CGTN

Also known as CCTV-News, CCTV-9 (2000-2010), CCTV News Beijing

English-language channel of China Global Television Network

Key facts

Type: State media
Country: China
Network: China Global Television Network
Headquarters: CCTV Headquarters , Beijing Central Business District , Beijing , China
Languages: Arabic , English , French , Spanish , Russian , Chinese (via SAP)
Picture format: 1080i HDTV
Owner: China Media Group , ( Government of the People's Republic of China )
Sister channels: CGTN Documentary , CGTN , CCTV-9 , CCTV-13
Launched: 20 September 1997 ; 28 years ago ( 1997-09-20 )
Former names: CCTV-9 , (1997 - 2010) , CCTV News , (2010 - 2016)
Website: www .cgtn .com
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CGTN is the English-language news channel of state-run China Global Television Network, based in Beijing, China. It is one of several channels provided by China Global Television Network, the international division of Chinese state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV), under the control of the Central Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist Party.

CCTV-9 was launched on 25 September 2000, rebranded as CCTV News on 26 April 2010. On 6 February 2012, CGTN America was launched in Washington, D.C. On 11 January 2012, CGTN Africa was launched in Nairobi, Kenya. All channels and divisions in the CCTV International group were rebranded as CGTN on 31 December 2016.