CCTV International French formerly CCTV-F is a French language

French language

French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...

 entertainment and news channel of China Central Television

China Central Television

China Central Television or Chinese Central Television, commonly abbreviated as CCTV, is the major state television broadcaster in mainland China. CCTV has a network of 19 channels broadcasting different programmes and is accessible to more than one billion viewers...

 (CCTV) originating in the People's Republic of China

People's Republic of China

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, and are part of the Chinese Government's information ministry.

The channels cater to an international audience, with programmes containing French subtitle

Subtitle (captioning)

Subtitles are textual versions of the dialog in films and television programs, usually displayed at the bottom of the screen. They can either be a form of written translation of a dialog in a foreign language, or a written rendering of the dialog in the same language, with or without added...

s. There are also news programmes featuring French-language reporters. These programmes provide both Chinese and international news coverage.

Most programmes on CCTV-F are 30 minutes long. They feature a variety of content, including news programmes, educational programmes, and Chinese soap opera

Soap opera

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s.

There are also programmes offering tourism advice and showcasing new Chinese artists.

CCTV-F signed on October 1, 2007, replacing the bi-lingual Spanish

Spanish language

Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...

 / French language CCTV E&F channel, three years after signing on on October 1, 2004.

Featured French Programmes

• Le Journal (news)
• Le Documentaire (deep subject matter)
• 24h en Chine (China news)
• Monde de l´Economie (Business news)
• Culturama (Culture news)
• 15 Minutes Chrono (Sports news)
• Asie Infos (Asia news)
• Rencontres (Interview program)
• A la découverte de la Chine (explore Chinese civilization)
• Arts et Spectacles (entertainment program with arts, performances, music, dance...)
• Feuilleton (TV shows)
• Objectif, Chine (Feature program, translated from an english program "Rediscovering China")
• Carnet de route (travel program)
• Le saviez-vous ? (discover history)
• Le chinois au quotidien (Chinese language teaching program)
• Kaléidoscope (lifestyle)

External links

• Official Sites
• CCTV-F
• Zhongwen
• Complete Schedule

See also

• CCTV-4 (International Chinese)
  CCTV-4
  CCTV-4 is the international broadcast for CCTV International in the Mandarin language. It is one of six CCTV channels that broadcasts outside of China, the other five being CCTV News, CCTV-E, CCTV-F, CCTV-Русский and CCTV-العربية....
  
  
• CCTV-Русский (International Russian)
  CCTV International Russian
  CCTV International Russian is a Russian language international news, entertainment, and education television channel which is owned by China Central Television.- Launch :The Russian language channel was launched on September 10, 2009 on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the...
  
  
• CCTV-Español (International Spanish)
• CCTV-العربية (International Arabic)
  CCTV International Arabic
  CCTV International Arabic is an Arabic-language channel launched by China Central Television in 2009.-Launch:...
  
  
• CCTV-NEWS (International English)
• CNTV International
  China Network Television (International)
  China Network Television is a national web-based TV broadcaster officially launched on December 28, 2009. CNTV International offers foreign language services in 5 languages so far, containing , , , , channels...