TVB Pearl

TVB Pearl is a terrestrial 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.

TVB Pearl
TVB Pearl logo
LaunchedAnalog: 19 November 1967 (1967-11-19)
Digital: 31 December 2007 (2007-12-31)
Owned byTelevision Broadcasts Limited
Picture formatAnalog: 4:3 (SDTV)
Digital: 16:9 (HDTV)
4K UHD
Audience share75%[1]
Country China
LanguageEnglish (Primary)
Putonghua and Cantonese (Secondary)
Broadcast areaHong Kong
Macau and parts of Guangdong Province
Websitepearl.tvb.com
Availability
Terrestrial
Hong Kong analogueVariable by district
Hong Kong digitalChannel 84 (HD)

The channel primarily broadcasts in the English language (contrasting its sister stations, which broadcast in Cantonese), although an amount of programmes in other languages (including Mandarin, Japanese and Korean) are aired in non-peak hours, and 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.

Its schedule relies heavily on imported programmes, including foreign series and films, although it also features original English-language news and current affairs programmes (such as the News at 7:30), and the lifestyle and entertainment programme Dolce Vita. Its daytime lineup primarily features news and documentary programmes.

Programmes

News and public affairs

It airs several current affairs programmes, including Pearl Magazine (which merged and replaced The Pearl Report and Money Magazine in 2018), and Straight Talk.[2]

Per Hong Kong broadcast regulations, it is required to air 2.5 hours of programmes produced by RTHK per-week. Prior to 2017, this was done primarily via airings of its English-language news programme The Pulse, and the arts programme The Works. As part of changes to TVB's handling of these programmes, they were both dropped in 2017.[3]

Transmitters

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.

TVB Pearl is carried in mainland China by Southern Television (南方电视台) in Guangdong and in Guangzhou by Guangzhou Television (广州电视台). Due to censorship policies, some programmes carried by the channel have been censored and substituted with different programmes.

Awards

TVB Pearl has received a number of awards during the years of its programming production. For example, The Pearl Report: Outsider won a merit at the [Hong Kong Human Rights Press Awards] Human Rights Press Awards 2002 co-organised by the Foreign Correspondents' Club, Amnesty International Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Journalists Association Meanwhile, 2008 Olympic Image was awarded the Bronze Medal (Station and Image Production) in the New York Festivals.

See also
  • ViuTVsix, the second English-language channel in Hong Kong
  • ATV World, former English-language channel of ATV.

References
  1. Groves, Don (1 April 2007). "M&A's predicted for Hong Kong media industry". OnScreenAsia. Archived from the original on 6 November 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2009.
  2. Cheng, Kris (18 May 2018). "TVB axes 30-year-old English-language current affairs show The Pearl Report". Hong Kong Free Press. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  3. "TVB axes broadcasts of RTHK's English news programme The Pulse and arts show The Works". Hong Kong Free Press. 31 October 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
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