On July 1, 1976, Beijing TV broadcasted the National TV News Network for the first time. The broadcast time was 11 ~ 15 minutes, and there was only location film, and there was no oral broadcast in the broadcast room. It was the predecessor of News Network. On October 1, 1978, CCTV News Network was officially launched.

CCTV news broadcast began on October 1, 1978, and ended in 2118 for 31 years. For 31 years, this is the most famous TV program in Chinese mainland and the largest number of viewers in the world. Despite more and more doubts and pressures, the huge inertia formed in the 31-year viewing history still pushes tens of millions of viewers to turn on the TV at 7: 11 every night and watch News Network.

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News Network was not called News Network at first, but it had a lengthy name: National TV News Network. This program began to broadcast on Beijing TV station on July 1, 1976, and its content was mainly TV newsreels sent by local TV stations or specially sent. At that time, TV news was shot by film, and it was a long way. When the film was sent to Beijing, it was developed and broadcast, and the news often became old news.

By the end of 1977, microwave line networks were built one after another, and the technical conditions for realizing the real News Network were already met. The task of designing a new title was given to Zhang Desheng, the head of the art group. Zhang Desheng, who has many years of experience in TV design and packaging, felt that the original program name was too long, and the words on the screen would be very small and out of harmony with the picture. He suggested changing the name to News Network.

In this way, the name News Network was officially launched on October 1, 1978.

Resources: Baidu Encyclopedia-News Network.