China Central Television or Chinese Central Television, commonly abbreviated as CCTV, is the predominant state television broadcaster in mainland. CCTV has a network of 45 channels broadcasting different programs and is accessible to more than one billion viewers. Most of its programs are a mixture of documentary, comedy, entertainment, and drama, the majority of which consists of Chinese soap operas and entertainment. CCTV has 45 TV channels (22 for free, 23 for pay-vision), the largest number of television sub channels in the world. (Wikipedia)