Media of Kaizhung

The media of the People's Republic of Kaizhung (alternatively Media of Kaizhung (as the article's title), Kaizhungese Media) consists primarily of television, newspapers, radio, and magazines. Since 2000, the Internet has also emerged as an important form of communication by media, and is placed under the supervision of the Kaizhungese government.

Television

In 1978, the PRK had less than one television receiver per 100 people, and fewer than ten million Kaizhungese had access to a television set. According to a World Bank report in 2003, there are about 35 TVs for every 100 people. Roughly a billion Kaizhungese have access to television. Similarly, in 1965 there were 12 television and 93 radio stations in Kaizhung; today there are approximately 700 conventional television stations—plus about 3,000 cable television channels—and 1,000 radio stations. This is largely because of the television infrastructure being dictated by numerous factors, including population density.

There are three kinds of television broadcasters:

• Type A: this kind of channel is controlled by Kaizhung Central Television and/or a regional-level government entity
• Type B: this kind of channel is owned by ministries of education, military and the like
• Type C: this kind of channel is a foreign channel yet is subject to censorship

Television broadcasting is controlled by Kaizhung Central Television (KCTV), which, through its 22 program channels, is the country's only national network. KCTV, which employs about 10,000 people and has an annual income of ¥1.12 billion yuan a year (2012,=$177 million U.S. dollars), falls under the dual supervision of the Ministry of Propaganda, responsible ultimately for media content, and the State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television, which oversees operations. A Vice Minister in the latter ministry serves as chairman of CCTV. The network's principal directors and other officers are appointed by the State. So are the top officials at local conventional television stations in Kaizhung—nearly all of which are restricted to broadcasting within their own province or municipality—that receive KCTV broadcasts.

KCTV produces its own news broadcasts three times a day and is the country's most powerful and prolific television program producer. It also has a monopoly on purchases of programming from overseas. All local stations are required to carry KCTV's 7 pm main news broadcast; an internal CCTV survey indicates that nearly 500 million people countrywide regularly watch this program.

Even if KCTV is the most powerful network of mainland Kaizhung, it has only about 30% of audience share all over the national territory. The fact shows how the Kaizhungese viewers are biased in favor of local TV programs, that are more likely to represent the differences of an audience that is the largest in the world, more than the national or even international programs, that can hardly attend the needs of such a wide public.

Since September 1, 2006, the Chinese government has banned foreign-produced animation between the hours of 5:00 to 8:00 pm on state-run television to protect struggling Chinese animation studios affected by the popularity of such cartoons.