China Television Company, Ltd. (CTV; zh, c=中國電視公司, p=Zhōngguó Diànshì Gōngsī, poj=Tiong-kok-tiān-sī-kong-si, zhu=ㄓㄨㄥㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄕˋ ㄍㄨㄥㄙ), formerly called Taiwan Daytime TV (TDT) from 1969 to 1975, is a

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company based in

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Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...

. It was established on September 3, 1968, by the then-ruling

Kuomintang The Kuomintang (KMT) is a major political party in the Republic of China (Taiwan). It was the one party state, sole ruling party of the country Republic of China (1912-1949), during its rule from 1927 to 1949 in Mainland China until Retreat ...

(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.

History

China Television was established on September 3, 1968, and began broadcasting in 1969. On August 9, 1999, the channel was publicly listed on

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, 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

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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.

Funding allegations

In November 2019, Wang Liqiang, a self-proclaimed spy from the

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(PRC) who defected to

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, claimed, among other allegations, that CTV had received PRC funding in return for airing stories unfavorable of the ROC government on Taiwan. CTV's parent company, The Want Want China Times Group, denied these allegations. The veracity of his claims has also been disputed by espionage experts, who suggested that his claims were made out of opportunism.

Appearances

Test card

The testcard of CTV is PM5544.

Channels

* CTV Main Channel * CTV News Channel *

CTV Classic CTV Classic (), formerly known as CTV MyLife (), is a digital television channel operated by China Television (CTV) in Taiwan. See also * Media of Taiwan The mass media in Taiwan is considered to be one of the freest and most competitive in Asia ...

(formerly known as CTV MyLife) * CTV Bravo (formerly known as CTV HD, the high-definition version channel available in terrestrial television. Launched on July 21, 2012)

References

External links

CTV Official Site
* {{Television in the Republic of China Television stations in Taiwan Chinese-language television stations Television channels and stations established in 1968 1968 establishments in Taiwan Kuomintang