CCTV-9China Central Television International Frequency: Satellite
Country: China
Launched: September 25, 2000 (Monday) Like most other international broadcasters, CCTV-9 usually airs a live news bulletin in the first half of each hour. As well as a generic news programme, there are specialist bulletins focusing on Asian news, news from mainland China and business news. Programming in the second half of each hour includes Chinese language lessons, sports bulletins travel documentaries (not necessarily about China) and magazines covering the arts, science and sport. The channel's programming has been extensively studied by academic, and former CCTV consultant, John Jirik. He found that most of its domestic and foreign policy news is sourced from CCTV-1 while the bulk of its foreign coverage is supplied by the international news agencies APTN and Reuters. Although most news on CCTV-9 is derived from third party sources, reporters at CCTV-9 produce a small but professionally accomplished number of reports on significant topics. | 
