China Television Company, Ltd. (CTV; ) (Formerly called Taiwan Daytime TV (TDT) in 1969-1975) is a

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company based in

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. It was established on September 3, 1968, by the then-ruling Nationalist Party (KMT) of the

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. 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. 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

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(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. In November 2019,

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, a self-proclaimed PRC spy who defected to

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, claimed that CTV had received Chinese funding in return for airing stories unfavorable of the Taiwanese government. The Want Want China Times Group denied these allegations.

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The testcard of CTV is

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Channels

CTV Main Channel CTV (formerly known as CTV Main Channel) is a free-to-air terrestrial television channel of the China Television China Television Company, Ltd. (CTV; ) (Formerly called Taiwan Daytime TV (TDT) in 1969-1975) is a television broadcasting comp ...

* CTV News Channel *

CTV Classic CTV Classic (), formerly known as CTV MyLife (), is a digital television channel operated by China Television (CTV) in Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and S ...

(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

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