CCTV America
CCTV America is the American division of CCTV News, the English-language news channel run by Chinese state broadcaster China Central Television. It is based in Washington, DC and manages bureaus across North and South America. The service employs a mix of American, international and Chinese journalists and produces Americas-based programming with a focus on Asia for CCTV News.[1]
CCTV America is led by director general Ma Jing with veteran Asia journalist Jim Laurie as executive consultant.[2] It began broadcasting on February 6, 2012.[3]
From the CCTV America website:
"Our Mission: to provide English-speaking viewers everywhere a different way to see the world by simply covering more of it. CCTV America broadcasts news and talk programming from in its production facilities inWashington DC., joining our headquarters in Beijing – and our sister broadcast center in Nairobi, Kenya – in providing a comprehensive as well as balanced view of the world in which we live."[4]
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Production Team [edit]
Anchoring Team [edit]
- DC: Mike Walter[disambiguation needed], Anand Naidoo, Elaine Reyes, and Phillip Yin
- New York: Michelle Makori
North America Correspondents [edit]
US
- DC: Jessica Stone, Sean Callebs, Wang Guan, Zou Yun Nathan King
- New York: Liling Tan, Karina Huber
- San Francisco: Mark Niu
- Houston: Ginger Vaughn
- Miami: Nitza Perez
- Chicago: Shraysi Tandon
Canada
- Toronto: Kristiaan Yeo
Mexico
- Mexico City: Franc Contreras, John Holman[disambiguation needed]
Cuba
- Havana: Michael Voss
South America Correspondents [edit]
Colombia
- Bogota: Michelle Begue
Brazil
- Rio De Janeiro: Stephen Gibbs, Lucrecia Franco
- Sao Paolo: Paolo Cabral
Argentina
- Buenos Aires: Daniel Shweimler
Peru
- Lima: Dan Collyns
Programs [edit]
- Biz Asia America – Two hours of global news and analysis, is aimed at combining reporting of economic and financial issues in North and South America with those from China and the Asian region. Anchored by Phillip Yin from CCTV America's studios in Washington, DC and a Michelle Makori from a New York studio at NASDAQ. Airs Monday-Friday 8:00 PM to 10:00 pm US Eastern time[5]
- The Heat – Weekly news and current affairs show that features often heated discussions on global affairs. Airs Saturdays 8:30 PM US Eastern time[4]
- Americas Now – CCTV's news magazine program, featuring in depth stories from Central and South America produced by former 60 Minutes producer Barbara Dury. Airs Sundays 8:30 PM US Eastern time[4]
- General News - Breaking news from around the world – with special emphasis on North and South America. Airs Saturdays and Sundays at 7:00 PM and 8:00 PM US Eastern time.[4]
CCTV America programs can be seen in North America at 8:00 PM US Eastern time on COMCAST Channel 273 in the greater Washington area; on Time Warner Channel 134 in New York; on Charter Cable Channel 562 in Los Angeles; and nationwide on DISH TV channel 265
References [edit]
- ^ "CCTV America Initiates New Programming From Washington, D.C." (Press release). CCTV. 2012-02-06. Retrieved 2012-02-08.
- ^ "Chinese state TV starts American service this week". Associated Press. 2012-02-08. Retrieved 2012-02-08.
- ^ Wang, Xi (2012-02-06). "About CCTV America". CNTV. Retrieved 2012-02-08.
- ^ a b c d "CCTV America". Retrieved 2/15/13.
- ^ "Biz Asia America". Retrieved 2/15/13.
