Phoenix Satellite Television Holdings Ltd or Phoenix Television (Traditional Chinese: 鳳凰衛星電視; Simplified Chinese: 凤凰卫星电视; Hanyu Pinyin: Fènghuáng Wèixīng Diànshì) (SEHK: 2008) is a Hong Kong-based Mandarin Chinese and Cantonese (Yue Chinese) television broadcaster that serves the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong along with other markets with substantial Chinese viewers. It has 6 different television channels including Phoenix InfoNews Channel, Phoenix Chinese Channel, Phoenix Movies Channel, Phoenix Hong Kong Channel, etc. Phoenix Television provides news, information, entertainment programmes. It is one of the few privately owned broadcasting companies in mainland China able to broadcast information about events not covered by the government media, such as the coverage on the Rally Against Basic Law Article 23 on 1 July 2003.
The company's head office is located in Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong, it also has correspondents offices in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen. The Shenzhen office is said to be responsible for one half of the TV programs' production.
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