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CGTN (Channel)

CGTN
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Launched 25 September 2000
Network China Central Television
Owned by China Central Television
Picture format 16:9
Slogan See the Difference.
Country China
Language English
Broadcast area Worldwide
Headquarters CCTV Beijing Television Centre Headquarters, Beijing Central Business District, Beijing, China
Formerly called CCTV-9
(25 September 2000 - 25 April 2010)
CCTV News
(26 April 2010 - 31 December 2016)
Website CGTN
Availability
Terrestrial
Los Angeles, US 31.9
San Francisco, US 36.3
Chicago, US 61.2
Santa Barbara, US 32.2
Freeview (UK) Channel 226
as carried on SDN multiplex
Satellite
Astro (Malaysia) Channel 509
Indovision (Indonesia) Channel 352
Sky (UK and Ireland) Channel 510
DirecTV (United States) Channel 2119
Dish Network (United States) Channel 279
Astra 1KR (Eastern Europe, Africa and Asia) 11651 h SR 27500
SKY Network Television
(New Zealand)
Channel 310
SKY Italia (Italy) Channel 530
DStv (South Africa) Channel 409
Yes (Israel) Channel 111
Galaxy 3C (North America) 11780 h SR 20.760
Austar (Australia) Channel 653
Dialog TV (Sri Lanka) Channel 35
Canal Digital (Norway and Sweden) Free-to-Air
VIS3 (Sri Lanka) UHF Channel 29 Free-to-Air
Freesat UK Channel 211
OSN (Middle East and North Africa) Channel 419
Cable
StarHub TV (Singapore) Channel 722
SkyCable / Destiny Cable (Philippines) Channel 91 (Digital)
Cablelink (Philippines) Channel 215
TelstraClear
(New Zealand)
Channel 310
UPC Romania
(Romania)
Channel 428 (digital with DVR)
Channel 196 (digital)
Hot (Israel) Channel 141
First Media
(Indonesia)
Channel 210
CATV China Channel 9
Ziggo (Netherlands) Channel 508
Cable TV Hong Kong Channel 72
Comcast (San Francisco, USA) Channel 171
IPTV
Bell Fibe TV (Canada) Channel 657 (SD)
Telus TV (Canada) Channel 834 (HD)
Singtel TV (Singapore) Channel 155
AT&T U-verse (United States) Channel 3602
SK Broadband B TV (South Korea) Channel 371
KT Olleh TV (South Korea) Channel 222
LG U+ TV (South Korea) Channel 154
Telekom Romania (Romania) Channel 263
PTCL Smart TV (Pakistan) Channel 103
Streaming media
CCTV.com MMS/P2P
CNTV CCTV-NEWS

CGTN (China Global Television Network), formerly known as CCTV-NEWS, CCTV-9, and CCTV English International, is a 24-hour English news channel, of China Central Television (CCTV), based in Beijing. The channel grew out of CCTV International, which was launched on 25 September 2000. Coverage includes newscasts, in-depth reports, and commentary programs, as well as feature presentations. Its free-to-air satellite signal can be received by more than 85 million viewers, in over 100 countries and regions. It is also carried by cable, DTH, IPTV, and terrestrial TV platforms or systems in many nations. It caters to a global English-speaking audience, including overseas Chinese and English speakers in China.

CCTV began considering English-language international news programming on 1 January 1980, at the start of China's "Reform and opening up" period. English news bulletins began on CCTV-2 in 1986 and became available to overseas viewers when they moved to CCTV-4 in February 1991, and CCTV-13 in August 1991. CCTV-9 began broadcasting across China on 25 September 2000, becoming the country's first all-English television station.

On 1 January 2003, CCTV-9 entered the United States cable market, as part of a deal that allowed AOL, Time Warner, and News Corporation access to cable systems in Guangdong. In its early years, CCTV-9 broadcast English language news bulletins and cultural interest shows for most of each day, and aired mostly reruns during the overnight hours in China. One of its biggest projects was covering the 2008 Beijing Olympics.


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