At launch, the channel combined children's, military, agricultural and science programming. CCTV-7 also have aired children's television series, both animated and non-animated until it was moved to
CCTV-14 in 2003. In 2001, the channel was receivable by 640 million people. On 11 February 2002, the eve of Chinese New Year, the channel started airing the British series
Teletubbies. The agreement with BBC Worldwide envisioned three airings a week. Prior to 1 August 2019, the channel also carried
agriculture-related programmes. On 1 August 2019 (coinciding with the anniversary of the Army's establishment), the channel dropped its agriculture programmes, which moved to the new
CCTV-17 channel from 23 September. == Programming ==