China Central Television launched its Middle East Regional Centre in the United Arab Emirates with the opening of its offices in Dubai yesterday, Khaleej Times Online reported.
Vice-President Sun Yusheng said the establishment of CCTV Regional Centre in the Middle East is aimed at accelerating political, economic, cultural and media communications between China and the Middle-East region. CCTV’s Middle-East Regional Centre will oversee correspondents stationed in Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon, and serve as the news-gathering centre of regional stations and the assignment centre of breaking news.
On Tuesday, CCTV opened its base for Latin America in São Paolo, together with Brazil’s Rede Band of the Bandeirantes de Comunicação group, Macauhub reported. The choice of São Paulo for the headquarters of CCTV in Brazil was intended, according to the Chinese ambassador to Brazil, Qiu Xiaoqi, to boost Chinese presence in Latin America.
The inauguration of CCTV Latin America was paired with setting up a partnership between the Chinese state TV company and TV Bandeirantes, the only TV station in Brazil with a correspondent in China.
The complex is able to broadcast live in high definition, and there are plans to launch Portuguese-language programming, according to Ye Lu Lu, the director of CCTV’s Latin American newsroom.
(Source: Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union)
