CCTV-1
| Country | China |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | National; also distributed in other Asia countries on cable and satellite |
| Headquarters | CCTV Headquarters East 3rd Ring Road Chaoyang Metropolitan Beijing, People's Republic of China |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Mandarin |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 576i for the SDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | China Central Television |
| Sister channels | CCTV-14 CCTV-5 CCTV-17 CCTV-13 |
| History | |
| Launched | 1 May 1958 (Test Transmission) 2 September 1958 (Launch Transmission) |
| Former names | Peking Television (2 May 1958 – 30 April 1978) CCTV (main channel) (1 May 1978 – 31 January 1987) China Central Television First Program (1 February 1987 – 2 April 1995) China Central Television News and Comprehension Channel (3 April 1995 – 7 May 2003) |
| Links | |
| Website | cctv.cntv.cn |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Digital TV (DTMB) | Digital channel number varies by area. |
| RTHK (Hong Kong) | Channel 33 (HD) |
| TDM (Macau) | Channel 71 (SD) |
| Streaming media | |
| CCTV program website | 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.