Yangshipin app<\/a> is our most favourite find (as you might be able to tell as we spend quite a bit of this blog talking about it!) Although the content available here is all in Chinese with no subtitles except Chinese, it is still a fantastic place to stream the many Satellite Chinese Television stations available in China – from CCTV 1 to CCTV 17 – plus regional channels.<\/p>\nThis app is the one which allowed us to catch all the live feeds direct from China and we were pretty excited as one of our favourite famous people was featuring in so many 2021 Chinese New Years celebrations this year! Actor and singer Xiao Zhan had been announced as appearing in three different celebrations and this Yangshiping app allowed us the opportunity to view all three appearances at the same time as one would in China! Thanks to the live chat feature within each of the station pages, we were able to switch between CCTV 8 and Dragon TV to catch two of the three appearances which was pretty cool. The third appearance was on BTV, a channel we thought wasn\u2019t available on the app, but actually was! How sad we were when we discovered this after the live broadcast of the BTV celebrations were finished. : o( : o(.<\/p>\n
Extra info: Wang Yibo was in the CCTV 1\u2019s Chinese New Year Spring Festival Gala celebrations. As we were already trying hard to catch Xiao Zhan\u2019s appearances, we couldn\u2019t make it to see Wang Yibo\u2019s appearance during the live broadcast, but we were able to catching his cool rapping on the app after a full-length video of the celebrations were made available after the broadcast. You can also see many of the Spring Festival Galas on YouTube now! No subtitles, though! Anyone who\u2019s a fan of Ren Jia Lun, Ayunga, Dilraba Dilmurat and Li Xian, they all appeared in the same Spring Festival Gala as Wang Yibo! Heart!<\/p>\n
As well as getting live broadcasts and streaming of the stations, the app offers a selection of On-Demand Chinese dramas which have been aired on the channels. So, if you miss watching the broadcasts, some dramas are available to stream. It also offers On-Demand documentaries, clips of the interviews with stars, films, variety shows, food shows and current affairs clips.<\/p>\n
Again, the content on the app is all in Chinese, but it\u2019s still a great app to download, especially for times when you want to catch the live broadcast of a programme featuring your favourite Chinese stars or for star-studded celebration like the Chinese New Year celebrations.<\/p>\n
The live chat within the live broadcasts are in Chinese, too. If you\u2019re inclined to join the conversation, there\u2019s no rule one can\u2019t type in a different language if Chinese is not a language you can type in.<\/p>\n
One last cool thing about this app is that even when you\u2019re not on the app, as long as the app is running in the background and the channel is playing, the audio can be played in the background while working in other apps. (This was the case when we were working on our iPads, iOS 14.4.)<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a pretty awesome app! It\u2019s like having a TV with all the Chinese channels on a tablet or phone and more! Sadly, this app doesn\u2019t have casting functionality, but the app does support Apple AirPlay.<\/p>\n
There you have it: YouTube, WeTV and Yangshiping. These are three of our favourite apps for streaming and discovering Chinese dramas and programmes! We know of a couple more apps which offer streaming of Chinese dramas. They are iQiyi and Mango TV, which we didn\u2019t download. You might want to give them a look if a drama you\u2019re looking to stream isn\u2019t in the ones we mentioned. We believe iQiyi has English subs available. We\u2019re not sure about Mango TV offering English subtitles, though.<\/p>\n
2021 Spring Festival Galas<\/h2>\n
Just before we finish this blog, if anyone out there missed Xiao Zhan and Wang Yibo’s appearances in this years Spring Festival Galas, we’ve embedded the videos below. Other cool stars such as Ren Jialun, Li Xian and Dilraba Dilmurat also feature, so keep a look out for them! Happy Chinese New Year and Happy Chinese Drama Watching!<\/p>\n
Dragon TV (featuring Xiao Zhan)<\/strong><\/p>\n
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