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China Central Television
China Central Television
Simplified Chinese	中国中央电视台
Traditional Chinese	中國中央電視台
Literal meaning	China Central Television Station
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Zhōngguó Zhōngyāng Diànshìtái
Gwoyeu Romatzyh	Jonggwo Jongiang Diannshyhtair
Wade–Giles	Chunghuo Chungyang Tienshiht'ai
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	zung1 gwok3 zung1 joeng1 din6 si6 toi4
Chinese abbreviation
Simplified Chinese	中央电视台
Traditional Chinese	中央電視台
Literal meaning	Central Television Station
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Zhōngyāng Diànshìtái
Gwoyeu Romatzyh	Jongiang Diannshyhtair
Wade–Giles	Chungyang Tienshiht'ai
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	zung1 joeng1 din6 si6 toi4
Second alternative Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	央视
Traditional Chinese	央視
Literal meaning	Central-Vision
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Yāngshì
Gwoyeu Romatzyh	Iangshyh
Wade–Giles	Yang-shih
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	joeng1 si6

中国中央电视台
China Central Television
	The China Central Television Headquarters in 2019
Type	State media
Country	China
First air date	1 May 1958; 65 years ago
Founded	Beijing
Headquarters	CCTV Headquarters, Beijing, People's Republic of China
Broadcast area	Worldwide
Owner	Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party; State Council of the People's Republic of China
Parent	China Media Group
Former names	Beijing Television
Free channels	25
Pay channels	19
Callsigns	Voice of China (external)
Affiliation(s)	China Global Television Network
Official website	english.cctv.com
Subsidiary	China International Television Corporation

China Central Television (CCTV; Chinese: 中国中央电视台; pinyin: Zhōngguó zhōngyāng diànshìtái) is the national television broadcaster of China, established in 1958 as a propaganda outlet. Its 50 channels broadcast a variety of programming to more than one billion viewers in six languages.^[2]^[3] CCTV is operated by the National Radio and Television Administration which reports directly to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s Central Propaganda Department.^[4]^[5]^[2]

CCTV has a variety of functions, such as news communication, social education, culture, and entertainment information services. As a state television station it is responsible to both the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and the State Council.^[6] It is a key player in the Chinese government's propaganda network.^[7]^[1] According to Freedom House and other media commentators, CCTV's reporting about topics sensitive to the Chinese government and CCP is distorted and often used as a weapon against the party's perceived enemies.^[7]^[8]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Ownership and control of Chinese media". 14 June 2021. Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
^ ^a ^b Brady, Anne-Marie (16 November 2009). Marketing Dictatorship: Propaganda and Thought Work in Contemporary China. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. pp. 17, 167. ISBN 978-0-7425-6790-0. OCLC 968245349.
^ Barboza, David (22 August 2008). "Olympics Are Ratings Bonanza for Chinese TV". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
^ Pan, Jennifer; Shao, Zijie; Xu, Yiqing (2021). "How government-controlled media shifts policy attitudes through framing". Political Science Research and Methods. 10 (2): 317–332. doi:10.1017/psrm.2021.35. ISSN 2049-8470. S2CID 243422723.
^ Buckley, Chris (21 March 2018). "China Gives Communist Party More Control Over Policy and Media". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 12 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
^ Ying Zhu (4 May 2010). Two Billion Eyes: The Story of China Central Television. New Press. ISBN 978-1-59558-802-9. Archived from the original on 24 December 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
^ ^a ^b Cook, Sarah (25 September 2019). "China Central Television: A Long-standing Weapon in Beijing's Arsenal of Repression". Freedom House. Archived from the original on 17 November 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
^ Lim, Louisa; Bergin, Julia (7 December 2018). "Inside China's audacious global propaganda campaign". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 10 March 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2021.

[SD-1] "Ownership and control of Chinese media". 14 June 2021. Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.

[:5-2] Brady, Anne-Marie (16 November 2009). Marketing Dictatorship: Propaganda and Thought Work in Contemporary China. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. pp. 17, 167. ISBN 978-0-7425-6790-0. OCLC 968245349.

[3] Barboza, David (22 August 2008). "Olympics Are Ratings Bonanza for Chinese TV". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.

[:6-4] Pan, Jennifer; Shao, Zijie; Xu, Yiqing (2021). "How government-controlled media shifts policy attitudes through framing". Political Science Research and Methods. 10 (2): 317–332. doi:10.1017/psrm.2021.35. ISSN 2049-8470. S2CID 243422723.

[:2-5] Buckley, Chris (21 March 2018). "China Gives Communist Party More Control Over Policy and Media". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 12 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

[Zhu2010-6] Ying Zhu (4 May 2010). Two Billion Eyes: The Story of China Central Television. New Press. ISBN 978-1-59558-802-9. Archived from the original on 24 December 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2019.

[Freedom_House-7] Cook, Sarah (25 September 2019). "China Central Television: A Long-standing Weapon in Beijing's Arsenal of Repression". Freedom House. Archived from the original on 17 November 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2020.

[8] Lim, Louisa; Bergin, Julia (7 December 2018). "Inside China's audacious global propaganda campaign". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 10 March 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2021.

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