Hong Kong Television Broadcasts Limited (English: Television Broadcasts Limited, TVB; Hong Kong Stock Exchange: 0511) officially opened on November 19, 1967. It is the first wireless television station in Hong Kong, so it is often called "Wireless TV", or "Wireless", is also known as "Wuji" and "Three Color TV". The founders of TVB are Li Xiaohe and others. Another founding shareholder, Sir Run Run Shaw, has become the chairman of the group.
When Wireless was established, there were only about 200 employees. Now it has more than 4,500 employees, including contract artists and overseas employees. Jade Channel, operated by TVB, has been in a leading position in Hong Kong since its launch and is an important part of Hong Kong's popular culture. In addition, TVB's programs - especially drama series - are mostly familiar to Chinese people everywhere, and may even spread to other Southeast Asian regions, becoming a window to understand Hong Kong culture.
Wireless started with free TV in Hong Kong. Now its business has spread all over the country and has gradually become more diversified, including program rental, pay TV, music, movies, magazine publishing, etc., with local and overseas businesses accounting for about half each. Wireless is now the Chinese-language TV station with the largest stock market value in the world and one of the largest Chinese-language program providers. Its revenue in 2006 exceeded HK$4.2 billion. Its competitors in Hong Kong include Asia Television and Hong Kong Cable TV.
TVB Free TV Station
In Hong Kong, TVB operates two free TV stations:
Jade Channel: the highest-rated Chinese TV station in Hong Kong.
TVB Pearl: TVB Pearl’s free English TV channel. During prime time, Pearl Channel is the most watched English TV channel in Hong Kong, and most of its programs are purchased from outside.
In the evening prime time, the average ratings of Jade Channel and Pearl Channel were 83% and 75% respectively, which shows their popularity.
Wireless will add 3 more free channels starting from 2008:
TVB J2 (Emerald Channel 2): ??Create the most suitable TV channel for young people. It brings together trendy and popular programs from Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and other places, including the most popular idol dramas, variety shows, entertainment, culture, life information, music programs, and Asia's hottest famous brand animations.
TVB HD (High Definition Jade Channel): In line with the new trend of digital broadcasting, it broadcasts high-definition digital programs for maximum audio-visual enjoyment.
TVB Interactive News Channel: Provides interactive information such as news, finance and information.
TVB Satellite TV Station
In Southeast Asia, Wireless directly operates two satellite TV stations:
TVB8: a 24-hour Mandarin entertainment channel that collects entertainment news, Trends and variety shows; the content integrates Greater China, Japanese and Korean culture.
TVB Galaxy Channel: 24-hour broadcast of TVB dramas and TV movies. Use bilingual broadcasting (Mandarin and Cantonese).
In Taiwan, Wireless operates 4 satellite TV stations through joint ventures:
TVBS
TVBS NEWS (a news-focused channel)
TVBS-G (broadcasts dramas produced by TVB)
TVBS Asia (broadcasts to other parts of Asia)
TVB Wireless Pay TV Station
< p>In Hong Kong, Wireless TV currently has 7 pay TV stations, namely:TVB News Channel: 24-hour News Channel
TVB Children’s Channel: Children and Family Fun Channel
TVB Drama Channel: Drama and entertainment program channel
TVB Music Station: 24-hour music program
TVB Classic Channel: TVB classic drama series
Wireless Life Channel: 24-hour lifestyle information program
Wireless Entertainment News Channel: 24-hour entertainment news ATV, Asia Television (English: Asia Television Limited, ATV), full name Asia Television Limited, Hong Kong people generally Referred to as "ATV".
ATV was established on May 29, 1957. It was the first TV station in Hong Kong, the first TV station in China, and the first Chinese (Cantonese) TV station in the world.
Asia Television, formerly known as "The Voice of Beauty", operated as a paid cable broadcast in the early days. In 1973, it was changed to free wireless broadcasting and renamed "Li's TV".
After that, the company changed hands many times and was renamed "Asia Television" on September 24, 1982.
There are only two television stations in Hong Kong licensed by the government to provide local free television program services. Asia Television is one of them, and the other is TVB.
The predecessor of Asia Television was the commercial cable TV service "Lite Voice" established in Hong Kong by the British company "Lite Voice". Hong Kong Lai's Voice was established on March 22, 1949, and "Lai's Voice" was established in Hong Kong on May 29, 1957, officially launching television services. This was the first TV station in Hong Kong and the Far East to unveil Hong Kong's A page in the history of television broadcasting. At that time, "Lite" provided services on a fee-based basis. In the early days of its establishment, it charged each user a monthly fee of HK$25. It was quite expensive at the time and was unaffordable for ordinary people. Therefore, "TV" was considered an upper-class product in Hong Kong at that time. Luxury goods.
Wireless TV was launched in 1967. Because the service was free and the programs were in line with the audience's taste, Lai's Video continued to lose customers. Until 1973, "Li's TV" began to provide free television broadcast services.
However, because it took a month for Lai's video to switch from wired reception to wireless reception at that time, during the one-month transition period, Lai's original viewers switched to wireless reception, so Lai's Since then, ATV has struggled to gain a dominant position in ratings. Although many attempts have been made to reverse the disadvantage in ratings, such as poaching high-paying TVB employees, outsourcing popular programs and dramas, and other measures, unfortunately they have not been effective due to various factors, and most of them can only cause short-term impacts. In recent years, Asia Television has shifted to the South China market. In order to cater to mainland China, some sensitive Hong Kong news content has also been adjusted. However, this ultimately led to a large loss of Hong Kong viewers. Hong Kong Cable Television
Pay TV is wholly owned by Hong Kong Cable Television Limited. It received a pay TV service license from the government in 1993 and started broadcasting on October 31 of the same year. The first of its kind multi-channel pay television service in Hong Kong. Currently, it is one of the five major media companies in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong Cable TV currently produces more than 10,000 hours of programs every year, which is more than the total production volume of other television stations in Hong Kong. In the past few years, in addition to successfully developing news, movie and sports programs into representative flagship channels, it has also continuously added different types of local and international programs to provide viewers with more diverse program choices. now TV is one of the world's largest commercial IPTV services and is operated by PCCW Media Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of PCCW Limited. PCCW is Hong Kong's major telecommunications provider and one of the world's largest information and communications technology companies.
In Hong Kong, now broadband TV now has 163 channels (including 15 pure music channels, 4 high-definition channels and 19 wireless pay TV channels, as well as 11 types of optional video services), providing different types of of local, Asian and international programs, including exclusive broadcast of English Premier League matches in Hong Kong for three seasons starting from the 2007/2008 season.
In addition, now Broadband TV is also an excellent news and sports program producer and provides a series of interactive services. Some of its TV programs and interactive services can also be matched with PCCW Mobile's 3G network and broadband services. As well as being used on the fixed-line "eye multimedia viewing" multimedia platform provided for home customers. Hong Kong Broadband bbTV started broadcasting in 2003. It is one of Hong Kong's pay television stations. It was formerly known as Hong Kong Broadband TV and Hong Kong Broadband Digital TV. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of City Telecom (Hong Kong) Limited, Hong Kong Broadband Network Limited ("Hong Kong Broadband Network"). ”), one of the services provided by the company, is to transmit television signals using its own proprietary broadband network technology.
Since Hong Kong Broadband Digital TV is defined as Internet TV by the Commerce and Economic Development Bureau, it does not need to obtain a Hong Kong pay television license and is not subject to supervision under the Broadcasting Ordinance.
In 2008, Hong Kong Broadband bbTV launched a set-top box that can watch TVB and Asia Television high-definition programs to cooperate with terrestrial TV digital broadcasting. Phoenix Satellite TV launched on March 31, 1996, making every effort to conquer the commercial satellite TV service field in the Pan-Asian region. Currently broadcast through the Asia-3S satellite, the signal coverage area reaches more than 50 countries and regions, with a population of more than 2 billion, of which the Chinese-speaking population accounts for more than 62%. The current chairman Liu Changle.
Phoenix Chinese Channel is a global Chinese satellite television station operated by Phoenix Television Co., Ltd. It is also the only television station in Hong Kong that broadcasts entirely in Mandarin 24 hours a day and night. It was officially launched on March 31, 1996. . Based in Hong Kong, she aims to connect Chinese people across the mainland, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Asia, and even the world. She spreads the long-standing, extensive and profound Chinese civilization to the world, and helps all compatriots of the same blood understand the complex and colorful world. world.
Among them, there are Phoenix TV Chinese Channel, Phoenix TV Information Channel and Phoenix TV Movie Channel. Hong Kong Satellite TV (English: HKTV) is a Chinese-language satellite radio and television channel dedicated to serving Chinese people around the world. It is headquartered in Hong Kong and has information gathering and editing centers in Shenzhen and Beijing. It also provides 24-hour entertainment news, variety shows, dramas, fashion trends and special programs to mainland China through the China Central Satellite Platform and Asia-Pacific Satellite 5 to Asia, North America, South America and other regions.