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TVB Network Vision was previously known as TVB Pay Vision and was a satellite pay-television platform in Hong Kong provided by TVB. The company was renamed Big Big Channel Limited on 23 May 2017, and the satellite pay-TV platform ceased operation on 1 June 2017. When the closure of the satellite pay-TV platform was announced in January 2017, online piracy and internet television were cited as some of the reasons. [1]

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References

  1. Tsang, Emily; Yeung, Raymond (January 10, 2017). "TVB to Quit Pay TV Market After Years of Losses". South China Morning Post . Archived from the original on July 21, 2017. Retrieved July 21, 2017.