CCTV 5
CCTV-Olympic also has the exclusive rights in China to broadcast the World Cup, Olympic Games and Asian Games. It has many popular programmes among Chinese sports fans. CCTV-Olympic (as well as most other CCTV channels) may be viewed for free on the internet through the TVUnetworks application. As of January 2008, CCTV 5 was renamed the Olympic Channel It should be noted that the Chinese media, including CCTV has kept this quiet. CCTV-Olympic has extensive coverage of the following sports: .CCTV－Olympic now broadcasts 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It has extensive coverage of European football leagues (including Italian, Spanish, German and French leagues; however, it does not hold the rights for the English Premiership or UEFA Champions League in recent years). CCTV-5 (Chinese: 中国中央电视台体育频道), also known as the Sports Channel, part of the China Central Television family of networks, is the main sports broadcaster in the People s Republic of China.
CCTV-Olympic began broadcasting on January 1, 1995.
