What does CCTV mean?

CCTV is the English abbreviation of China Central Television, Chinese abbreviation CCTV, is the Chinese people*** and the country's national television station, the state vice-ministerial institutions, was founded in May 1, 1958.

China Central Television is China's news and opinion organizations and ideological and cultural positions, with the dissemination of news, social education, culture and entertainment, information services and other functions. First known as Beijing TV, it was officially broadcast on September 2, 1958, and was renamed CCTV on May 1, 1978.The video footage released in 2015 was adopted by nearly 1,700 TV channels in 92 countries and regions around the world.

In 2016, China International Television (China Global Television Network, abbreviated in English as CGTN) went on the air .In March 2018, China Central Television (CCTV) (China International Television Station), together with the Central People's Broadcasting Station (CPB) and the China Radio International (CRI), formed the China Central Broadcasting Station (CCTV) to form the Central Broadcasting Television (CCTV), and abolished the establishment of the CCTV.

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In China's ratings market, CCTV's ratings share basically remains at about 30% of the national ratings market. According to statistics, the overall ratings share of CCTV's 15 open channels reached 34.14% in 2005, a record high since 2000; the average daily per capita viewing time of viewers for CCTV programs was 52 minutes; and viewer satisfaction of CCTV's channels occupied the top 12 places in the satisfaction ranking of national satellite channels.

Chinese International Channel, English News Channel, Spanish International Channel, French International Channel, Arabic International Channel, Russian International Channel basically cover the whole world through satellite transmission, and realize the landing in more than 120 countries and regions in North America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Oceania, and Central and South America, among which CCTV Chinese International Channel covers more than 15 million households abroad. CCTV's Chinese International Channel reaches more than 15 million households outside China.

CCTV-NEWS has reached 43.5 million households outside China, CCTV-Espa?ol and CCTV-Fran?ais have realized complete channel landing in the United States, Cuba, Chile, Mauritius and other six countries respectively, and CCTV-NEWS has just started broadcasting on two satellite TV platforms in Arab countries that each account for 50% of the viewers' ratings, thus further expanding the international influence of Chinese TV and media. The CCTV- has just started broadcasting on two satellite TV platforms in Arab countries with 50% viewership each, further expanding the international influence of Chinese TV.

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