CCTV-5+

CCTV-5+

CCTV-5+

Chinese sports television channel

CCTV-5+ (Chinese: 中国中央电视台体育赛事频道), formerly CCTV-HD, is China Central Television's channel designated to broadcast top international sporting events in high-definition.[1] It was tested in Beijing on 24 December 2007, and launched officially on 3 July 2008 under CCTV-HD. CCTV-HD was created specifically for the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Paralympics.

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Due to there having been several more HD CCTV broadcast channels in China, CCTV changed the channel name to "CCTV-5+ Sports Plus" on 16 August 2013. It's the second sports channel of the CCTV network.

This channel was previously only available for selected cable/satellite providers, but is now widely available.

References

  1. [1]
    Sports Channel, CCTV-5 (1 April 2020). "CCTV5 - English". CCTV-5. Archived from the original on 2008-08-08. Retrieved 1 April 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)


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