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| Country | China |
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| Broadcast area | Worldwide |
| Network | CCTV |
| Headquarters | Beijing, China |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Mandarin Cantonese Hokkien English |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 576i/480i for the SDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | CCTV |
| History | |
| Launched | 1 October 1992; 31 years ago (1992-10-01) |
| Former names | China Central Television Fourth Program (1 October 1992–31 October 1994) China Central Television International Channel (1 November 1994–29 January 2006) |
| Links | |
| Website | CCTV-4 Asia CCTV-4 Europe CCTV-4 America CCTV Daifu TCCTV CCTV-4 China |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Digital TV (DTMB) | Digital channel numbers varies by area. |
| Digital terrestrial television (United States) | Channel 31.8 (Los Angeles, CA) Channel 32.2 (New York, NY) |
| Freeview (UK) | Channel 226 (Streamed) |
| DStv (Sub-Saharan Africa) | Channel 447 |
| Zuku TV (Kenya) | Channel 830 |
| Streaming media | |
| CCTV program website | CCTV-4 Asia CCTV-4 Europe CCTV-4 America CCTV Daifu |
| Sling TV | Internet Protocol television |
CCTV-4 is a Chinese free-to-air television channel. It is one of six China Central Television channels that broadcasts outside of China. It airs a variety of programs including documentaries, music, news, drama series, sports and children shows for Greater China including China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.
CCTV-4 was officially launched on 1 October 1992 with broadcasts from 8:30 am to 12:10 amBeijing Time.
The programming of CCTV-4 initially consisted of a mixture of English- and Chinese-language programming. English broadcasts stopped with the launch of CCTV-9 in September 2000. Select CCTV-4 programs were also broadcast in Cantonese until 2007.
On 1 November 1994, CCTV News was replaced by "China News".
On 1 July 1995, the channel expanded and extended its international coverage by launching on satellite. At the same time, the channel was revised and programs were broadcast in Mandarin, Cantonese and English, and started airing 24 hours a day.
On 1 January 2007, the channel was split into three editions of continents and three editions of countries:
In 2016 Peter Dahlin's forced confessions were aired on CCTV-4. In 2019 Dahlin filed a complaint against China Central Television-4 (CCTV-4) with Canadian authorities.[1]
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