Xinjiang Television (XJTV) ( zh, s=新疆电视台, t=新疆電視台, p=Xīnjiāng Diànshìtái; ug, شىنجاڭ تېلېۋىزىيە ئىستانسى, Shinjang Tëlëviziye Istansi; kk, شينجياڭ تەلەۆيزيا, Şinjiaŋ Televiziya) is a local television network station in the
Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Xinjiang, SASM/GNC: ''Xinjang''; zh, c=, p=Xīnjiāng; formerly romanized as Sinkiang (, ), officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC), located in the northwest ...
,
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
. It is the major
television station
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in
Xinjiang
Xinjiang, SASM/GNC: ''Xinjang''; zh, c=, p=Xīnjiāng; formerly romanized as Sinkiang (, ), officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC), located in the northwest ...
and is located in the capital
Ürümqi
Ürümqi ( ; also spelled Ürümchi or without umlauts), formerly known as Dihua (also spelled Tihwa), is the capital of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in the far northwest of the People's Republic of China. Ürümqi developed its ...
. It was founded and started to broadcast on October 1, 1970. XJTV currently broadcasts in
Mandarin
Mandarin or The Mandarin may refer to:
Language
* Mandarin Chinese, branch of Chinese originally spoken in northern parts of the country
** Standard Chinese or Modern Standard Mandarin, the official language of China
** Taiwanese Mandarin, Stand ...
,
Uyghur,
Kazakh,
Kyrgyz Kyrgyz, Kirghiz or Kyrgyzstani may refer to:
* Someone or something related to Kyrgyzstan
*Kyrgyz people
*Kyrgyz national games
*Kyrgyz language
*Kyrgyz culture
*Kyrgyz cuisine
*Yenisei Kirghiz
*The Fuyü Gïrgïs language in Northeastern China
...
and
Mongolian language
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s. In May 2019, Xinjiang Television signed a strategic cooperation and technical assistance agreement with
Huawei
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.
So far, it is the only TV channel using the
Turkic language
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based in a
communist country
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.
TV Channel
*Xinjiang TV Chinese 新疆卫视(汉语)
*Xinjiang TV Uyghur 新疆卫视(维吾尔语)
*Xinjiang TV Kazakh 新疆卫视(哈萨克语)
*Chinese Variety channel(汉语综艺频道)
*Uyghur Variety channel(维吾尔语综艺频道)
*Chinese Drama channel(汉语影视频道)
*Chinese Economic-life channel(汉语经济生活频道)
*Kazakh Variety channel(哈萨克语综艺频道)
*Uyghur Economic-life channel(维吾尔语经济生活频道)
*Sport Health channel(体育健康频道)
*Law Information channel(法制信息频道)
*Children channel(少儿频道)
*Tianshan Theatre channel(天山剧场频道)
*Entertainment Baza channel(娱乐巴扎频道)
*Education Online channel(教育在线频道)
References
External links
*Official websites:
*
Chinese*
Uyghur*
Kazakh
Television networks in China
Mass media in Ürümqi
Television channels and stations established in 1970
1970 establishments in China
Television in minority languages
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