China Television

Not to be confused with Chinese Television System or China Central Television.

China Television (CTV)
中國電視台 (中視)

Type	Television network, Satellite television and Cable television
Industry	Television Broadcasting
Founded	3 September 1968
Headquarters	Taipei, Republic of China (Taiwan)
Products	Television content, television programming
Parent	Want Want China Times Group
Website	beta.ctv.com.tw

CTV building in Taipei City

China Television Company, Ltd. (CTV, simplified Chinese: 中国电视公司; traditional Chinese: 中國電視公司; pinyin: Zhōngguó Diànshì Gōngsī; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tiong-kok-tiān-sī-kong-si) (Formerly called Taiwan Daytime TV (TDT) in 1969-1975) was established on September 3, 1968 by the then-ruling Nationalist Party of the Republic of China (Taiwan). The party owned the majority stake of the network. Trial broadcast started on October 9, 1969 and the channel formally started broadcasting on October 31 the same year.

It was the first television channel to broadcast full colour television service to the whole island.

The third version of CTV logo (1980s-October 31, 1997)

On August 9, 1999, the channel was publicly listed on Taiwan Stock Exchange, becoming the first publicly listed broadcasting company on the island.

In 2006, due to effects borne by the media reform law in Taiwan requiring all political parties to divest their control in radio and television companies, 90% of CTV shares were sold to the China Times media group, effectively giving the station leeway to some of its satellite TV concerns, notably the Chung T'ien Television (CTi), one of major cable television programmers in Taiwan. Some CTV shows are now seen on CTi's two channels on cable.

It is currently the largest television channels on the island. Its shows consistently rated 2nd in all major time slots, and is home to Taiwan's most watched early evening newscast, the CTV News Global Report.

Appearances

Test card

The testcard of CTV is PM5544.

Closing and Opening times

"Closing time" is 100%. But it announced in the schedule.

• 1969-1975 opens at 8:00 and closes at 18:25.
• 1975-2005 opens at 8:00. Closes everyday at 0:00
• 2005-2009 opens at 13:00. Closes everyday at 22:20. (Force of government)
• 2009-today opens at 6:00. Closes Tuesday to Saturday at 1:00, Sunday at 2:00, and Monday at 01:45.

N.B. In 1979 - the song "晚安曲" Wǎn'ān Qǔ (Good Night Song), sung by Fei Yu-ching and composed by Liu Jia-Chang (劉家昌) was used to end each days' broadcast.

Channels

• CTV Main Channel
• CTV News Channel
• CTV MyLife

See also

• China Times
• Chung T'ien Television (CTi)
• List of Taiwanese television series

External links

• CTV Official Site