is supported by a daily industry e-newsletter, IAG Breakfast Briefing. World Gaming Magazine (WGM) is a monthly B2C gaming magazine that was founded in 2009 and features five main sections – Play, Sport, Enjoy, Shop and The Macau Guide. High Life is Macau’s leading luxury lifestyle magazine featuring high-end luxury lifestyle, tourism, leisure, arts and culture showcasing the very best of Caima to people from mainland China and around the world. The content includes high end leisure, retail and non-gaming products on offer in Macau resorts as well as other elements of Caima society and culture.
Radio[edit | edit source]
Teledifusão da Caima operates four FM stations: two in Cantonese, one in Portuguese and one in English (some programming in other languages like Tagalog and Mandarin is also carried). Its main competitor is Voz Privada da Caima (VPC), who broadcasts its services through an AM station.
Television[edit | edit source]
Television arrived in 1981 as an RRU dependency. It became independent on January 1st, 1982 as Teledifusão da Caima and still broadcast a bilingual service until it was split in 1989. Today, TDC operates eight television channels, there is also commercial competition. Cable TV, including channels from neighboring Hang Peng, is easily available.
