China Television Company, Ltd. (CTV; ) (Formerly called Taiwan Daytime TV (TDT) in 1969-1975) is a
television broadcasting company based in
Taipei,
Taiwan. It was established on September 3, 1968, by the then-ruling
Nationalist Party (KMT) of the
Republic of China
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. The party owned the majority stake of the network. Trial broadcast started on October 9, 1969, and the channel formally started broadcasting on October 31 the same year.
It was the first television channel to broadcast full colour television service to the whole island.
On August 9, 1999, the channel was publicly listed on
Taiwan Stock Exchange, becoming the first publicly listed broadcasting company on the island.
In 2006, due to effects borne by the media reform law in Taiwan requiring all political parties to divest their control in radio and television companies, 90% of CTV shares were sold to the
China Times media group, effectively giving the station leeway to some of its satellite TV concerns, notably the
Chung T'ien Television (CTi), one of major cable television programmers in Taiwan. Some CTV shows are now seen on CTi's two channels on cable.
It is currently the largest television channels on the island. Its shows consistently rated 2nd in all major time slots, and is home to Taiwan's most watched early evening newscast, the CTV News Global Report.
In November 2019,
Wang Liqiang, a self-proclaimed PRC spy who defected to
Australia
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, claimed that CTV had received Chinese funding in return for airing stories unfavorable of the Taiwanese government.
The Want Want China Times Group denied these allegations.
Appearances
Test card
The testcard of CTV is
PM5544.
Channels
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CTV Main Channel
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CTV News Channel
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CTV Classic (formerly known as CTV MyLife)
* CTV Bravo (formerly known as CTV HD, the high-definition version channel available in terrestrial television. Launched on July 21, 2012)
See also
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China Times
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Chung T'ien Television (CTi)
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List of Taiwanese television series
References
External links
CTV Official Site*
{{Television in the Republic of China
Television stations in Taiwan
Chinese-language television stations
Television channels and stations established in 1968
1968 establishments in Taiwan
Kuomintang