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PPTV is a former Chinese television network. It was founded in 2007 as the result of a merger between Beijing-based PPTV and Shanghai-based TVB. The company was once the largest broadcaster in China, and was the dominant provider of Chinese-language television content. It was ranked as the fifth most-watched television network in the world with an audience of over 230 million people in 2016. | [[File:578895FF-96ED-40A4-8ECE-C4FD36194A7F.jpg|thumb|249x249px|PPTV Logo]] | ||
[[PPTV]] is a former Chinese television network. It was founded in 2007 as the result of a merger between [[wikipedia:Beijing|Beijing]]-based PPTV and [[wikipedia:Shanghai|Shanghai]]-based TVB. The company was once the largest broadcaster in [[wikipedia:China|China]], and was the dominant provider of Chinese-language television content. It was ranked as the fifth most-watched television network in the world with an audience of over 230 million people in 2016. | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
PPTV, formerly China | PPTV, formerly China Prime Television (CPTV), is the largest television broadcaster in mainland China and one of the world's largest television networks, with more than 1,000 channels and 38 million subscribers. It is a state-owned enterprise, with the majority of its shares held by the Chinese government. | ||
PPTV began as a joint venture between the Chinese government, the China Radio and Television Corporation, and the China News Corporation in 1989. It began broadcasting on January 1, 1992. The company is headquartered in Beijing. | PPTV began as a joint venture between the Chinese government, the China Radio and Television Corporation, and the China News Corporation in 1989. It began broadcasting on January 1, 1992. The company is headquartered in Beijing. | ||
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PPTV began offering streaming content in 2013. | PPTV began offering streaming content in 2013. | ||
[[MeMoreTV]] purchased PPTV in 2018. | |||
== Triple Murder of Top Executives == | |||
[[File:176F84DA-CAF3-46C5-BEFF-E2568C6DF897.jpg|left|thumb|189x189px|Wreckage of PPTV executive limousine following the triple assassinations in Saudi Arabia, 2018.]] | |||
On 15 March 2017, three executives of Chinese telecommunications company PPTV were killed while on a business trip to [[wikipedia:Saudi_Arabia|Saudi Arabia]]. The victims were Liu Zhenhua, Wang Xiaoyun, and Li Xin. | |||
The Chinese government announced that the murders were the result of a conspiracy, and that the three executives had been specifically targeted. Saudi Arabia initially denied any involvement in the murders, but later admitted that two of the victims had been killed in an attack by gunmen on their limousine convoy. | |||