CCTV-13


CCTV-13, formerly CCTV News, broadcasting across China since 2003, is a 24-hour news channel of China Central Television and the biggest news channel in mainland China.

History

The channel launched on 1 May 2003. It was created largely due to the broadcaster's flaws in its coverage of the September 11 attacks, which was accused by Yu Guoming as losing its role for information in times of crisis.

Content

CCTV News channel broadcasts live news reports every hour throughout the day, as well as current affairs programmes in the evening. Bulletins cover domestic and international events. The channel broadcasts exclusively in Mandarin Chinese. Viewers from across the Greater China region and that of the Chinese diaspora can watch the channel via satellite. From the midday newscast on 16 October 2019, all newscasts and in-depth programming, with the exceptions of Xinwen Lianbo and Focus Report, is broadcast in 16:9 and produced in high definition. Xinwen Lianbo and Focus Report made the HD switchover on 18 July 2020, along with the channel's HD feed available through satellite from the next day.

Programmes

Daily (in order of schedules, since 2009)

  • Midnight News
  • Morning News
  • Live News
  • News 30'
  • Law Online
  • Focus On
  • Xinwen Lianbo
  • Weather Forecast
  • Focus Report
  • Oriental Horizon
  • News 1+1
  • World Express
  • The World
  • 24 Hours

    Weekly

  • Weekly Quality Report
  • Face to Face/One on One
  • World Weekly
  • News Weekly
  • News Probe
  • Military Time
  • Leaders Talk

    Special

  • Breaking News
  • Year After Year
  • Employment is in Place/Employment has a Future