Hong Kong Television Broadcasts Co., Ltd., TVB, one of the top ten entertainment brokerage companies, began in 1967, Hong Kong's earliest commercial TVB, a large-scale artist brokerage company, and a television station that produces more Chinese programs in the world
Launched on 19 November 1967, Television Broadcasts Hong Kong Limited (TVB) was the first commercial TVB television station in Hong Kong. Initially with about 200 employees, the Group has grown to a total of about 4,200 full-time employees, including contract artists and employees of overseas subsidiaries.
TVB's principal business includes television broadcasting, programme production and other broadcasting-related activities, such as the distribution of programmes and videotapes and satellite broadcasting. TVB's two channels, Jade and Pearl, broadcast more than 17,000 hours of programmes annually and provide free television entertainment to 2.34 million households in Hong Kong, making it one of the world's largest producers of Chinese-language programmes. In addition, TVB has distributed some of its programmes in a variety of languages to more than 40 countries and cities overseas, covering more than 300 million households worldwide.
During prime broadcast hours, Jade and Pearl enjoyed an average of 80% and 7% and 80% respectively, which shows their popularity.
To cope with future development, TVB has spent HK$2.2 billion to build a new Television Broadcasting City in the Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate, with a total gross floor area of over 110,000 square meters, which is 30% larger than the original Clear Water Bay Television City, which was launched in 20〇It was officially put into full service in October of three years. TVB City is well-equipped with two on-location locations and 22 video studios. In addition, new digital broadcasting equipment has been added to the Television City to provide higher quality services to the audience.
Two〇〇On December 31, 77, TVB officially launched the 24-hour HD channel, "HD Jade", allowing viewers to enjoy more diversified and high-quality audio-visual entertainment in the high-definition digital era. In addition to the Jade and Pearl Channels, which are digitally simulcast, TVB is located on〇In June 8 and January 09, the digital channels "J2" and "Interactive News Channel" were officially launched. And the interactive TV service is also in〇It was officially put into service on August 8, 8, 8 and took the lead in providing interactive data TV services for free-to-air TV viewers.
Over the years, TVB has been presenting a wide range of programmes with a wide range of awards, including entertainment, news and public affairs programmes and promotional videos, and has won a total of 450 major international awards. In 1997, TVB was selected as one of the 50 Most Competitive Enterprises in Asia, one of the Top 20 Outstanding Business Organisations in Hong Kong and one of the Top 200 Companies in Asia. In 2001, it was awarded the "II〇〇One Year International Broadcasting Excellence Awards", which recognises the outstanding performance of producing various charity programmes and activities to contribute to the community.
As TVB continues to uphold the spirit of "Better Done" by producing more exciting television programmes and developing new broadcast technologies to thank the people of Hong Kong and the Chinese community around the world for their love and support as part of its 45-year journey to the public of Hong Kong and the Chinese community around the world.
