AOL to broadcast China news online
18 April 2006
Time Warner Internet unit AOL will begin broadcasting news programs supplied by Shanghai Media Group's (SMG) broadband unit this week, the Wall Street Journal reported. More than three hours of content will be broadcast every day on AOL's Chinese-language web site, focusing on social, business, sports and entertainment topics. Programming will be provided in partnership with MediaZone, a worldwide provider of online television content and a partner in China of AOL and SMG, the state-owned company formed from the merger of the city's government-run radio and television stations in 2001. An SMG spokeswoman said content was intended for Chinese all over the world.