CCTV-14 explained

CCTV-14 少儿
Launch Date:28 December 2003
Picture Format:1080i HDTV
Owner:China Central Television
Former Names:CCTV-Children
Website:CCTV-14
Country:China
Area:China
Terr Serv 1:Cable TV (Hong Kong)
Terr Chan 1:Channel 14 (SD)
Channel 514 (HD)
Online Serv 1:CCTV program website
Online Chan 1:CCTV-14

CCTV-14 is a Chinese free-to-air television channel that was launched on 28 December 2003 and is owned by the China Central Television. It airs animated films and series as well as kids game shows and other young-oriented programmes, including The Beachbuds, FriendZSpace, Super Wings, Aggretsuko, Kung Fu Wa, , Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom, Willa's Wild Life, and Octonauts.

Before its launch, CCTV children's programs were broadcast on CCTV-7.

History

Test transmissions of the channel were started on 8 December 2003. Its first broadcast was made on 10 December 2003 with a duration of 16 hours. CCTV-14 was formally launched on 28 December 2003 as CCTV-Children and was split from CCTV-7. Starting 1 January 2011, the channel was rebranded as CCTV-14.

From 2013 onwards, CCTV-14 has carried CCTV New Year's Gala.

In August 2019, the channel produced an adapted version of The Selfish Giant, titled The Giants Garden, a live musical phenomenon with a cast of nearly 300 of Shanghai's top child actors. It was presented in English instead of Mandarin and broadcast to all of the People's Republic of China. The show was met with acclaim, and aided in installing a yearly tradition of the channel producing a musical to be broadcast entirely in English with original music.