China Television
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China Television Company, Ltd. (CTV) (Formerly called Taiwan Daytime TV (TDT) in 1969-1975) was established on September 3, 1968 by the then-ruling Nationalist Party
Kuomintang
The Kuomintang of China , sometimes romanized as Guomindang via the Pinyin transcription system or GMD for short, and translated as the Chinese Nationalist Party is a founding and ruling political party of the Republic of China . Its guiding ideology is the Three Principles of the People, espoused...

 of the Republic of China
Republic of China
The Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan , is a unitary sovereign state located in East Asia. Originally based in mainland China, the Republic of China currently governs the island of Taiwan , which forms over 99% of its current territory, as well as Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other minor...

 (Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...

). 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 Taiwan Stock Exchange
Taiwan Stock Exchange
The Taiwan Stock Exchange Corporation is a financial institution, located in Taipei 101, in Taipei, Taiwan. The TSEC was established in 1961 and began operating as a stock exchange on 9 February 1962...

, 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 China Times
China Times
The China Times is a newspaper published in the Republic of China in Traditional Chinese. It is one of the four biggest newspapers in Taiwan, the other three being the Liberty Times, United Daily News, and Apple Daily ....

 media group, effectively giving the station leeway to some of its satellite TV concerns, notably the Chung T'ien Television
Chung T'ien Television
Chung T'ien Television , is a nationwide cable TV network based in Taiwan. It belongs to the China Times group, which also owns China Television .-History:...

 (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.

Closing and Opening times

"Closing time" is 100%. But it announced in the schedule.
  • 1969-1975 opens at 8:00 and closes at 18:25.
  • 1975-2005 opens at 8:00. Closes everyday at 0:00
  • 2005-2009 opens at 13:00. Closes everyday at 22:20. (Force of government)
  • 2009-today opens at 6:00. Closes Tuesday to Saturday at 1:00, Sunday at 2:00, and Monday at 01:45.


N.B. In 1979 - the song "晚安曲" Wǎn'ān Qǔ (Good Night Song), sung by Fei Yu-ching
Fei Yu-ching
Chang Yen-ting was born on 17 July 17 1955, better known as Fei Yu-ching . He is a Taiwanese singer-songwriter and the younger brother of television personality Chang Fei.-Biography:...

 and composed by Liu Jia-Chang (劉家昌) was used to end each days' broadcast.

Channels

  • CTV Main Channel
    CTV Main Channel
    CTV Main Channel, the premier channel of the China Television company, and is the one of the oldest three TV channel in Republic of China ....

  • CTV News Channel
  • CTV MyLife
    CTV MyLife
    CTV MyLife is a digital television channel operated by China Television in Taiwan....


See also

  • China Times
    China Times
    The China Times is a newspaper published in the Republic of China in Traditional Chinese. It is one of the four biggest newspapers in Taiwan, the other three being the Liberty Times, United Daily News, and Apple Daily ....

  • Chung T'ien Television
    Chung T'ien Television
    Chung T'ien Television , is a nationwide cable TV network based in Taiwan. It belongs to the China Times group, which also owns China Television .-History:...

     (CTi)
  • List of Taiwanese television series

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