No threats detected
All checks passed. This site appears legitimate — but always stay alert for phishing even on trusted domains.
Is cctv.com legit or a scam?
Official CCTV.com news platform operated by China's state broadcaster since 1997 with valid business registration and clean security profile.
Analysis Summary
MT Intelligence
This is the genuine, long-established official website of China Central Television (央视网), operated by the Central Radio and Television Station / China Media Group. The domain was registered in 1997 and is now over 29 years old, with current expiry set for 2027. Our antivirus network flagged zero detections across 91 engines, the hosting IP has zero abuse reports, and SSL is valid. Business registration data confirms active status under CCTV International Network Co., Ltd., with full internet culture business licenses and ICP registration. The evidence package found no scam reports or complaints targeting the genuine domain, and multiple authoritative sources (Wikipedia, Baidu Baike, official documentation) confirm its legitimacy as a central key news website. While scammers have historically created fake CCTV pages for lottery and phishing schemes, the genuine cctv.com domain itself is a well-established state media platform.
Website Preview
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Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for cctv.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- Domain registered in 1997 (over 29 years old), currently expires 2027.
- Official site of 央视网 (CCTV.com), hosted/sponsored by 中央广播电视总台 (Central Radio and Television Station / China Media Group).
- Described as a central key news website with full business licenses for internet culture operations and video-focused platform.
- Maintains English version at english.cctv.com; provides news, live streams, and video content.
- No scam reports, fraud complaints, or negative reviews found specifically targeting cctv.com itself.
- Historical references note that scammers have created fake/phishing pages pretending to be CCTV.com for lottery scams, but the genuine domain is legitimate state media.
- Site itself publishes extensive anti-fraud and scam awareness content.
- Official site / Baidu Baikeopen
"央视网（www.cctv.com）由中央广播电视总台主办，是以视频为特色的中央重点新闻网站，是央视的融合传播平台，是拥有全牌照业务资质的大型互联网文化企业。"
- Wikipedia / Officialopen
"China Central Television (CCTV) is the national television broadcaster of the People's Republic of China. Official website english.cctv.com"
- Baidu Baikeopen
"CCTV.com is a Central Key News Website operated by the China Media Group and a large-scale internet cultural enterprise that possesses all required business licenses."
Operated by Central Radio and Television Station (中央广播电视总台) / China Media Group; CCTV International Network Co., Ltd. (央视国际网络有限公司); holds full internet culture business licenses and ICP 京ICP备10003349号-1
Our research confirmed that cctv.com is the official website of China Central Television, operated by the Central Radio and Television Station (中央广播电视总台) / China Media Group. The domain has been in continuous operation since 1997 and holds full business licenses for internet culture operations (ICP 京ICP备10003349号-1). Wikipedia and Baidu Baike both identify it as the legitimate CCTV platform. No scam reports, complaints, or fraud allegations were found targeting the genuine domain. While scammers have historically created fake CCTV pages for phishing and lottery schemes, the authentic cctv.com is a major state media news and video platform.
Antivirus Engines
Security Scans
Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.
Contact Verification
We fetched the page and looked for real-world contact details. Legitimate businesses almost always publish an email on their own domain, a phone number, and a postal address. Scam shops usually don't.
- No email uses the site's own domain — legitimate shops usually do.
- No postal address visible on the page.
- Phone number listed (10120170003).
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://cctv.com/
- 2200https://www.cctv.com/cross-domain
Server Reputation
Still, stay alert
No major threat indicators — but a clean scan does not guarantee every page is safe, and phishing emails routinely spoof real domains.
- Double-check the exact URL in your address bar
Confirm you are actually on cctv.com and not a lookalike like c-ctv.com.com or an IDN homoglyph.
- Use a password manager
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Reputation Sources
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Referenced Domains
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Safety FAQ
Common questions about this site, answered from the scan data on this page. These are auto-generated — not hand-written — so they always match the underlying report.
- Our automated security review found no threat indicators on cctv.com. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.
- cctv.com passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 90/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.
- Yes. cctv.com presents a valid TLSv1.2 certificate issued by GlobalSign nv-sa · GlobalSign RSA OV SSL CA 2018, expiring in 150 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- cctv.com is 29.1 years old, registered on 5/21/1997 through Beijing Guokeyun Computing Technology Co., Ltd. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
- No. All 91 antivirus engines in our malware network report cctv.com as clean.
- No. cctv.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- cctv.com resolves to an IP operated by Aliyun Computing Co., LTD in CN (usage type: Data Center/Web Hosting/Transit). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad, but unusual geography for a brand's claimed country is one of many signals we weigh.
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