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 ...

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. It is the major

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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

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. It was founded and started to broadcast on October 1, 1970. XJTV currently broadcasts in

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, Uyghur, Kazakh,

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and

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s. In May 2019, Xinjiang Television signed a strategic cooperation and technical assistance agreement with

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. So far, it is the only TV channel using the

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based in a

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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

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