Goodbye CCTV
Today Jiang Heping director of CCTV’s sports department confirmed that football commentator Huang Jiangxiang has resigned from CCTV.
Jiang said that this was Huang’s personal decision and nothing to do with Huang’s passionately pro-Italian commentating during the 2006 World Cup.
Meanwhile, Sina reported that an unidentified source said that Huang would join Shanghai’s Dragon TV, as a director of its sports department.
Links and Sources
- Reports from Sina (Chinese): CCTV confirmed Huang’s quitting
- Sina (Chinese): Someone said Huang would join DragonTV
- Crazy CCTV football commentator; Fictional foreign news?
- Naked football pensioners run amok; Huang Jianxiang metal mashup
For more on Huang’s details, see these stories on Danwei: