CGTN French (formerly CCTV International French or CCTV-Français formerly CCTV-F is a

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entertainment and news channel of

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

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, and are part of the Chinese Government's information ministry. The channels cater to an international audience, with programmes containing French

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s. There are also news programmes featuring French-language reporters. These programmes provide both Chinese and international news coverage. Most programmes on CCTV-F are 30 minutes long. They feature a variety of content, including news programmes, educational programmes, and Chinese

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s. There are also programmes offering tourism advice and showcasing new Chinese artists. CCTV-F launched on October 1, 2007, as the result of the splitting of ''CCTV E&F'', a bi-lingual channel in both

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and French, three years after its launch on October 1, 2004. On 1 January 2022 at midnight stroke or 00:00:00

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marked

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, CGTN French officially showcasing and focusing on news, business, metropolitan, information and current affairs programmes and after all Mainland China television series programmes with Mandarin Chinese audio dubbed and French subtitles finally officially reaired, moving aired and integrated to

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. On 31 January 2022, CGTN French along with all channel was

live telecast ''Live Telecast'' is a 2021 Indian Tamil-language horror thriller web series written and directed by Venkat Prabhu and starring Kajal Aggarwal, Vaibhav Reddy, Anandhi, Ashwin Kumar Lakshmikanthan, Daniel Annie Pope and Priyanka Nair. The web s ...

on CMG Spring Festival Gala 2022.

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