On November 13, the web portal KDNET posted an infographic about CCTV’s flagship news program, Xinwen Lianbo (News Simulcast) to its official Weibo. China Media Project determined that the post had ...

Censors took down a Zhihu question-and-answer that asked, “Why don’t young people watch Xinwen Lianbo anymore?” Xinwen Lianbo, China Central Television’s flagship evening news program since 1978, is ...

"Young people tend to say that Xinwen Lianbo is a TV program for the older generation. Those people should eat their words, since many young people have become fans of Xinwen Lianbo recently," said ...

Two news anchors for one of China's most influential TV news programs will retire from their positions, State broadcaster China Central Television confirmed on Wednesday, with the move expected to ...

Summary：Reforms are planned for Xinwen Lianbo, the national news show which draws a huge but dwindling audience every day at 7pm. A few years ago I expressed my views about CCTV’s national news ...

The author is a senior reporter of the China Lab. There are about 3,000 TV channels in China. Among them, more than 1,000 have their own production facilities at provincial and municipal levels. Many ...

They're not senior party leaders, but their retirement has created a nationwide stir. The news that Li Ruiying and Zhang Hongmin are stepping down as anchors of China Central Television's prime-time ...

Mainland internet users sarcastically dubbed China Central Television's (CCTV) nightly prime-time newscast, Xinwen Lianbo, the "happiest 30 minutes" on television, but there are now fewer smiles than ...

Xinwen Lianbo is a daily news programme produced by China Central Television. It is shown simultaneously by most terrestrial television channels in mainland China, making it one of the world's ...

The Chinese government has just given massive support to Esports in China. Dota 2 was given a special mention last week by Xinwen Lianbo and may be the focus of the upcoming tournaments hosted by the ...

With the rapidly changing media industry, younger news anchors may be better in tune to what young audiences want, and new faces and broadcasting styles may attract more viewers, he said. Yu Guoming, ...