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Country | Hong Kong |
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Broadcast area | Hong Kong Macau |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Cantonese and English |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV |
Ownership | |
Owner | PCCW |
Parent | HK Television Entertainment |
Sister channels | ViuTVsix |
History | |
Launched | 31 March 2016 (Test transmission, Now TV) 2 April 2016 (Test transmission, DTT) 6 April 2016 (Official launch) |
Links | |
Website | viu |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Digital TV (Hong Kong) | Channel 99 (HD) |
Digital TV (Macau) | Channel 99 (HD) |
Streaming media | |
Viu.tv | Watch live (Hong Kong only) |
ViuTV is a Cantonese language general entertainment television channel in Hong Kong operated by HK Television Entertainment (HKTVE), whose parent company PCCW also operates the IPTV platform Now TV and the media streaming service Viu. The channel serves as a free-to-air syndicator for television programmes of Now TV. Its sister station is the English-language channel ViuTVsix. The boy band Mirror became known following the ViuTV's talent show Goodnight Show - King Maker.
In 2016, ViuTV was launched. In 2020, ViuTV had a reach of four million audiences. [1]
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