Alternatives and competitors

Sites like China Central Television

The 20 closest state broadcaster news alternatives to China Central Television, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 3 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to China Central Television? The closest matches are CGTN, Youku and ifeng.com. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.

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01 · Entity

About China Central Television

China Central Television cctv.com

央视网_世界就在眼前

央视网(www.cctv.com)由中央广播电视总台主办,是以视频为特色的中央重点新闻网站,是央视的融合传播平台,是拥有全牌照业务资质的大型互联网文化企业。秉承“融合创新、一体发展”的理念,以新闻为龙头,以视频为重点,以用户为中心,建成“一网一端多平台多渠道”融媒体传播体系。

Wikidata: Chinese media organization providing a Communist Party-run propaganda channel network

Top 10K · #2,381 English 3 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit China Central Television

Summary by Claude

Official website of China Central Television (CCTV), offering national and international news, live streams of CCTV channels, TV series, documentaries, sports, military programming and a panda live-cam channel.

Who it’s for
Chinese-speaking general public
Business model
State funding and advertising, with VIP memberships

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to China Central Television’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

similarity × popularity

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03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to China Central Television

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to China Central Television, thumbs down if it isn’t.

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  1. 01
    CGTN cgtn.com Top 10K English

    CGTN | Breaking News, China News, World News and Video

    Get the news as it breaks and go behind the day's top stories, from politics, business, culture and sports to nature, travel and technology. CGTN delivers a Chinese perspective on global news through innovative use of the latest media tools.

  2. 02
    Youku youku.com Top 1K

    优酷-热门独播剧集综艺电影在线观看-为好内容全力以赴

    优酷视频是中国领先的在线视频平台,提供海量正版高清电视剧、电影、综艺、动漫、纪录片等视频内容,独家热播剧集实时更新,畅享流畅观影体验。

  3. 03
    ifeng.com Top 10K Chinese

    凤凰网

    凤凰网是中国领先的综合门户网站,提供含文图音视频的全方位综合新闻资讯、深度访谈、观点评论、财经产品、互动应用、分享社区等服务,同时与凤凰无线、凤凰宽频形成三屏联动,为全球主流华人提供互联网、无线通信、电视网三网融合无缝衔接的新媒体优质体验。

  4. 04
    China Internet Information Center china.com.cn Top 10K

    中国网--网上中国

    国家重点新闻网站,拥有十个语种独立新闻采编、报道和发布权;第一时间报道国家重大新闻事件;国情信息库服务全球读者了解中国;国务院新闻办公室发布会独家网络直播发布网站;拥有国内外顶级学者专家资源,独家编发各种相关政策解读。

  5. 05
    sina.com sina.com.cn Top 1K

    新浪网

    新浪网为全球用户24小时提供全面及时的中文资讯,内容覆盖国内外突发新闻事件、体坛赛事、娱乐时尚、产业资讯、实用信息等,设有新闻、体育、娱乐、财经、科技、房产、汽车等30多个内容频道,同时开设博客、视频、论坛等自由互动交流空间。

  6. 06
    www.gov.cn Top 10K

    中国政府网_中央人民政府门户网站

    country in East Asia

  7. 07
    CTV News ctvnews.ca Top 10K English

    CTV News – Breaking News and Video, Canada News Today

    Get live updates on the latest local, national, and international news, including trusted reporting on politics, health, business, sports and more.

  8. 08
    China News Service chinanews.com.cn Top 10K

    中国新闻网_梳理天下新闻

    中国新闻网,是知名的中文新闻门户网站,也是全球互联网中文新闻资讯最重要的原创内容供应商之一。依托中新社遍布全球的采编网络,每天24小时面向广大网民和网络媒体,快速、准确地提供文字、图片、视频等多样化的资讯服务。在新闻报道方面,中新网动态新闻及时准确,解释性报道角度独特,稿件被国内外网络媒体大量转载。

  9. 09
    Xinhuanet xinhuanet.com Top 10K

    新华网_让新闻离你更近

    中国主要重点新闻网站,依托新华社遍布全球的采编网络,记者遍布世界100多个国家和地区,地方频道分布全国31个省市自治区,每天24小时同时使用6种语言滚动发稿,权威、准确、及时播发国内外重要新闻和重大突发事件,受众覆盖200多个国家和地区,发展论坛是全球知名的中文论坛。

  10. 10

    爱奇艺 iQIYI-热门独播剧集在线观看

    爱奇艺(iQIYI)是中国领先的在线视频平台,提供海量免费正版高清电视剧、短剧、电影、综艺、动漫等视频内容,成功打造了狂飙、新说唱、偶像练习生、我是刑警、迷雾剧场等现象级IP,热门大片、独播剧集实时更新,畅享流畅观影体验。

  11. 11
    QQ.com qq.com Top 100 Chinese

    腾讯网

    腾讯网从2003年创立至今,已经成为集新闻信息,区域垂直生活服务、社会化媒体资讯和产品为一体的互联网媒体平台。腾讯网下设新闻、科技、财经、娱乐、体育、汽车、时尚等多个频道,充分满足用户对不同类型资讯的需求。同时专注不同领域内容,打造精品栏目,并顺应技术发展趋势,推出网络直播等创新形式,改变了用户获取资讯的方式和习惯。

  12. 12
    Douban douban.com Top 10K Chinese

    豆瓣

    提供图书、电影、音乐唱片的推荐、评论和价格比较,以及城市独特的文化生活。

  13. 13
    People's Daily people.com.cn Top 10K Chinese

    人民网_网上的人民日报

    人民网,是世界十大报纸之一《人民日报》建设的以新闻为主的大型网上信息发布平台,也是互联网上最大的中文和多语种新闻网站之一。作为国家重点新闻网站,人民网以新闻报道的权威性、及时性、多样性和评论性为特色,在网民中树立起了“权威媒体、大众网站”的形象。

  14. 14
    China Daily chinadaily.com.cn Top 10K English

    China Daily Website - Connecting China Connecting the World

    Chinadaily.com.cn is the largest English portal in China, providing news, business information, BBS, learning materials. The Website has channels as China, BizChina, World, Opinion, Sports/Olympics, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Culture, Citylife, Photo, Forum and Weather.

  15. 15
    163.com Top 1K

    网易

    网易是中国领先的互联网技术公司,为用户提供免费邮箱、游戏、搜索引擎服务,开设新闻、娱乐、体育等30多个内容频道,及博客、视频、论坛等互动交流,网聚人的力量。

  16. 16
    Bilibili bilibili.com Top 1K Chinese

    bilibili

    哔哩哔哩(bilibili.com)是国内知名的视频弹幕网站,这里有及时的动漫新番,活跃的ACG氛围,有创意的Up主。大家可以在这里找到许多欢乐。

  17. 17
    Xinhua News Agency news.cn Top 10K

    official press agency of the People's Republic of China

  18. 18
    CBC.ca cbc.ca Top 10K

    News website

  19. 19
    ChinaZ.com chinaz.com Top 10K

    站长之家 - 站长资讯-我们致力于为中文网站提供动力!

    站长之家(中国站长站)为个人站长与企业网络提供全面的站长资讯、源代码程序下载、海量建站素材、强大的搜索优化辅助工具、网络产品设计与运营理念以及一站式网络解决方案,十年来我们一直致力为中文网站提供动力。

  20. 20
    CNBC cnbc.com Top 1K English

    International Business, World News & Global Stock Market Analysis

    CNBC International is the world leader for news on business, technology, China, trade, oil prices, the Middle East and markets.

Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to cctv.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones China Central Television uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

What China Central Television is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.

Built with

JavaScript libraries
  • jQuery asset https://r.img.cctvpic.com/library/script/jquery-1.7.2.min.js
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
  • GlobalSign TXT _globalsign-domain-verification=OYBD0uyddAd_9KUrcamd0awPrFX6Wdwomo7Fm…
  • Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=WQvvpXXM2ODfu0tvciMLtjeUKRfi5NTnOzEWkjxsamg

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