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.
Outside Mainland China, the international version of Xing Kong is currently available in Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, Middle East (United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Qatar, Yemen, Israel, and the territories), Canada, United States, Australia and the Philippines.
Xing Kong is available as free-to-view on AsiaSat 7 over the Asia-Pacific region (given that the local laws permit the use of privately owned satellite dishes).
In Indonesia, the channel is available on First Media and in Singapore via IPTV (Singtel TV) but it was closed on 2021.