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 five 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.
TVBS Media Inc.,formerly Liann Yee Production Co.,Ltd.,is a Taiwanese commercial television broadcasting company. It was originally established as a joint venture between TVB in Hong Kong and Era Group in Taiwan,but TVB took over Era's shares in the company in 2005. Later,TVB sold all of its shares in the company to HTC Corporation Chairwoman Cher Wang. As of 2019,TVBS operates four domestic channels and one international channel:TVBS,the flagship channel;TVBS News,24-hour news channel;TVBS Entertainment,which shows variety and drama series;TVBS E!,an alternative channel available on CHT MOD IPTV platform;and TVBS Asia,available outside Taiwan.
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.
TVB News,formally known as the News and Information Division (新聞及資訊部),is the newsgathering arm of Hong Kong's Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB),responsible for different news programme in TVB Jade,Pearl and Finance &Information Channel,also the News Channel. Its slogan is "TVB News Cares". TVB News was ranked last in credibility among TV and radio channels in Hong Kong in a 2019 CUHK survey.
The Asian Television Awards,is an appreciation to recognize and reward programming and production excellence in the Asian television industry. Held every December,the Awards comprises 56 categories across news,documentaries ¤t affairs,kids and animation,entertainment,drama,technical,digital as well as performances including acting and directing. The Awards draw about 1,400 entries each year from a wide range of broadcasters,including free-to-air TV stations,pay-TV platforms,OTT platforms as well as many independent production houses in Asia. Every year,a panel of more than 50 judges from more than 10 countries evaluate and select the entries. The winners are then awarded across 3 evenings:a Gala Dinner in Kuching for the technical and creative categories followed by a live telecast the next day for the entertainment and acting categories,also in Kuching. The digital awards are presented separately in another country.
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.
Educational Television (ETV) is a series of educational television programmes jointly produced by Radio Television Hong Kong and the Education Bureau of Hong Kong. ETV has been an auxiliary means for teaching the primary and secondary school curriculum on television since the early 1970s.
Best News Entertainment is a New Zealand television,radio and print media company specialising in media for Asian migrants and Asian language communities. It operates TV32,a free-to-air television channel on the Freeview platform and three 24-hour radio networks through terrestrial radio.
The Legend of the Condor Heroes is a Hong Kong wuxia television series adapted from Louis Cha's novel of the same title. It was first broadcast on TVB Jade in Hong Kong in 1983. The 59 episodes long series is divided into three parts.The serial was re-aired in 1990,1995,2012,and 2013 on TVB Jade.
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.
Astro Wah Lai Toi is a Cantonese Video on demand service owned and operated by Astro in partnership with Hong Kong's TVB. The channel offers mainly TVB programming,alongside some local content.
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.
TVB-Europe is an online television service that streams content from Hong Kong's Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) to subscribers in Europe.
Hong Kong television drama refers to televised dramatic programming produced mainly by the territory's two free-to-air TV networks of Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) and Asia Television (ATV) until its license expired. Locally produced television dramas have helped contribute to a unique cultural identity among the Hong Kong population and serve as a cultural resource for the Cantonese Chinese speaking community worldwide.
The 2010s in Hong Kong refers to Hong Kong during the period from 2010 until 2019 under the People's Republic of China (PRC),in which this period of this decade were marred by the political instability,as well as the health crisis that occurs in the end of 2019.
