CGTN Spanish (formerly CCTV International Spanish or CCTV-Español and CCTV-E) is the
Spanish language
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entertainment and news channel of
China Global Television Network
China Global Television Network (CGTN) is the international division of state media outlet China Central Television (CCTV), headquartered in Beijing, China. CGTN broadcasts six news and general interest channels in five languages. CGTN is r ...
(CGTN), which is part of the state-owned broadcaster
China Central Television
China Central Television (CCTV) is a Chinese state- and political party-owned broadcaster controlled by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Its 50 different channels broadcast a variety of programing to more than one billion viewers in six lan ...
(CCTV) originating in
China
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, and is part of the Chinese Government's information ministry.
The channel caters to an international audience. All programs are
dubbed into
Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Cana ...
or they have Spanish
subtitle
Subtitles and captions are lines of dialogue or other text displayed at the bottom of the screen in films, television programs, video games or other visual media. They can be transcriptions of the screenplay, translations of it, or informati ...
s. There are also news programs featuring Spanish-speaking reporters. These programs provide both Chinese and international news coverage.
Most programs on CGTN Spanish are 30 minutes long. They feature a variety of content, including news programs, educational programs, and Chinese
soap opera
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s.
There are also programs offering tourism advice and showcasing new Chinese artists.
CGTN Spanish was launched on October 1, 2007, as CCTV-E. It replaced the bi-lingual Spanish /
French language
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CCTV E&F channel which was launched on October 1, 2004.
In 2016 CCTV-E partnered with
TeleSUR to coproduce a cultural program called ''Prisma''.
On 31 January 2022, CGTN French along with all channel was
live telecast
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on
CMG Spring Festival Gala 2022.
See also
* ''
CCTV-9
CCTV-9 is a television channel operated by Chinese state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV), broadcasting documentaries in Mandarin Chinese. It shared the name with CCTV's English language
English is a West Germanic language of ...
'', documentary
*
CCTV-4 (International Chinese)
*
CCTV-Русский (International Russian)
*
CCTV-Français (International French)
*
CCTV-العربية (International Arabic)
*
CCTV-NEWS (International English)
*
CNTV International
References
External links
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Spanish-language television stations
Spanish language in Asia
Television channels and stations established in 2007
Spanish-language television networks
2007 establishments in China
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