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About CCTV-13
CCTV-13 streams live on Sporio TV — a news channel based in China and broadcasting in Chinese, free and without an account.
CCTV-13 costs nothing to watch: no subscription, no trial and no signup are needed to open CCTV-13 on Sporio TV.
Explore more news channels from China alongside CCTV-13, all free and live on Sporio TV.
Tune in to CCTV-13 from anywhere in the world: CCTV-13 plays free on Sporio TV with a data-saver mode for slow connections and no registration.
A free account lets you save CCTV-13 to favourites and get notified when CCTV-13 goes live, but you can watch CCTV-13 without signing in at all.
CCTV-13 works on any device — open it in a phone, tablet, laptop or smart-TV browser and the same free CCTV-13 stream plays on every screen.
You can watch CCTV-13 live as you read this; Sporio refreshes the status of CCTV-13 constantly so the LIVE badge stays accurate.
As a news channel, CCTV-13 carries live headlines, breaking news and current-affairs coverage from China throughout the day.
Sporio tracks the reliability of CCTV-13 continuously, surfacing the best available source so CCTV-13 keeps playing without hunting for a working link.
Sporio brings CCTV-13 together with thousands of free live channels in one directory; it does not host or retransmit CCTV-13, only links to publicly available broadcasts.
Programming
CCTV-13 generally features breaking news, live bulletins and current-affairs coverage, presented in Chinese. As a live channel, what is on air changes through the day, so Sporio does not publish a fixed schedule — instead it links you straight to the live news stream and to related Chinese channels you can switch to at any time. Related Channels: CNA Channel News Asia, Taiwan Indigenous TV, CCTV+ 1, China Travel, Jiangsu Public & News Channel, Beautiful Life TV, Global News, CCTV+ 2, 白山新闻综合, 余姚新闻综合 (576p), Harbin Comprehensive News Channel, Pet Club TV, 通化新闻, 萧山新闻综合 (720p). China: CGTN, CCTV+ 1, China Travel, Jiangsu Public & News Channel, CGTN Arabic, CCTV+ 2, CGTN Russian, Harbin Comprehensive News Channel, CCTV-10, CGTN Spanish. Similar Channels: FREEDOM, RT Arabic, Al Mayadeen TV, ERT News, Ici RDI, Al Araby TV, Red TV Lebanon, Newsmax TV, Russia-24, PROTV News. Nearby in the news listings are FREEDOM and RT Arabic; CNA Channel News Asia, Taiwan Indigenous TV and CCTV+ 1 share CCTV-13's language, while CGTN and CCTV+ 1 share its base in China.
How to Watch
To watch CCTV-13 live, open the channel page on Sporio TV and press play. No account, subscription or fee is required. If a low-data or audio-only option is available, Sporio shows it on the channel page.
Quality and Availability
Sporio continuously checks CCTV-13 for live status and stream quality, so the page reflects whether the channel is currently online. Low-data and audio-only options are shown when available. CCTV-13 — 5/2026 · (unknown) · 87.2% · 1,726 checks · ~0s · 14/100.
Language and Country
CCTV-13 broadcasts in Chinese and is associated with China. Explore more channels in the same language and country using the discovery links below. (Chinese 78 · China 45). Counting CCTV-13, Sporio indexes 78 channels broadcasting in Chinese, 45 of them tied to China.
