CCTV-1

CCTV-1 综合
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)	Cantonese; Mandarin
Picture format	1080i HDTV ; (downscaled to 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner	China Central Television
History
Launched	1 May 1958 (Test Transmission) ; 2 September 1958 (Launch Transmission)
Former names	Peking Television (2 May 1958 – 30 May 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.^[1]^[2]