Dolon TV is a privately owned Kyrgyz television channel based in Bishkek that, according to independent research, functions as a distribution point for Chinese state media content in Kyrgyzstan. An OSCE Academy in Bishkek report states that Dolon TV opened in 2005 and received PRC government subsidies from 2015 to 2018 under a Chinese “National Cultural Export Key Project” designation. A separate tracking project, China Index, reports that Dolon TV holds exclusive rebroadcast rights to at least 10 PRC channels from CCTV and produces an original program on Chinese cultural and economic projects in Kyrgyzstan. Unlike Xinhua, Wen Wei Po, and Silk Road Observer, Dolon TV is not registered as foreign media in Kyrgyzstan and operates as a nominally independent local broadcaster.