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Watching Chinese TV on PC and Mac

One of the best ways to watch Chinese TV on Windows machines is via an program called CCTV Box available for free from China Central Television: http://cctvbox.cctv.com

All the channels are built-in, and the number of available TV channels is impressive.

For Mac users, there is also a free solution: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ (This solution will work on Windows, too.)

After installation, start the program, click on File > Open network, then paste one of the following mms:// feeds in the dialog window when prompted:

1. CCTV 1  General: mms://cctv-live-cctv1.wm.llnwd.net/cctv_live_cctv1

2. CCTV 2 Finance: mms://cctv-live-cctv1.wm.llnwd.net/cctv_live_cctv2

3. CCTV 3 Arts: mms://cctv-live-cctv1.wm.llnwd.net/cctv_live_cctv3

4. CCTV 4  International (Chinese): mms://cctv-live-cctv1.wm.llnwd.net/cctv_live_cctv4

5. CCTV 5 Sports: mms://cctv-live-cctv1.wm.llnwd.net/cctv_live_cctv5

6. CCTV 6 Movies: mms://cctv-live-cctv1.wm.llnwd.net/cctv_live_cctv6

7. CCTV 7 Agriculture: mms://cctv-live-cctv1.wm.llnwd.net/cctv_live_cctv7

8. CCTV 8 TV Series: mms://cctv-live-cctv1.wm.llnwd.net/cctv_live_cctv8

9. CCTV 9 International (English): mms://cctv-live-cctv1.wm.llnwd.net/cctv_live_cctv9

10. CCTV 10 Science and education: mms://cctv-live-cctv1.wm.llnwd.net/cctv_live_cctv10

11.  CCTV 11 Chinese opera:   mms://cctv-live-cctv1.wm.llnwd.net/cctv_live_cctv11

12.  CCTV 12 Society and law: mms://cctv-live-cctv1.wm.llnwd.net/cctv_live_cctv12

13. CCTV News: mms://cctv-live-cctv1.wm.llnwd.net/cctv_live_cctvnews

14. CCTV Music: mms://cctv-live-cctv1.wm.llnwd.net/cctv_live_cctvmusic

15. CCTV HD: mms://cctv-live-cctv1.wm.llnwd.net/cctv_live_cctvhd

Enjoy!