CCTV-4

CCTV-4
Country	China
Broadcast area	Worldwide
Network	CCTV
Headquarters	Beijing, China
Programming
Language(s)	Mandarin; Cantonese; Hokkien; English
Picture format	1080i HDTV ; (downscaled to 576i/480i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner	CCTV
History
Launched	1 October 1992; 32 years ago
Former names	China Central Television Fourth Program (1 October 1992–31 October 1994) ; China Central Television International Channel (1 November 1994–29 January 2006)
Links
Website	CCTV-4 Asia; CCTV-4 Europe; CCTV-4 America; CCTV Daifu; TCCTV; CCTV-4 China
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital TV (DTMB)	Digital channel numbers varies by area.
Digital terrestrial television (United States)	Channel 31.8 (Los Angeles, CA); Channel 32.2 (New York, NY)
Freeview (UK)	Channel 226 (Streamed)
DStv (Sub-Saharan Africa)	Channel 447
Zuku TV (Kenya)	Channel 830
Streaming media
CCTV program website	CCTV-4 Asia; CCTV-4 Europe; CCTV-4 America; CCTV Daifu
Sling TV	Internet Protocol television

CCTV-4 is a Chinese free-to-air television channel. It is one of six China Central Television channels that broadcasts outside of China. It airs a variety of programs including documentaries, music, news, drama series, sports and children shows for Greater China including China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

History

CCTV-4 was officially launched on 1 October 1992 with broadcasts from 8:30 am to 12:10 am Beijing Time.

The programming of CCTV-4 initially consisted of a mixture of English- and Chinese-language programming. English broadcasts stopped with the launch of CCTV-9 in September 2000. Select CCTV-4 programs were also broadcast in Cantonese until 2007.

On 1 November 1994, CCTV News was replaced by "China News".

On 1 July 1995, the channel expanded and extended its international coverage by launching on satellite. At the same time, the channel was revised and programs were broadcast in Mandarin, Cantonese and English, and started airing 24 hours a day.

On 1 January 2007, the channel was split into three editions of continents and three editions of countries:

CCTV-4 Asia.
CCTV-4 Europe.
CCTV-4 America.

In 2016 Peter Dahlin's forced confessions were aired on CCTV-4. In 2019 Dahlin filed a complaint against China Central Television-4 (CCTV-4 World) with Canadian authorities.^[1]

Programmes

CCTV New Year's Gala
China's Public Opinion Field
Across China
Traditional Chinese Medicine
Our Chinese Heart
China Showbiz
China News
Xinwen Lianbo
Journey to Civilization
Foreigner in China
Tian Ya Gong Ci Shi
Sports on Line
Happy Chinese
Asia Today
Focus Today
Chinese World
Beloved Family

Upcoming Channels

CCTV-4 Documentary
CCTV-4 Entertainment
CCTV-4 Movies
CCTV-4 Sports Channel
CCTV-4 Travel Channel

References

^ Nuttall, Jeremy (10 June 2020). "China broadcast my forced confession in Canada — and CRTC does nothing: ex-prisoner". Toronto Star. Retrieved 13 October 2020.

[1] Nuttall, Jeremy (10 June 2020). "China broadcast my forced confession in Canada — and CRTC does nothing: ex-prisoner". Toronto Star. Retrieved 13 October 2020.

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