April 24, 1995 (March 25), seeing in China's satellite digital broadcasting programs.

1995 4, 24, Film and Television Bureau decided that, in order to expand the coverage and improve the quality of broadcast transmission of the program, the Central People's Broadcasting Station officially began through CCTV's satellite channel to transmit mono and stereo radio show. Been significant progress in the use of this technology marks our broadcast transmission means. All over the country in the past in the broadcast of the program of the Central People's Broadcasting Station, via shortwave, FM and microwave, and other forms of signal quality is difficult to guarantee. Broadcasting Institute of Science and Technology from 1993 began to study the development of the NICAM-728, is the use of satellite transponder transmission of television programs side frequency encoded transmit digital broadcasts, can effectively expand the broadcast coverage, especially in remote areas and township a broadcast problem. At present, this new technology, the indicators have reached the international advanced level.