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WTA Finals back on CCTV for first time since 2021
The WTA Finals, the season-ending WTA Tour tournament, has returned to Chinese linear television for the first time since the Peng Shuai controversy in November 2021
LaLiga lands first CCTV deal in nine years
LaLiga has signed an agreement with China Media Group (CMG) as the league continues to expand its presence in the country following a turbulent period of coverage in recent seasons.
CCTV retains Australian Open rights to 2026
Chinese state broadcaster CCTV will continue showing the Australian Open until 2026, a significant deal for the grand slam given it is the only one of tennis’s four majors which is shown in a convenient t…
CCTV’s NBA viewership ‘approaching pre-2019 levels’
The NBA’s viewership figures on Chinese state broadcaster CCTV are reportedly close to returning to the levels reached prior to the league’s blackout in the country.
CCTV appears to cut shots of mask-free World Cup crowds
Chinese state broadcaster CCTV appears to have cut some images of fans not wearing masks from its television coverage of the Fifa World Cup, according to various reports
English Premier League returns to CCTV in China
Chinese state broadcaster CCTV will show live English Premier League football this weekend for the first time since 2020
CCTV shows coverage of F1’s Austrian Grand Prix with rights deal reportedly on horizon
Chinese state broadcaster CCTV over the weekend showed its first coverage of this year's Formula 1 season, with local media reporting that a new rights deal is being finalised
Douyin sublicenses Fifa World Cup streaming rights from CCTV
Chinese digital media firm Douyin Group has acquired rights for this year's Fifa World Cup in a sublicensing deal with the state-owned China Media Group, parent of state broadcaster CCTV
CCTV shows first NBA game after 18-month blackout
Chinese state broadcaster CCTV today (Wednesday) broadcast an NBA game for the first time since October 2020
Migu and WTT announce gatekeeper media rights deal in China
World Table Tennis, the commercial arm of the International Table Tennis Federation, has today (Wednesday) announced China Mobile's streaming service Migu as its exclusive, gatekeeper media rights partner…
Bundesliga first to land CCTV deal as European leagues face tough rights talks
The German Bundesliga was the first of the 'Big Five' European football leagues to secure a media-rights deal with Chinese state broadcaster CCTV for the 2021-22 season
China Media Group launching dedicated Olympics channel
China's state-run media organisation China Media Group is launching a linear and digital channel dedicated to the Olympics
China Media Group retains Olympics rights to 2032 in four-Games deal
China Media Group, the Chinese state media company, has strengthened its hold on the Olympic broadcast rights in the country in a four-Games agreement that runs until the recently-awarded Brisbane 2032…
Xiaohongshu agrees sports deals with CCTV, women’s football team
Chinese, female-skewed social media and ecommerce platform Xiaohongshu has agreed two significant sports partnerships, with state broadcaster CCTV and the women's national football team
Tencent and Kuaishou sublicense Olympics media rights from CCTV
Chinese digital media operators Tencent and Kuaishou have sublicensed on-demand and short-form video rights for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics from state broadcaster CCTV
Challenging Chinese market next up for Uefa club competitions rights sales
The Team Marketing agency has initiated the sales processes in China for broadcast rights to Uefa club competitions from 2021-22 to 2023-24
CCTV ‘to resume NBA broadcasts’
Chinese state broadcaster CCTV is to resume live broadcasts of NBA games on March 8, beginning with the All Star game that day, according to media reports in China
Migu to show Olympics and World Cup under CCTV content tie-up
Chinese streaming platform China Mobile Migu will carry live and on-demand coverage of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and the 2022 Fifa World Cup, under a deal with state broadcaster…