TVB News
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TVB News (traditional Chinese: 無綫新聞), 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). The slogan of TVB News is "TVB Cares" (無綫新聞 事事關心). TVB's news division is renowned for its factual accuracy, quality, and immediacy.
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[edit] Newscasts
TVB News is broadcast at the following time slots on the company's free-to-air channels, TVB Jade and TVB Pearl.
[edit] TVB Jade newscasts
(in Cantonese unless otherwise noted)
- 6:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.: Good Morning Hong Kong (香港早晨)
- 1:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.: Noon News (午間新聞)
- 5:50 p.m.: Financial Report (財經消息)
- 6:30 p.m.: News At 6:30 (六點半新聞報道)
- Between 8:30 p.m. and 10:40 p.m. (times vary): News Headlines (新聞提要), or News File (新聞簡報)
- 11:35 p.m.: News Roundup (晚間新聞), followed by Business Today (今日財經)
[edit] TVB Pearl newscasts
- 6:00 p.m.: Putonghua News (普通話新聞, in Putonghua)
- 6:20 p.m.: Financial Report (in English)
- 7:30 p.m.: News At 7:30 (in English)
- 9:00 p.m. (1980s only): News At 9 (in English)
- Between 9:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. (times vary): News Headlines (in English), or News File
- 11:40 p.m.: World Market Update (in English)
- 11:45 p.m.: News Roundup
[edit] Format
All newscasts on TVB Jade are in Cantonese, except Putonghua Financial Report, which is in Putonghua (aka Mandarin). Good Morning Hong Kong and Putonghua Financial Report, and other business newscasts are seen on weekdays. Also, programmes have in-vision captions for the hearing impaired, as mandated by local regulations (this was originally only used on the Jade version's News File). In the early days of TVB News, both channels aired a 5-minute News File, giving the top headlines of the day and a preview of the News Roundup; it usually aired at various times around the 9:00 p.m. hour (9:00 at the earliest, 9:30 at the latest).
The starting sequence of the news features the sound of Morse Code. The sound heard corresponds to the Morse Code signal for "NEWS TODAY".
Standalone weather reports are aired after the News at 6:30 p.m. on TVB Jade and the News at 7:30 p.m. on TVB Pearl. They are famous for Freddy (天氣先生), a cartoon figure which gives the forecast for the next day. The highly stylized and comical format is considered an institution, and is widely recognized by many Hong Kong people. (The rest of the weather forecast is read by an actual human presenter.)
[edit] News programmes
Investigative reports and extended news stories are often shown on three programmes: Tuesday Report (星期二檔案) and News Magazine (新聞透視) on TVB Jade, and The Pearl Report (明珠檔案) on TVB Pearl. Sunday Report and The Pearl Report focus more on stories involving individuals and has a softer approach, while News Magazine focuses more on social problems in general.
(Note: Tuesday Report has been shown on days other than Sunday, in which case the programme is accordingly re-titled Monday Report, etc.)
[edit] News channel
Additionally, TVB's news department is also responsible for the output on the 24-hour news channel, TVBN(無綫新聞台), carried on the pay TV platform TVB Pay Vision (無綫收費電視). On June 2006, another news channel, TVBN 2(無綫新聞2台), will also be carried on the pay TV platform TVB Pay Vision.
[edit] External links
[edit] Official websites
- (Traditional Chinese) TVB News official website
- (Traditional Chinese) TVB News Channel official website
