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| Company type | Television network, Satellite television and Cable television | ||||||||||||
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| Industry | Television broadcasting | ||||||||||||
| Founded | September 3, 1968; 57 years ago (1968-09-03) | ||||||||||||
| Headquarters | Taipei, | ||||||||||||
| Products | Television content, television programming | ||||||||||||
| Parent | Want WantChina Times | ||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 中國電視公司 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 中国电视公司 | ||||||||||||
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| Website | www.ctv.com.tw | ||||||||||||
China Television Company, Ltd. (CTV), formerly calledTaiwan Daytime TV (TDT) from 1969 to 1975, is atelevision broadcasting company based inTaipei,Taiwan. It was established on September 3, 1968 by the then-rulingKuomintang (KMT). 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. CTV was the first television channel to broadcast full colour television service to the whole island.
China Television was established on September 3, 1968, and began broadcasting in 1969.[1]
On August 9, 1999, the channel was publicly listed onTaiwan 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 theChina Times media group, effectively giving the station leeway to some of its satellite TV concerns, notably theChung 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 was 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.[citation needed]
In November 2019,Wang Liqiang, a self-proclaimed spy from thePeople's Republic of China (PRC) who defected toAustralia, claimed, among other allegations, that CTV had received PRC funding in return for airing stories unfavorable of theROC government on Taiwan.[2]
CTV's parent company, The Want Want China Times Group, denied these allegations.[2] The veracity of his claims has also been disputed by espionage experts, who suggested that his claims were made out of opportunism.[3][4]
The testcard of CTV isPM5544.
