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Also known as CCTV General Channel, CCTV-1

CCTV-1 (CCTV General Channel) is the primary channel of CCTV, the national flagship terrestrial television network of the People's Republic of China. It broadcasts a range of programs from CCTV Headquarters at East 3rd Ring Road in Beijing and is available to both cable and terrestrial television viewers. The terrestrial signal of CCTV-1 is free-to-air across China. However, due to copyright restrictions, the satellite signal of CCTV-1 is encrypted, and smartcards are necessary for decryption.

Key facts

Television channel.name
CCTV-1 综合
Television channel.logo
CCTV-1 Logo.svg
Television channel.launch_date
(Test Transmission) (Launch Transmission)
Television channel.headquarters
CCTV HeadquartersEast 3rd Ring RoadChaoyang MetropolitanBeijing, People's Republic of China
Television channel.picture_format
1080i HDTV (downscaled to 576i for the SDTV feed)
Television channel.language
Mandarin
Television channel.area
China, Hong Kong, and Macau
Television channel.owner
China Central Television
Television channel.sister_channels
CCTV-14CCTV-5CCTV-17CCTV-13
Television channel.former_names
Peking Television (2 May 195830 April 1978)CCTV (main channel) (1 May 197831 January 1987)China Central Television First Program (1 February 19872 April 1995) China Central Television News and Comprehension Channel (3 April 19957 May 2003)
Television channel.country
China
Television channel.terr_serv_2
Digital TV (DTMB)
Television channel.terr_chan_2
Digital channel number varies by area.
Television channel.terr_serv_3
RTHK (Hong Kong)
Television channel.terr_chan_3
Channel 33 (HD)
Television channel.terr_serv_4
TDM (Macau)
Television channel.terr_chan_4
Channel 71 (SD)
Television channel.online_serv_1
CCTV program website

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

10 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Peking Television (2 May 1958{{snd}}30 April 1978)
  • [[China Central Television]] (Since 1 May 1978)
  • High-definition
  • Hong Kong and Macau version
  • Logo Evolution
  • Beijing Television era
  • CCTV-1 era
  • References
  • External links

CCTV-1 (CCTV General Channel) is the primary channel of CCTV, the national flagship terrestrial television network of the People's Republic of China. It broadcasts a range of programs from CCTV Headquarters at East 3rd Ring Road in Beijing and is available to both cable and terrestrial television viewers. The terrestrial signal of CCTV-1 is free-to-air across China. However, due to copyright restrictions, the satellite signal of CCTV-1 is encrypted, and smartcards are necessary for decryption.

==History==

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