The Introduction to China Media Group
China Media Group (CMG), established in 2018, is one of the largest media conglomerates in the world. It has 51 television channels including nine international ones, 22 radio frequencies targeting domestic audiences, and programming in 68 languages targeting global audiences. Also, CMG's rapidly growing digital presence comprises Yangshipin.cn - the national
-level 5G digital platform, CCTVNews App, Ethereal Sound App, and other multilingual mobile platforms, with continuously growing subscriptions and influence. CMG's highly effective global news gathering and production network is supported by bureaus in 65 countries and regions. When it comes to being the first to report breaking news, CMG ranks among the forefront of the world's mainstream media organizations. Its international news agency CCTV+ provides video news services to more than 4,400 media organizations – radio, television, mobile device and internet – in 147 countries and regions worldwide. CMG has established a comprehensive audio-video archive containing some three million hours of material. Each day it produces around 1,105 hours of TV programs and 3,700 hours of radio and online audio content. Xinwen Lianbo, the national prime-time evening news broadcast, attracts an average daily audience of 109 million. Among CMG’s special productions is the annual Spring Festival Gala, a visual spectacular that has generated over 19.7 billion view counts through all media platforms in 2023. More than 1,000 media organizations in 173 countries and regions carried a live broadcast or reported on the event. As its strategic "5G+4K/8K+AI" plan advances, CMG has been actively carrying out the establishment of its 8K UHD communication system and the application of the key technologies of 8K UHD production and broadcasting. Its UHD technological innovation projects, such as the 4K/8K UHD TV production and presentation system and its industrial application, are on an advanced world level. CMG is a major member of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union, European Broadcasting Union, Arab States Broadcasting Union, and many other international media organizations. CMG has also established various wide-ranging partnerships in news content sharing, program co-production, and exchanges of personnel and broadcasting technology with a multitude of international mainstream media organizations.
