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Company type | Television network, Satellite television and Cable television |
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Industry | Television Broadcasting |
Founded | 2 September 1958 |
Headquarters | Beijing, People's Republic of China |
Key people | Jiao Li (President) Zhang Changming (Vice-President) |
Products | Television content, television programming |
RMB 1.12 Billion | |
Number of employees | 10,000 |
Parent | State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television |
Website | www |
China Central Television or Chinese Central Television, commonly abbreviated as CCTV, is the major state television broadcaster in mainland China.[1]
CCTV has a network of 50 channels. Each channel broadcasts different programs to more than one billion viewers.[2] The CCTV programs are a mixture of documentary, comedy, entertainment, and drama.
CCTV Peking (Beijing) Television (北京电视台) broadcast its first program on September 2, 1958.[2]
The network changed its name to CCTV on May 1, 1978.[2]