CCTV App for iPhone
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
CCTV, the biggest video content owner of China and the state-owned tv station, has released its official free application for iPhone platform: CCTV National Mobile TV.
Built upon CCTV’s news, sports, entertainment, music, animation and other content, this product provides you with a brand-new experience of watching TV programs from China Central Television (CCTV).
凭借着CCTV旗下新闻、体育、娱乐、影视、音乐、动漫等强大的资源优势，该产品为您提供了内容丰富的各类精彩节目。CCTV手机电视会对国内外各类热点 事件，各类重大体育赛事，各类综艺节目进行详细的播报。您可以随心随意选择，随时随地收看CCTV众多拥有独家版权的精品节目。
I’ve tried it yesterday. My first try is in the morning and it’s a failture ‘coz all the videos cannot be played at all. However later in the evening when I tried again, the video played very smoothly. All that I can say is it’s not as stable as expected.
So far all the content are not live, but VoD. However, the news part are updated so frequently, which makes it almost ‘live’(almost as soon as it’s played on TV).
The videos are from 32 well-known columns covering 8 channels(CCTV 1~5,CCTV-7,CCTV-12 and CCTV-News) . Besides, there are also 9 topic-centered videos including Shanghai EXPO and 11th National Sports etc. As to the Top chart, it’s just another view of the 32 columns.
It’s not as good as expected, but better than nothing.