China Network Television

China Network Television
中国网络电视台
Company typeInternet television
IndustryTelevision Broadcasting
Founded28 December 2009; 14 years ago (2009-12-28)
DefunctDecember 31, 2016 (2016-12-31)
HeadquartersBeijing,
ProductsTelevision content, television programming
ParentChina Central Television
Websitecntv.cn

China Network Television (CNTV; Chinese: 中国网络电视台) was a Chinese national web-based TV broadcaster of China Central Television from 2009 to 2017.[1]

CNTV International offered 6 local language services (Chinese, Mongolian in Mongol script, Tibetan, Kazakh, Uyghur and Korean) and 6 foreign language services (English, French, Spanish, Russian, Korean and Arabic). They also provided viewers with news and feature programs from China Central Television's foreign channels.

CNTV had multiple specialty channels which focus on a wide variety of subjects, including news, business and sports.[2] As of December 2014 according to Alexa Internet, the network's website was ranked no. 71 in the world.[3]

CNTV was rebranded as CCTV.com (Chinese: 央视网) on January 1, 2017.[citation needed]

  1. ^ Lin, Lisa (2022-06-15). Convergent Chinese Television Industries: An Ethnography of Chinese Production Cultures. Springer Nature. p. 32. ISBN 978-3-030-91756-2. OCLC 1333705685.
  2. ^ Chen Jia (29 December 2009). "CCTV goes online to expand reach amid crackdown". China Daily. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  3. ^ "CNTV.cn Site Info". Alexa Internet. Archived from the original on 2016-05-27. Retrieved 2014-12-08.