CTC 5

**CTC 5** is an Cowellan free-to-air television channel operated by Cowell Television Corporation. It's the fifth and digital-only TV channel out of all the CTC channels. It was launched on June 12, 1989. CTC 5 is primarily aimed at audiences ages 2 to 60 and it airs commercial-supported variety and entertainment content, as well as commercial-free educational and cultural programming. The channel broadcasts in English, Japanese, Korean and Chinese languages with subtitles. The channel free airs every day at 24 hours.

The majority of it's stations in the MatsuMedia transmitter network are licensed as multicultural stations.

## History

In 1989, programming on **CTC Five** consisted of broadcasts from South Korean, Chinese, Taiwanese, and Japanese satellite television, mainly Fuji TV, MBC, CCTV and more.

## Programming

### Current programming

#### Original programming

* Musical Explosion [1989-present]
* Music Station Cowell [2007-present]
* PopAsia [2011-present]
* MusicShow2D [2012-present]
* It's Japan, Man! [2014-present]
* Eating Media Lunch El Kadsre [2017-present]
* Entertainment Dash [2018-present]
* Lotto Cowell Drawings [2015-present]

#### News & information

* TTV News (Taiwan) [1999-present] (presented with English subtitles)
* BBC World News (United Kingdom) [1999-present]
* TV Asahi JapaNews 24 (Japan) [2007-present] (presented with English subtitles)
* News at 5 [2020-present]
* TV Patrol (Philippines) [1999-present] (presented with English subtitles)
* Xinwen Lianbo (China) [1999-present] (presented with English subtitles)
* KBS News 9 (South Korea) [2011-present] (presented with English subtitles)
* ABC World News Now (United States) [2009-present]

#### Imported drama

* Laid-Back Camp (Japan; live-action drama) [2020-present] [Subbed]
* Squid Game (South Korea) [2021-present] (presented with English dubbed) [Also airs on CTC Kids and Star]

#### Imported asianovela (as part of CTC 5 The Heart of Asia) [Subtitled]

* Girl Next Door (South Korea) [2021-present]
* Prince of Wolf (Taiwan) [2022-present]

#### Imported animation

* Rex the Runt (United Kingdom) [2004-present] [Re-aired] [Also airs on CTC Kids, Disney+, and CowellTV]
* Oyako Club (Japan) [親子クラブ] [1999-present] [Reruns only] [presented with English subtitled]
* Sazae-san (Japan) [サザエさん] [1999-present] [presented with English subtitled]

#### Music

* Music Station (Japan) [2004-present] [Subbed]
* Rage [2004-present]
* Utacon (Japan) [2016-present] [Subbed]

#### Children's and Teenagers (CTC Kids)

* Yo-Kai Watch (Japan) [2016-present]
* Robotboy (United Kingdom/France) [2006-present]
* Yatterman (Japan) [2009-present]
* Little Witch Academia (Japan) [2018-present]
* Love Live! Sunshine (Japan) [2017-present]
* Potsworth & Co. (United States) [2018-present]
* Jem (United States) [2019-present]
* Kidd Video (United States) [2018-present]
* Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir (South Korea/France) [2016-present]
* Zip Zip (France/Germany) [2018-present]
* Cyborg Kuro-chan (Japan) [2019-present]
* Cookin' Idol Ai! Mai! Main! (Japan) [2019-present]
* Viva Piñata (United States) [2019-present]

#### Preschool (CTC Preschool)

* Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf (China) [2011-present]
* The Adventures of Little Carp (China) [2018-present]
* Anpanman (Japan) [2012-present]
* Little Robots (United Kingdom) [2013-present]
* The Get Along Gang (1984/1987 series) (Canada/United States) [2018-present]
* Shimajirō: A World of Wow (Japan) [2012-present]
* Go Jetters (United Kingdom) [2016-present]
* Bluey (Australia) [2019-present]
* Pingu (Switzerland) [2012-present]
* Doki (Canada) [2017-present]
* Hilltop Hospital (United Kingdom) [2011-present]
* Lazy Lucy (France) [2013-present]

#### Others

* Sunday Japon (Japan) [2001-present] [Subbed]
* Japan Video Topics [2000-present]
* CDTV (Japan) [2020-present]
* Channel Japan [2013-present]

#### Specials

* Mnet Asian Music Awards (South Korea) [2004-present]
* Eurovision Song Contest [2019-present] [Also aired on CTC 1 and NTV]
* MTV Video Music Awards Japan [2002-present]

### Former programming

#### Original programming

* Greg Gaming [2018-2020, on VidSpace from 2017-2018]

#### News & information

* MBC Newsdesk (South Korea) [1999-2011]
* Euronews [1999-2010]
* FCI Newscatch (Japan) [1999-2020]

#### Imported drama

* My Girl (South Korea) [2006-2007]
* Princess Hours (South Korea) [2007]
* Coffee Prince (South Korea) [2008]
* Doctor X (Japan) [2013-2018]
* Garo (Japan) [2006-2007]
* Goddes of Fire (South Korea) [2014]
* Black (South Korea) [2017-2018]
* Story of Yanxi Place (China) [2019]
* Power of Love (Japan) [2002]
* Wedding Planner (Japan) [2002]
* Hero (Japan) [2001]
* Tanglin (Singapore) [2015-2019]

#### Imported comedy

* Saturday Night Live Korea (South Korea) [2012-2018]

#### Imported animation

* Total Drama Island [2008]
* Total Drama Action [2009]
* Total Drama World Tour [2010]
* Total Drama Revenge of The Island [2012]
* Total Drama All-Stars [2013]
* Total Drama: Pahkitew Island [2014]

#### Imported anime

* The Familiar of Zero (Japan) [2010-2017]
* Miracle Girls (Japan) [1999-2000]
* Dragon Ball Z (Japan) [2001-2005]

#### Music

* HEY! HEY! HEY! Music Champ (Japan) [1994-2012]
* popjapan.tv [2005-2006]
* AKB48 Show! (Japan) [2014-2020]

#### Children's and Teenagers (CTC Kids)

* Medabots (Japan) [2005-2006]
* 極上!!めちゃモテ委員長 (*Gokujō!! Mecha Mote Iinchō*) [2009-2013]

#### Preschool (CTC Preschool)

* Teletubbies (United Kingdom) [2011-2017]

#### Others

* Quiz $ Millionaire (The Japanese version of Who's Wants to Be a Millionaire?) [2000-2013]
* Pa-Pa-Pa-Pa-Puffy (Japan) [1998-2002]
* AKBingo! (Japan) [2008-2020]

## Slogans

* The Aqua Network (1989-1994)
* The light network. (1994-2009)
* Hands-free television. (2009-2019)
* Family television. (2019-present)