Television channel in Hong Kong
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Television channel
TVB Pearl
(
Chinese
:
無?明珠台
) is an English-language
television
channel in
Hong Kong
owned by
Television Broadcasts Limited
. Established on 19 November 1967, it shares headquarters with TVB's other properties at
TVB City
at 77 Chun Choi Street in
Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate
in
Tseung Kwan O
, in the
Sai Kung District
.
This channel mainly broadcasts in English (while all of its sister channels mainly broadcast in
Cantonese
), although programmes in other languages (including
Mandarin
, Japanese and Korean) are aired in non-peak hours and Traditional Chinese subtitles are available on some programmes. Since 1991, the channel has used
NICAM
digital audio
(and later, multiple audio tracks via
digital terrestrial television
) to transmit audio tracks in English and Cantonese when available. The channel began broadcasting in
high definition
on 28 October 2012.
The schedule of this channel relies heavily on imported programmes, including foreign drama series and movies. Original English-language news and current affairs programmes (such as
News at 7:30
) and original lifestyle programme
Dolce Vita
are also available on the channel.
Some programmes are bought from the foreign TV and Film producers(include
Hollywood
films from Studio 930), such as
Fremantle
,
Banijay
,
Disney
(
Walt Disney Pictures
,
Marvel Studios
and
20th Century Studios
),
Paramount Pictures
,
Universal Pictures
etc.
Programmes
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News and public affairs
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This channel airs current affairs programmes, including
Pearl Magazine
(to replace both
The Pearl Report
and
Money Magazine
in 2018),
Money Matters
and
Straight Talk
.
According to the broadcast regulations in Hong Kong, broadcasting 2.5 hours of
RTHK
programmes on commercial English-language channels every week was required. Before 2017, such requirement was fulfilled by broadcasting
The Pulse
(news programme) and
The Works
(art-related programme). These two programmes were no longer aired on this channel after 2017.
Studio 930
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At 9:30 PM every night, a Hollywood film is broadcast on TVB Pearl with an
American English
audio dubbed or with British English Subtitles before News Roundup news programmes.
Transmitters
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TVB Pearl is broadcast through
UHF
from its six main transmission stations at Temple Hill, Golden Hill,
Castle Peak
,
Kowloon Peak
,
Tai Mo Shan
, and
Lamma Island
, and two
repeaters
at
Tsuen Wan
and
Tsing Yi
. The Tsuen Wan repeater started service on 22 August 2003, and the Tsing Yi repeater started on 18 September 2003. The repeaters were built to enhance reception of TVB Pearl.
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TVB Pearl is carried in mainland
China
by
TVS
(
南方??台
) in
Guangdong
and in
Guangzhou
by Guangzhou Television (
?州??台
). Due to
censorship policies
, some programmes carried by the channel have been censored and substituted with different programmes.
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TVB Pearl's analogue transmission ceased on 30 November 2020.
Awards
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TVB Pearl has received a number of awards throughout its long history of programme production. For example,
The Pearl Report: Outsider
won a merit at the
Hong Kong Human Rights Press Awards
2002. Also,
2008 Olympic Image
was awarded the Bronze Medal (Station and Image Production) in the New York Festivals.
See also
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- ViuTVsix
, an English-language channel in Hong Kong since March 2017
- Hong Kong International Business Channel, Channel 76, an English-language channel in Hong Kong since March 2018
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