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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: Global News, Taiwan Indigenous TV, Chifeng Comprehensive News Chanel, CNA Channel News Asia, CGNTV Chinese, China Travel, Beautiful Life TV, TVBS News, Nei Monggol TV, CCTV-10, Dali TV, 通化新闻, CCTV+ 1, CCTV+ 2. China: CGTN, Chifeng Comprehensive News Chanel, China Travel, Nei Monggol TV, CCTV-10, CCTV+ 1, CGTN Documentary, CCTV+ 2, CGTN Spanish, CGTN Russian. Similar Channels: FREEDOM, Newsmax TV, Euronews Greek (720p), RT Arabic, Al Jazeera Mubasher Broadcast 2, CNN International, RT Balkan, Mega News, Al Mayadeen TV, Guneydogu TV. Nearby in the news listings are FREEDOM and Newsmax TV; Global News, Taiwan Indigenous TV and Chifeng Comprehensive News Chanel share CCTV-13's language, while CGTN and Chifeng Comprehensive News Chanel 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 · 29/100.
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 58 · China 42). Counting CCTV-13, Sporio indexes 58 channels broadcasting in Chinese, 42 of them tied to China.
