Mainland China, including Macau, Hong Kong, ROC-controlled Taiwan Area and overseas as (Hunan STV World) in Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Kenya, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Americas, Papua New Guinea, Australia and Europe
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]
Owned by Hunan Broadcasting System, Hunan TV's signal covers most of China, including Macau, Hong Kong, Taiwan and overseas as (Hunan STV World) in Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia, Americas, Tajikistan, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, Fiji, Australia, South Africa, Canada, United States, India, Nepal, Africa and Europe. The channel has broadcast in high-definition since September 28, 2009. The appearance of its logo has resulted in the nickname of Mango TV.
History
On Dec 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 "Shoot, Brother!"[5]
Until 2013, HSTV broadcast to over 1 billion viewers of the Chinese population, with 358 million viewers showing approval for HSTV programming. There are approximately 210 million HSTV viewers daily. Online, HSTV's platform has 730 million views.[6][7]
In 2015, because of State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television's policies, HSTV changed prime time television airing from broadcasting 3 episodes per night to 2, and altered the start of airing time from 19:30 to 20:00. It is the only channel that airs drama at 22:00 other than CCTV.[8]
In 2017, the Hunan provincial committee of the Chinese Communist Party criticized Hunan TV, China’s second-most-watched channel, for chasing ratings. Hunan TV is known as a "platform for gay entertainment, female guests showing too much skin, and for advertising fake products." the Hunan provincial party group claimed "Some channels have been swinging between social benefits and economic benefits. They have failed to fulfill the mission of being a mouthpiece of the Party." "[9][10]
