Hunan Television
Hunan Television (Chinese: 湖南卫视; pinyin: Húnán Wèishì) is a Chinese provincial satellite television station based in Changsha, Hunan province. Launched on September 29, 1970 and often nicknamed the "mango channel" (Chinese: 芒果台, due to the station's current logo), it is currently China's second-most-watched television channel, second to China Central Television's CCTV-1, although Hunan TV has occasionally overtaken CCTV-1 in ratings. Owned by Hunan Broadcasting System, Hunan TV's signal covers m
Basic Information
- Category: television channel
- Founded: 1997
- Headquarters: Changsha
- Website: http://zixun.hunantv.com/
Documented Facts
- Founded: 1997 (No linked source recorded for this statement.)
- Website: http://zixun.hunantv.com/ (No linked source recorded for this statement.)
- Headquarters: Changsha (No linked source recorded for this statement.)
- Country: People's Republic of China (No linked source recorded for this statement.)
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Hunan Television (Chinese: 湖南卫视; pinyin: Húnán Wèishì) is a Chinese provincial satellite television station based in Changsha, Hunan province. Launched on September 29, 1970 and often nicknamed the "mango channel" (Chinese: 芒果台, due to the station's current logo), it is currently China's second-most-watched television channel, second to China Central Television's CCTV-1, although Hunan TV has occasionally overtaken CCTV-1 in ratings. Owned by Hunan Broadcasting System, Hunan TV's signal covers m
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