China's gala, a world-class experience! On 16 February Beijing time at 20:00, the China Media Group's (CMG) „Gala 2026“ met the global audience as expected. This year's gala, with the theme of „Thundering Eagles, Unstoppable Force“, leveraged the technological innovation of „5G+4K/8K+AI“, took full advantage of multilingual and all-media integrated communication, and joined hands with global media partners to present to the world an audiovisual feast that perfectly combines culture and technology. As of 7:00 p.m. on February 17, the foreign dissemination of the gala reached an all-time high in many indicators with a comprehensive breakthrough in communication effect.
Most languageů!CMG broadcast and reported on the gala globally on its international communication platforms in 85 languages, which is 3 more languages than last year.
The best communicationčits effect!Worldwide tours of the gala at CGTNReached 2.309 billion, s 843 millionvideo views, an increase of 32,85 %, respectively. 43,61 %compared to last year.
The widest coverage!CMG has brought together almost 4000 mediaworldwide for simultaneous coverage and coverage of the gala, an increase of 37,95 %compared to last year. The number of countries and regions covered, the number of broadcasts by foreign media and the total time spent by foreign media increased significantly.
The most powerful interaction and viral content!The interactive activity „Draw a horse in the year of the horse“ has reached worldwide 504 millionůtours and created 128viral videos with over a million views. The sum of live streaming and video-on-demand views on CCTV.com's international social platforms reached 131 millionů, an increase of 31,45 %compared to last year.
Not for meřa more familiar homeřscreens!Total 4062public large-format screens in 140Cities 98countries around the world broadcast and promoted the CMG Gala. The number of countries and screens covered increased by 12.6 %, respectively. 15.8 %compared to last year.