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China Central Television

Chinese media organization providing a Communist Party-run propaganda channel network
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China Central Television was founded on September 2, 1958. It operates as a public enterprise and produces television.

The organization is part of China Media Group, which serves as its parent organization.

Key Facts

  • Field of work: public broadcasting[3], State-controlled media (PRC)[4]
  • Member of: European Broadcasting Union[5]
  • Country: People's Republic of China[6]
  • Instance of: Chinese state-owned enterprise[7], vice-ministerial level institution[8], television station[9], state media company[10]
  • Operator: National Radio and Television Administration[11]
  • Headquarters location: China Media Group Guanghua Road Office Area[12]
  • Commons category: China Central Television[13]
  • Industry: state-media industry[14]
  • Inception: September 2, 1958[15]
  • Location of formation: Beijing[16]
  • Parent organization or unit: China Media Group[17]
  • Official website: https://www.cctv.com/[18], https://big5.cctv.com/[19], https://english.cctv.com/[20], http://mn.cctv.com/[21], http://mongol.cctv.com/[22]
  • Topic's main category: Category:China Central Television[23]
  • Product or material produced: television[24]
  • Facet of: propaganda in the People's Republic of China[25]
  • Phone number: +86-400-000-2288[26], +86-10-65136789[27]
  • Affiliation: Chinese Communist Party[28]
  • Topic has template: Template:CCTV[29]
  • Legal form: public enterprise[30]
  • Short name: CCTV[31], 央视[32]
  • Owner of: CCTV-1 General[33], CCTV-2 Finance[34], CCTV-3 Arts and Entertainment[35], CCTV-4 Chinese International[36], CCTV-5 Sports[37], CCTV-10 Science and Education[38], CCTV-13 News[39], CCTV-14 Children[40], CGTN America[41], CCTV-4K[42], CCTV-5+[43], China Movie Channel[44], CCTV-7 Military Agriculture[45], CCTV-9 Documentary[46]

Why It Matters

China Central Television has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] It is known by 80 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]

Related Entities

Beijing CCTV-1 General CCTV.com People's Republic of China

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  24. [26] ↑ . tv.cctv.com. Retrieved . tv.cctv.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . ncac.gov.cn. Retrieved . ncac.gov.cn. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [47] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [48] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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