CGTN (TV channel)

For the media company, see China Global Television Network.
This article is about the English-language television channel. For other channels in other languages, see CGTN (disambiguation).

CGTN
TypeState media
CountryChina
Broadcast areaWorldwide
NetworkChina Global Television Network
HeadquartersCCTV Headquarters, Beijing Central Business District, Beijing, China
Programming
Language(s)Arabic, English, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese (via SAP)
Picture format1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 576i/480i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
OwnerChina China Media Group
(Government of the People's Republic of China)
History
Launched20 September 1997; 27 years ago (1997-09-20)
Former namesCCTV-9
(1997 - 2010)
CCTV News
(2010 - 2016)
Links
Websitewww.cgtn.com Edit this at Wikidata
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital TV (DTMB)
(China)		Digital channel number varies by area.
Digital TV
Hong Kong		Channel 35 (HD)
Digital TV
(Macau)		Channel 73
Digital terrestrial television
(United States)		Channel 13.4 (Chicago)
Channel 32.2 (Santa Barbara)
Oqaab (Afghanistan)Channel 31
UHF Colombo-FTA (Sri Lanka)Channel 29 (SD)
DStv (Sub-Saharan Africa)Channel 409
Zuku TV (Kenya)Channel 550
AzamTV (Africa)Channel 238
True Visions (Thailand)Channel 794
Streaming media
CGTN Livewww.cgtn.com Edit this at Wikidata

CGTN is the English-language news channel of state-run China Global Television Network, based in Beijing, China. It is one of several channels provided by China Global Television Network, the international division of Chinese state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV), under the control of the Central Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist Party.[1][2][3]

CCTV-9 was launched on 25 September 2000, rebranded as CCTV News on 26 April 2010. On 6 February 2012, CGTN America. On 8 October 2019, CGTN Europe was launched, with a schedule of daily programming originating from a production center in Washington, D.C.[4] On 11 January 2012, CCTV Africa was launched in Nairobi, Kenya.[5] All channels and divisions in the CCTV International group were rebranded as CGTN on 31 December 2016.

CGTN currently has four studios: Beijing (headquarters), Nairobi, Washington and London as well as 70 bureaus around the world.

  1. ^ Bandurski, David (22 March 2018). "When Reform Means Tighter Controls". China Media Project. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  2. ^ Holtz, Michael (9 January 2017). "The TV network at the forefront of Beijing's foreign propaganda offensive". The Christian Science Monitor. Archived from the original on 5 February 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  3. ^ "China is spending billions on its foreign-language media". The Economist. 14 June 2018. ISSN 0013-0613. Archived from the original on 20 August 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  4. ^ About CCTV America Archived 10 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine CCTV America
  5. ^ About CCTV Africa Archived 20 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine CCTV Africa