TVB

Television Broadcasts Limited
電視廣播有限公司
Public
Traded as SEHK: 0511
Industry Television broadcasting
Founded 19 November 1967 (1967-11-19) in Broadcast Drive, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Headquarters 77 Chun Choi Street
Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate, New Territories, Hong Kong
Key people
 Dr. Charles Chan Kwok Keung (Chairman), Li Ruigang (Vice Chairman)
Products TVB Jade, TVB Pearl, TVBI, MyTV Super, TVBS, TVB.com, TVB Publishing, etc.
Revenue $4.21 billion HK dollars (2016)
Number of employees
 4,200 (2017)
Parent Shaw Brothers
Website www.TVB.com
TVB
Traditional Chinese 電視廣播有限公司
Simplified Chinese 电视广播有限公司

Television Broadcasts Limited, commonly known as TVB, was the first wireless commercial television station in Hong Kong and commenced broadcasting on 19 November 1967. The company was registered on 26 July 1965 [1] and was co-founded by Sir Run Run Shaw who was chairman from 1980 to 2011. It has a staff of about 4,200 and TVB's headquarters (Hong Kong TVB City) is Asia's largest commercial television production centre. TVB currently runs five free-to-air television channels in Hong Kong and is one of the largest commercial Chinese programme producers in the world.

When TVB first began broadcasting it was commonly known as "Wireless Television" (無綫電視 Cantonese: mou4 sin3 din6 si6) in Chinese to distinguish it from from the then cable television broadcaster, Rediffusion Television 麗的呼聲, which later became ATV. It is still usually referred to with that name, although ATV later switched to "wireless" broadcasting as well and now there are other "wireless" broadcasters in Hong Kong.

TVB currently operates five free channels in Hong Kong: TVB Jade (Cantonese) and TVB Pearl (English) are TVB's flagship television channels, and both are available on analogue and digital. J2, iNews are digital-only channels and J5 are first High Definition channels since 31 December 2007 as TVB HD Jade.

TVB also operates myTV SUPER as its pay-tv service, and has a package of channels known as TVB Network Vision, which are carried by PCCW's NowTV service.

TVB reaches out to the Overseas Chinese communities. Its productions are available in Mainland China, Taiwan, Macau, the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore, among others, on channels such as TVB's own TVB-Europe subscription satellite service.[2] In Taiwan, TVB operates through its TVBS subsidiary.

Many of Hong Kong's film and pop stars started their careers at the station through drama series produced by TVB. Special TVB events such as the annual TVB Anniversary Celebration are broadcast to planetary audience. TVB also runs talent programmes such as the annual Miss Hong Kong and Miss Chinese International beauty pageants. Successful contestants may be offered TVB's contracts and represent Hong Kong to take part at world-class beauty contests, including the Miss World Pageant.

Development

Location

TVB Clear Water Bay headquarters in 2002
TVB City in Tseung Kwan O

TVB was originally located on Broadcast Drive in Kowloon Tong, and was neighbours with RTHK and ATV. By the late 1980s, the company had out-grown the facility at Broadcast Drive, and built a new studio complex, named T.V. City, at 220 Clear Water Bay Road in November 1988.[7] The first TVB City was in fact the old Shaw Movie Town complex used by Shaw Brothers since 1958. The old Broadcast Drive headquarters was later converted into apartments. The first TVB City is now used by Celestial Pictures.

To cope with future development and expansion, TVB began planning in 1998 to develop a replacement facility at the Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate. The new HK$2.2 billion TVB City came into full operation in October 2003. The new headquarters are built on by far the largest piece of land ever leased by the then Hong Kong Industrial Estates Corporation and the first service-providing company in the area. It has a building area of over 110,000 square metres, 30% more than that of the previous facilities at Clear Water Bay. Studio 1 in TVB City, which can seat an audience of six hundred and thirty, is the largest television production studio among commercial television stations in Asia.[8]

News operation

TVB broadcasts several news programmes, such as News at 6:30 (Jade) and News at 7:30 (Pearl). It also operates its own news channel, TVBN. (Chinese: TVB新聞台; Cantonese Yale: TVB san man toi) and TVBN2 (Chinese: TVB新聞2台; Cantonese Yale: TVB san man ji toi), through TVB Network Vision (Chinese: 無綫網絡電視; Cantonese Yale: mou sin sau fai din si).

Notable shows from TVB

Corruption probe

On 11 March 2010, the general manager Stephen Chan Chi Wan and four others were arrested on corruption charges by the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC). TVB confirmed that three of their employees were involved, and that their duties and work had been suspended pending further development. Stephen Chan Chi Wan was charged with corruption in September 2010 with TVB declining to comment on the situation.[9] Stephen Chan and his co-accused were acquitted by a court in September 2011.[10]

Channel list

Hong Kong Free-to-air

MyTV SUPER

TVB Network Vision ceased its service since 1 June 2017 [11] , and the OTT platform named MyTV SUPER replace TVB Pay Vision to provide the paid television service.

International

Malaysia

Co-owned by Astro:

Co-owned by HyppTV:

See also

References

  1. ↑ C.R. No:0011781（Television Broadcasts Limited）—The Cyber Search Centre of the Integrated Companies Registry Information System
  2. ↑ "Corporate Info". TVBI Company Limited. 2007. Retrieved 6 November 2007.
  3. ↑ "Stars arrested over 'rigged' awards". BBC. 17 July 2003. Retrieved 6 November 2007. Check date values in: |year= / |date= mismatch (help)
  4. ↑ "舞影行動終止　何麗全曾國強陳家倫慶清白" (in Chinese). 金羊網. 21 January 2005. Retrieved 11 June 2007.
  5. ↑ "NAB International Broadcasting Excellence Award". National Association of Broadcasters. Archived from the original on 8 November 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2008.
  6. ↑ Chinese Channel Home Page
  7. ↑ [ShawMovieTown Shaw Brothers History]
  8. ↑ "Grand Opening of Television Broadcasts Limited's TVB City A Significant Milestone of the Broadcasting and Production Industry in Hong Kong". TVB. 10 December 2003. Retrieved 6 November 2007.
  9. ↑ MAK, Adrian Yau Kee (11 March 2010). "Announcement" (PDF). Television Broadcasts Limited. Retrieved 12 March 2010.
  10. ↑ "TVB boss cleared in corruption case". RTHK. 2 September 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  11. ↑ https://www.tvbnetworkvision.com/tc/
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