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Asia Television Limited
亞洲電視有限公司
Type Limited company
Founded May 29, 1957
Headquarters 25-31 Dai Shing Street,
Tai Po Industrial Estate,
Tai Po, Hong Kong
Key people Wong Po Yan (Chairman)
Chan Wing-kee (Chief Executive)
Industry Television broadcasting
Website hkatv.com

Asia Television Limited (traditional Chinese: 亞洲電視有限公司; pinyin: Yàzhōu Diànshì Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī) was Hong Kong's first television station under Rediffusion. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian defeats the Sassanid army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Tai Po Industrial Estate (大埔工業邨 branded as 大埔工業園 is an Industrial estate on the Reclamation in Tai Po Hoi, surrounded by villages Tai Po ( (sometimes written as Taipo refers to the area of the traditional Market towns in the area presently known as Tai Po Old Market or Tai Po Kau Hui Hong Kong ( officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China 's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders For other uses of this term see Industry (disambiguation An industry (from Latin industrius, "diligent industrious" For the band see Broadcast (band Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and/or Video signals which transmit A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages Pinyin, more formally Hanyu pinyin, is the most common Standard Mandarin Romanization system in use Hong Kong ( officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China 's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders A television station is a type of broadcast station that broadcasts both audio and Video to Television receivers in a particular area Rediffusion Television ( RTV) (zh-t 麗的電視有限公司 was the first Television station in Hong Kong, established in 1957, making It was bought out, renamed and restructured to "Asia Television Limited" in 1982. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar)

Today ATV is one of two free-to-air broadcasters in Hong Kong, the other being its arch-rival Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB). Television Broadcasts Limited ( commonly known as TVB, was the first over-the-air commercial Television station in Hong Kong. It operates eight channels: the 24-hour Home channel, which broadcasts in Cantonese, the 22-hour World channel, which broadcasts primarily in English, the 24-hour satellite channel ATV Home (America), which accessible in North America via satellite in Cantonese, and five digital DMB-T/H channels: the 24-hour news and finance news channel, the 24-hour sports and infotainment channel for man, His TV, the 24-hour lifestyle infotainment channel for woman, Her TV, the 24-hour documentary channel Plus TV, and a two-hour high-definition channel. Standard Cantonese is the standard variant of the Cantonese (Yuet language English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Standard Cantonese is the standard variant of the Cantonese (Yuet language DMB-T/H or DTMB ( GB 20600-2006 is the Digital terrestrial television standard applied in the People's Republic of China (PRC including In 2002, ATV gained approval from China's State Administration for Radio, Film and Television to beam its two channels to the Guangdong Pearl River Delta region. Guangdong ( EFEO: Kouangtong; Pinyin Guǎngdōng; Postal map spelling: Kwangtung) is a province on the The Pearl River Delta Region (PRD ( in southern China occupies the low-lying areas alongside the Pearl River Estuary

ATV has also established a close relationship with Guangdong TV to ensure their stable cooperation in programme productions, advertising and sales. Guangdong Television (GDTV (Chinese 广东电视台 Pinyin Guǎngdōng Diànshì Tái is a Television network in Guangzhou, China and Guangdong

ATV has received numerous awards for its programmes. One of its successes is the local version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire (百萬富翁), a game show originally launched in the United Kingdom in 1998. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? is a Television Game show which offers very large Cash prizes for correctly answering successive multiple-choice The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located In 2001, ATV bought the production rights for the Hong Kong market, and subsequently enjoyed an upturn in its viewing figures. TVB responded by producing similar game shows.

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Ownership history

Previous ATV logo, which was phased out in October 2007
Previous ATV logo, which was phased out in October 2007

The predecessor to ATV, which began as a wired radio broadcasting service in 1949. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. [1] It launched its subscription based TV service on May 29, 1957. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian defeats the Sassanid army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar)

In 1981, Rediffusion in the UK sold 61% of its shares in RTV to an Australian consortium. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Associated-Rediffusion, later Rediffusion London, was the British ITV contractor for London and parts of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. In July 1982, a Chinese enterprise called Far East Group (遠東機構), owned by the Chiu family, took a stake in the company, such that Far East Group and the Australian consortium each held 50% of RTV's shares. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) The move marked the first time that a Chinese enterprise had played a role in RTV.

The company that operated ATV frequently recorded losses, and in January 1984, following the withdrawal of the Australian enterprise, the Chiu family bought all of the shares. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar)

In August 1987, the shares of ATV were put up for sale. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) One year later, Asia Television Limited, the Lam family (led by Lim Por Yen) and the New World Group each owned one-third of the shares. New World Development Company Limited, based out of Hong Kong, is active in property infrastructure services and telecommunications At that time, the members of Board of Directors included Deacon Chiu (邱德根), Lim Por Yen and Cheng Yu-tung. Lim Por-yen ( (1914 &ndash 18 February 2005 was a Hong Kong textiles tycoon and banker Cheng Yu Tung GBM ( born in Shunde, Guangdong in 1925 is a Hong Kong billionaire with extensive business dealings and real estate interests

On January 30, 1989, the Chiu family sold its shares of ATV to New World Group and Lai Sun Group (麗新集團) for HK$237. Events 1648 - Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster is signed ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Lai Sun Development ("LSD" is a public company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange established in 1987 by the textiles magnate Lim Por-yen. 5 million. The New World Group held half of the shares, while the Lam family owned one-third and Lai Sun held one-sixth. At the same time, Sociedade de Turismo e Diversões de Macau (STDM) joined as a minority shareholder. The Sociedade de Turismo e Diversões de Macau SA ( Chinese: 澳門旅遊娛樂股份有限公司 abbreviated as STDM) is a company in Macau owned by As announced by the Board of Directors, the new Chairman was Cheng Yue-tung and the Vice-Chairman was Lim Por Yen. The Administrative Director was Selina Chow. Selina Chow Liang Shuk-yee, GBS OBE JP ( (born 25 January 1945 in Hong Kong with family root in Panyu, Guangdong

In November 2002, Lai Sun Development, which was heavily indebted following the HK$7 billion acquisition of the Furama Hotel at the height of the property bubble in 1997, announced that it would sell its 32. 75% stake to the company's chief executive, Chan Wing-kee (陳永棋), for HK$360 million in cash[2]

In June 2007, Chan, along with Liu Changle (劉長樂), chairman of Phoenix Satellite Television Holdings Limited, established a company that later bought most of ATV's shares. Phoenix Satellite Television Holdings Ltd or Phoenix Television ( Simplified Chinese: 凤凰卫星电视 Traditional Chinese:鳳凰衛星電視 Hanyu Afterwards, Chan Wing-kei took the post of Administrative Director General. With the change of shareholder, there was innovation in the direction of production, marketing strategy and human resources. One of the significant changes is the increasing purchase of foreign programmes such as the South Korean Drama Autumn In My Heart/Endless Love(藍色生死戀).

Location

For years, ATV was located at 81 Broadcast Drive in Kowloon Tong. Broadcast Drive ( is a road in Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong. The road is notable as having played host to five broadcasting outlets in Hong Kong at one Kowloon Tong ( formerly Kau Lung Tong, is an area in Hong Kong. However, the company built a new facility in Tai Po, and moved into that facility in 2007. Tai Po ( (sometimes written as Taipo refers to the area of the traditional Market towns in the area presently known as Tai Po Old Market or Tai Po Kau Hui Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.

Former ATV Building on Broadcast Drive
Former ATV Building on Broadcast Drive
Former ATV studio building
Former ATV studio building
Current ATV Building in Tai Po Industrial Estate, Tai Po
Current ATV Building in Tai Po Industrial Estate, Tai Po
ATV News gathering car
ATV News gathering car

News Operations

Main article: ATV News

ATV News has a wide and close connection with China and overseas media broadcasters. Broadcast Drive ( is a road in Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong. The road is notable as having played host to five broadcasting outlets in Hong Kong at one Tai Po Industrial Estate (大埔工業邨 branded as 大埔工業園 is an Industrial estate on the Reclamation in Tai Po Hoi, surrounded by villages Tai Po ( (sometimes written as Taipo refers to the area of the traditional Market towns in the area presently known as Tai Po Old Market or Tai Po Kau Hui ATV News is the newsgathering arm of Asia Television Ltd (ATV in Hong Kong Additional foreign coverage of news is provided by CNN and CBS. Cable News Network, usually referred to by its Initialism CNN, is a major English language Television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. ATV receives CNN transmissions 24 hours a day via satellite from CNN's home base in Atlanta, USA. Through than 10 news bureaux overseas, global breaking news can be accessed immediately via satellite and the Internet. The Internet is a global system of interconnected Computer networks

To make its news programming more accessible, ATV has established an electronic news site, which provides daily and archived local and international news.

With the recent shift in ownership towards mainland interests, ATV News is now widely considered to be the most biased and Pro-Communist news operation in Hong Kong, losing much of its credibility and viewership as a result.

Programmes and Shows

ATV provides a range of television programmes, including news, infotainment, drama and variety shows. News is any new information or information on Current events which is presented by print, broadcast, Internet, or Word of mouth Infotainment (a Portmanteau of information and entertainment refers to a general type of media broadcast program which provides a combination of current Drama is the specific mode of Fiction represented in Performance. As well as producing its own shows, ATV has acquired popular TV programmes from overseas markets to cater to changing audience tastes. Of note, ATV has bought in popular TV dramas from South Korea and Mainland China for broadcast in prime time. South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often referred to as Korea ( Korean: 대한민국 tɛː Mainland China, Continental China, the Chinese mainland or simply the mainland, is a geopolitical term synonymous with the area that is under the jurisdiction

Programmes from ATV Home

ATV has produced numerous classic TV dramas, including Crocodile Tears (鱷魚淚), Fatherland (大地恩情), The Legendary Fok (霍元甲), Central Affairs I and II and Reincarnated (天蠶變). Recent productions of note include The Pride Of Chao Zhou (我來自潮州), Who is the Winner? (勝者為王), King Of The Gambler (千王之王重出江湖) and The Good Old Days (再見艷陽天).

In recent years, ATV has created and hosted certain large-scale award shows. The most well-known would probably be The Annual Most Popular TV Commercial Awards (十大電視廣告頒獎禮).

Other infotainment programmes like Stories From Afar (尋找他鄉的故事) ranked highly in the Appreciation Index Survey Best Television Awards (香港電視節目欣賞指數), as reflected by a public review.

Some ATV programmes, such as the entertainment news show Hong Kong Today (今日睇真D) and Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? (百萬富翁), have proved particularly popular, prompting local rival TVB to offer similar fare. Television Broadcasts Limited ( commonly known as TVB, was the first over-the-air commercial Television station in Hong Kong.

Drama Series

A list of recent drama series produced by ATV:

Programmes from ATV World

ATV World is one of two English-language channels that broadcast in Hong Kong. My Date With a Vampire is a Cantonese television series The title refers to a succession of three Cantonese television series My Date With a Vampire is a Cantonese television series The title refers to a succession of three Cantonese television series My Date With a Vampire is a Cantonese television series The title refers to a succession of three Cantonese television series It offers a variety of programmes, mostly from the United States, ranging from popular serial dramas and films to documentaries and educational shows. Among the shows it has aired are Ally McBeal (甜心俏佳人), Survivor (生還者), Smallville (超人前傳), CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (滅罪鑑證科), Elizabeth I (伊利沙伯一世傳奇), CSI: Miami (鑑證行動組), Cold Case (鐵證懸案), CSI: NY (鑑證紐約), Grey's Anatomy (醫人當自強), The Closer (真相追擊), Doctor Who (異世奇人) and Ghost Whisperer (靈感應)as well as the talk show Late Show with David Letterman (大衛牙擦騷). Ally McBeal is an American Television series which ran on the FOX network from 1997 to 2002 Survivor is an American version of the Survivor Reality television Game show based on the Swedish television CSI Crime Scene Investigation is an American crime drama Television series that trails the investigations of a team of Las Vegas Elizabeth I is a 2005 British Television Miniseries directed by Tom Hooper. CSI Miami is a spin-off of the CBS network series. CSI Miami airs new episodes Mondays at 10 PM ET/PT on CBS. Cold Case is an American Police procedural Television series revolving around a fictionalized Philadelphia Police Department division CSI NY is an American Police procedural Television series, which premiered on September 22, 2004. Grey’s Anatomy is an American Primetime television medical drama. The Closer is an American Television police Drama series The show which focuses upon the character of Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. Ghost Whisperer is an American television drama - fantasy - thriller that premiered on CBS September 23 2005 The Late Show with David Letterman is an Emmy Award -winning American late-night Talk show hosted by David Letterman on CBS Arts and sports programming are also offered (e. g. local horse racing, in Chinese 賽馬直擊). The Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) is one of the oldest institutions in Hong Kong, founded in 1884 to promote Horse racing. Mandarin and Korean programmes are available on ATV World at off-peak hours. This article is mainly about the spoken Korean language See Hangul for details on the native Korean writing system

ATV World's flagship English news programme is the "Main News and Weather Report at 7:30" provided under the collective effort of ATV News. ATV News is the newsgathering arm of Asia Television Ltd (ATV in Hong Kong

Given its focus on English-language programming in a predominantly Cantonese-speaking market, ATV World carries relatively little advertising and is subsidised by ATV Home. Both free-to-air television companies in Hong Kong are required by the government to provide an English-language service. In the face of competition from TVB Pearl, ATV World has in recent years switched focus from dramas and movies to documentaries and natural history shows, likely because such programming is less expensive to acquire. TVB Pearl ( is one of the two free television services in Hong Kong that mainly broadcast in the English language, the other being ATV World

ATV Training Institute

Asia Television Training Institute was founded to train people who are interested in joining the television industry. There are four faculties including television production, television artwork, television talent and technical production. Some of the graduates are offered work at ATV.

License

ATV recently had its license renewed for another 12 years. Under the terms of the licence renewal, the Broadcasting Authority required that ATV World provide bilingual subtitles on news, weather and current affairs shows, educational shows and emergency announcements, beginning in December 2004. The company was also required to provide more cultural and arts shows.

Major competitor

TVB was the first wireless commercial television station in Hong Kong, and was the initial driving force for the then RTV to switch to free wireless broadcasting from paid cable. It was established in 1967. The Group has now grown to a size of about 5,000, including contract artists and staff in overseas subsidiary companies. The viewership of TVB is usually much higher than that of ATV. TVB has an overwhelming advantage over ATV, mostly due to the entrenched viewing habits of the population -- the company has most local music stars under contract and its Cantonese-language service provides a steady stream of soap operas and undemanding entertainment programming.

Actor Crossovers

TVB is known to typecast their performers, some will always lead and some will always play in second or third place positions. For this reasons, certain actors will leave TVB for ATV in hopes of better opportunities, even though in most cases, the crossover will mean a virtual end of an actor's career. The majority of the leading roles are actually given to veteran TVB actors. While some veteran TVB actors merely switch sides because their contract ended, some joined because they're offered better compensation and positions to veteran TVB actors. There were several known incidents where TVB had certain dramas planned and were forced to cancel or rewrite scripts because the star(s) of the role left for other opportunities and vice versa. While TVB also acquired ATV actors, the cross over is higher in frequency with TVB actors to ATV.

Current Stars

Past ATV Stars

Criticism

In recent years, viewing figures for ATV Home have fallen sharply, as the TV station has begun to cater more to the interests of the mainland Chinese audience, who can now legally receive the channel. Hawick Lau Hoi Wai (劉愷威 (b October 13 1974 Hong Kong SAR is a Chinese actor and singer most famous for his performances in the TVB series Television Broadcasts Limited ( commonly known as TVB, was the first over-the-air commercial Television station in Hong Kong. Television Broadcasts Limited ( commonly known as TVB, was the first over-the-air commercial Television station in Hong Kong. Television Broadcasts Limited ( commonly known as TVB, was the first over-the-air commercial Television station in Hong Kong. Frankie Choi Kwok-Wai is a Hong Kong ATV actor, most notable for his role as "Bill" in the film Moments of Love. Television Broadcasts Limited ( commonly known as TVB, was the first over-the-air commercial Television station in Hong Kong. Television Broadcasts Limited ( commonly known as TVB, was the first over-the-air commercial Television station in Hong Kong. Valerie Chow, aka Rachel Shane in the US (born 16 December 1970 in Hong Kong) is a well-known Chinese model and actress Eddy Ko Hung (高雄 is a Hong Kong actor He started his career with TVB in 1982 and has acted in many drama serials during 1990 he joined ATV Michael Tao Dai Yu ( Chinese: 陶大宇 born August 26, 1963) is a Hong Kong television actor Gallen Lo Ka-Leung is a Hong Kong Actor who primarily acts in television series Patricia Liu ( was a finalist of Miss Hong Kong 1997 without winning any award and joined TVB afterwards Annie Man Chung-Han ( born July 20, 1976, is an Actress from Hong Kong. Michelle Ye Xuan (born February 14 1980 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China) also known as Michelle Yip Suen, is a Hong Claire Yiu (姚嘉妮 born on August 10, 1978, is a Hong Kong actress Lydia Shum Din-Ha, also known as Lydia Sum ( Chinese 沈[[wikt 殿|殿]] 霞; July 21, 1945 &mdash February 19 Sheren Tang Shui Mun is a Hong Kong TVB actress and freelance artiste Some Hong Kong viewers have complained that programmes aired on ATV Home are "old-fashioned" and not in tune with the preferences of the Hong Kong TV audience.

Moreover, news programmes broadcast by ATV are deemed by some observers to have taken on a pro-Beijing bias, reporting news involving pro-democracy political forces in Hong Kong in a negative light. (A short talk show on current affairs that airs after the six o'clock news frequently invites pro-Beijing advocates to air their views, often praising the PRC's policies and criticising pro-democratic parties, especially when these parties invoke a demonstration. There have since been other pro-democratic guests, but this does not balance out the pro-Beijing bias). TVB's news programming has been similarly criticised for its "pro-establishment" stance. Although the Hong Kong media has freedom of speech, self-censorship is commonly practised at media organisations whose owners have business interests in mainland China. Freedom of speech is the freedom to speak freely without Censorship or Limitation. China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National A shift in ownership of ATV in mid-2006 sparked concern that ATV would become even more pro-Beijing. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.

For example, the pro-democracy July 1 marches usually makes the headline news on TVB, but ATV usually makes the pro-Beijing counter protests the headline news. The Hong Kong July 1 march ( is an annual protest rally led by the Civil Human Rights Front since the 1997 handover on the HKSAR establishment day. ATV also attempts to dilute the pro-democracy message of the marches by saying the participants have different messages.

See also

References

  1. ^ Kitley, Philip. Media in Hong Kong are available to the public in the forms of Television and Radio, Newspapers, Magazines and the Internet This is a (incomplete list of companies from Hong Kong. Amoy Food Limited Ajiichiban Ality Television Broadcasts Limited ( commonly known as TVB, was the first over-the-air commercial Television station in Hong Kong. [2003] (2003). Television, Regulation and Civil Society in Asia. Routledge. ISBN 0415297338
  2. ^ Dennis Eng, A little less debt for ailing Lai Sun, The Standard, November 18, 2002

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