CGTN Spanish

{{short description|Spanish language entertainment and news channel of China Central Television}}

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| launch_date = October 1, {{start date and age|df=y|2007}}

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| owner = China Central Television

| type = State media

| country = China

| language = Spanish language

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| replaced = CCTV-E, CCTV-Español

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| online_serv_1 = CNTV Ai Bugu

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| online_serv_2 = Sling TV

| online_chan_2 = Internet Protocol television

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CGTN Spanish ({{langx|es|CGTN Español}}, formerly CCTV International Spanish or CCTV-Español and CCTV-E) is the Spanish language entertainment and news channel of China Global Television Network (CGTN), which is part of the state-owned broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV).

History

CGTN Spanish was launched on October 1, 2007, as CCTV-E. It replaced the bi-lingual Spanish / French language CCTV E&F channel which was launched on October 1, 2004.{{cn|date=March 2024}}

In 2016 CCTV-E partnered with the Venezuelan state media channel Telesur to co-produce a cultural program called Prisma.{{cite web |last1=Cook |first1=Sarah |title=Beijing's Global Megaphone: The Expansion of Chinese Communist Party Media In uence since 2017 |url=https://freedomhouse-files.s3.amazonaws.com/01152020_SR_China%20Global%20Megaphone_with%20Recommendations%20PDF.pdf |website=freedomhouse-files.s3.amazonaws.com |publisher=Freedom House |access-date=30 January 2020 |archive-date=16 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200116045521/https://freedomhouse-files.s3.amazonaws.com/01152020_SR_China%20Global%20Megaphone_with%20Recommendations%20PDF.pdf |url-status=live }}

In 2024, CGTN Spanish spread false information about US Supreme Court rulings in what Politico called "escalating play by Beijing to undermine faith in U.S. democracy."{{Cite web |date=2024-03-14 |title=Time's up for TikTok |url=https://www.politico.eu/newsletter/china-watcher/times-up-for-tiktok/ |access-date=2024-03-14 |website=POLITICO |language=en |archive-date=2024-03-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240314131851/https://www.politico.eu/newsletter/china-watcher/times-up-for-tiktok/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Nelson |first=Alex |date=March 14, 2024 |title=Chinese state media spread Spanish-language disinformation |url=https://www.logically.ai/resources/chinese-state-media-spread-spanish-language-disinformation |access-date=2024-03-14 |website=Logically |language=en |archive-date=2024-03-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240314152415/https://www.logically.ai/resources/chinese-state-media-spread-spanish-language-disinformation |url-status=live }}

See also

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