CCTV

CCTV (countable and uncountable, plural CCTVs)

1. Initialism of closed-circuit television; video surveillance.
   • 2012, Zadie Smith, NW, London: Penguin Books, published 2013, →ISBN, page 165:

     Two months later Devon walked into Khandi’s Gem Express and Jewellery on the high road, with a kid from south Kilburn, Curtis Ainger, and a gun. Smile, you’re on CCTV. Nineteen when he went in. Twenty-three, this summer.

   • 2019 October 23, Pip Dunn, “The next king of Scotland”, in Rail, page 52:

     There is CCTV in the coach, so anyone planning to pilfer a flapjack may well be seen!

   • 2024 October 5, Jessie Yeung, “Hong Kong plans to install thousands of surveillance cameras. Critics say it’s more proof the city is moving closer to China”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     “I think it’s fair to anticipate that the use of CCTV and facial recognition technology in Hong Kong will begin to look a lot like those in mainland China over time,” she said.

• CCTV camera

CCTV

1. (broadcasting, China) Initialism of China Central Television.

• CGTN
• CNTV