 It was voted "Satellite Channel of the Year" at the 2002 China Television Programme Awards.The channel is packed with more than 700 hours of original programming each year, with content that includes drama series, music, news, cartoon, comedies, variety, lifestyle, health, food, home and living, talk and game shows.Xing Kong was similar to other Mandarin language entertainment channels like Star Chinese Channel in Taiwan (which what was named Star still operates) and Phoenix Chinese Channel (The Walt Disney Company sold its remaining shares in Phoenix Television in 2013).