How long did China broadcast the Champions League?

I remember that Juve broadcasted the final the year they won the championship. It should be 96, CCTV 5 was just established. At that time, CCTV 5 rarely broadcast the ball live in the middle of the night, so it won the final. I remember there was no cable TV at home, so I had to get up early to watch the news. . . Ha ha.

In the following 96~97 season, ESPN programs were introduced in various places, and some cable TV stations simply kept broadcasting ESPN programs (including advertisements). Since then, the Champions League has been widely broadcast in Chinese mainland. . Although CCTV also turned to the Champions League, it only started broadcasting from the semi-finals. This is obviously unprofessional. Later, CCTV gave up the broadcast of the Champions League, and then entered the era of ESPN monopoly after more than ten years. It was not until last season that CCTV recovered the broadcasting rights in the Mainland. . .