Communications in Hong Kong includes a wide-ranging and sophisticated network of radio,television,telephone,Internet,and related online services,reflecting Hong Kong's thriving commerce and international importance.
Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) is a television broadcasting company based in Hong Kong. The company operates five free-to-air terrestrial television channels in Hong Kong,with TVB Jade as its main Cantonese language service,and TVB Pearl as its main English service. TVB is headquartered at TVB City at the Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate.
Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) is the public broadcasting service in Hong Kong. GOW,the predecessor to RTHK,was established in 1928 as the first broadcasting service in Hong Kong. As a government department under the Commerce and Economic Development Bureau of the Hong Kong Government that directly supported by annual government funding,RTHK's educational,entertainment,and public affairs programmes are broadcast on its eight radio channels and six television channels,as well as commercial television channels.
Asia Television Limited is a digital media and broadcasting company in Hong Kong. Established as the first television service in Hong Kong as Rediffusion Television on 29 May 1957,it shifted to terrestrial television on 30 November 1973 and was renamed Asia Television on 24 September 1982. ATV operated two main over-the-air channels:the Cantonese-language ATV Home and the English-language ATV World.
TVB Pearl is an English-language television channel in Hong Kong owned by Television Broadcasts Limited. Established on 19 November 1967,it shares headquarters with TVB's other properties at TVB City at 77 Chun Choi Street in Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate in Tseung Kwan O,in the Sai Kung District.
Television in Hong Kong is primarily in Cantonese and English. It is delivered through analogue and digital terrestrial,cable,IPTV,and the Internet. Satellite TV is not common,although many housing estates have dishes and re-distribute a limited number of free channels through coaxial cables. The dominant broadcaster is TVB,ViuTV and HOY TV.
TVB Jade,or simply Jade,is a Hong Kong Cantonese-language free-to-air television channel owned and operated by Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) as its flagship service,alongside its sister network,the English-language TVB Pearl. Broadcasting started on 19 November 1967. It is headquartered at TVB City at the Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate in Tseung Kwan O,in the Sai Kung District. Primarily broadcasting entertainment programming,TVB Jade has historically been the most dominant television channel in the region in terms of viewership,with its closest competitor having been the now-defunct ATV Home.
Fairchild TVor FTV (新時代電視), is a Canadian Cantonese language exempt specialty channel. It is owned by Fairchild Group,with Hong Kong broadcaster TVB holding a 20% minority stake. Fairchild TV has studios in the Greater Toronto Area and Greater Vancouver.
Broadcast Drive is a road in Kowloon Tong,Hong Kong. The road is notable as it is only 1 km long but having played host to all five broadcasting outlets in Hong Kong at one point in the 1970s,and the hill on which the road is located was known in Chinese as Ng Toi Shan during that time. The five broadcasters were:
Commercial Television was the third free-to-air broadcast television station in Hong Kong. It first went on air in 1975,and ceased transmissions in 1978.
Alyson Hau Ka-Ming is a radio DJ/presenter in Hong Kong and is sometimes known by the nicknames "Allie" or "Ally". She has previously worked at Metro Radio's 104 FM Select in 2000 and Commercial Radio Hong Kong's HMV864 from 2000 to 2003.
ATV World,was one of two free-to-air English language television channels in Hong Kong,the other being its arch-rival TVB Pearl. Its sister station,ATV Home,broadcast in Cantonese language. It is owned and operated by Asia Television,and was broadcast from the ATV Enterprises Office at 25–37 Dai Shing Street in Tai Po Innovation Park in Tai Po,which is in the Tai Po District,in the North East region of Hong Kong's New Territories.
Jacqueline Pang is a Hong Kong live television compère/host,interviewer,author,and has been a radio announcer and DJ on RTHK since 1998. Pang is fluent in English and Putonghua,in addition to her native Cantonese.
TVB Plus,formerly TVB J2 is a Chinese-language free-to-air terrestrial television channel in Hong Kong. Owned by Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) and first launched on 30 June 2008,the channel broadcasts programming aimed at youth and young adult audiences,as well as sports and financial journalism programming.
Lawrence Cheng Tan-shui is a Hong Kong film actor,director,screenwriter,producer,and master of ceremonies. He was a Hong Kong DJ and radio channel executive.
ATV Home was a free-to-air Cantonese television channel in Hong Kong,owned and operated by Asia Television. It was formed in September 1963 as a result of the split of the bilingual Rediffusion Television subscription service into dedicated Cantonese and English-language services. In 1969,the broadcaster was granted a license for over-the-air broadcasting.
RTHK TV 31 is a 24-hour Chinese-language free-to-air television channel in Hong Kong,owned by RTHK. It is one of RTHK's six channels alongside RTHK TV 32,RTHK TV 33,RTHK TV 34,RTHK TV 35 and RTHK TV 36 on digital terrestrial television as part of the latter's expansion. All RTHK TV channels are funded by the administration every year.
TVB Finance,Sports &Information Channel was a Cantonese-language free-to-air terrestrial television channel in Hong Kong. Owned by Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB),it first launched on 31 December 2007 as TVB HD Jade,before relaunching as TVB J5 on 22 February 2016.
