Television in Shahai

Television in Shahai includes multiple television companies in a rapidly expanding market as living standards rise and demand for entertainment increases. These include Shahai Television | Shahai Télévision, Yinhe Media, as well as TeleNansei-owned Central Shahai Television, which is currently Shahai's largest and most powerful TV station. Programs on Shahainese television usually consist of privately developed shows that contract TV companies with the necessary infrastructure to host them. Shahainese TV series are regularly ranked in the top 10 most popular TV series in all of Nansei Gunto, with various game shows being the most popular. The 4 largest broadcasters in Shahai form the Shahai Media and Entertainment Group, which represents Shahai at the Nansei-Gunto Broadcasting Association.

History

Lore

1896-1945: Before Television

Radio technology was first established by Shahai Radio in occupied Western Shahai, brought by foreign powers. The technology soon spread to the rest of Shahai, and the government soon set an official radio station, East Shahai Radio, to broadcast announcements to the public. Some of these stations broadcasted to the rest of Nansei Gunto, most notably Shenghua, where they gained a significant audience. However, when Kazeshiman forces destroyed or captured all the radio stations capable of broadcasting to other islands, they became propaganda speakers for the imperial government. During the war, Itokani bombers destroyed all Kazeshiman occupied radio stations, to mess up their communication, which at the time was a huge success, but, after the war, they learnt that they had to rebuild their entire radio system.

1945-1952: Restart

After the surrender of Kazeshima in 1945, Shahai retook all of Southern Shahai and some of the captured northern Shahaineses territory, which were completely destroyed. The government at the time sought to take advantage of the ruins to rebuild the whole of Shahai better, so the Shahai Planning Committee was formed, as well as the first 5 year plan. This included upgrading (or rather rebuilding) all the former radio transmission stations to be able to host the new technology of television. With the rebuilding of Shahai continuing at an incredibly fast pace, by the early 1950s, the principle telecommunications network centered on South Shahai, and links to Shahai's other possessions had finally been establish. Then, the first Shahainese TV channel was Central Shahai Television, which started broadcasting on the 29th of May, 1952, shortly followed by Shahai Television, which was launched on Shahai Day of the same year.

1952-1975: Early Television

As the TV became more and more affordable, and as wages rose across Shahai, more and more citizens could afford TVs, so more channels started appearing. After a period of nearly all of TV being ads, the Shahai Government passed laws that limited ads to 3 hours of the day. This caused many TV stations to go bankrupt, but was a popular move among the local population. Shahai Télévision started to send TVs for free to every house, so that their ads would be worth more. This program eventually reached Shenghua, when Shahai Télévision and the Shenghua Broadcasting Corporation made a profit sharing deal for TV airtime for SBC.

1975-1999: Golden Age

After the Shahai economy started booming, more and more TV shows were made in Shahai, which led to the construction of the tallest structure in Shahai from 1991 to 2015, the Nansei Pearl TV Tower. The Shahai government finally relinquished control of CSTV in 1994, moving all emergency broadcasts to the region-wide emergency broadcast system, which was founded after a series of devastating typhoons in 1989, making Shahai the last city to join the system. CSTV was then bought out by TeleNansei 4 years later, and split into CSTV as well as TeleNansei Shahai. TeleNansei Media bought a studio in the TV tower, one of the most expensive locations in the region by cost per square metre, and made it the studio for TeleNansei Channel 6, and NanseiNewsNow.

1999-present: Internet

After the turn of the century, Shahai broadcasters turned to the new technology of the internet, as they knew that TV was going to slowly fade into irrelevancy compared to the convenience of on-demand TV. Shahai Télévision launched Shahai Maintenant, and CSTV programs were added to the TeleNansei system. Following the restructuring of TeleNansei into the Nansei-Gunto Broadcasting Association, Shahai TV stations decided to come together to represent Shahai at the NBA.