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Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
's Television Broadcasts Limited
Television Broadcasts Limited
Television Broadcasts Limited, commonly known as TVB, is the second over-the-air commercial television station in Hong Kong. It commenced broadcasting on 19 November 1967...
(TVB). Its slogan is "TVB Cares" (無綫新聞 事事關心).
Newscasts
TVB Jade
TVB Jade is a flagship TV channel in Hong Kong, established by Television Broadcasts Limited, and is one of the free-to-air Cantonese language television channels in Hong Kong, the other being its arch-rival ATV Home...
, TVB HD Jade, TVB Pearl
TVB Pearl
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. It is owned and operated by Television Broadcasts Limited, and together with its sister Cantonese language station TVB Jade, is broadcast from TVB City at 77...
, TVBN (TVB Payvision News channel), and TVB i-News channel.
TVB Jade / HD Jade newscasts
For the column "Channel","Jade": program broadcast on TVB Jade
TVB Jade
TVB Jade is a flagship TV channel in Hong Kong, established by Television Broadcasts Limited, and is one of the free-to-air Cantonese language television channels in Hong Kong, the other being its arch-rival ATV Home...
only;
"hdJ": program broadcast on TVB HD Jade only;
"Simulcast": program broadcast on both channels at the same time;
"On News Channel": program is also broadcast on TVBN and iNews.
| Program | Airtime | Day | Channel | On News Channel | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | Chinese | Start | End | |||
| Good Morning Hong Kong | 6:30am | 9:00am | Mon - Fri | Simulcast | Yes | |
| Sat | Jade | |||||
| Inside the Stock Exchange | 9:00am | 9:45am | Hong Kong Stock Exchange Trading Day |
Jade | No | |
| 10:00am | 10:10am | hdJ | ||||
| 11:40am | 11:45am | Jade | ||||
| 11:50am | 12:00pm | hdJ | ||||
| 12:45pm | 1:00pm | Jade | ||||
| 2:45pm | 2:50pm | Jade | ||||
| 3:05pm | 3:15pm | hdJ | ||||
| 4:15pm | 4:20pm | Jade | ||||
| 4:30pm | 4:40pm | hdJ | ||||
| News Headlines | 10:10am | (2 minutes duration) |
Mon - Fri | hdJ | No | |
| 11:35am | Simulcast | |||||
| 3:15pm | ||||||
| 4:40pm | hdJ | |||||
| 8:45pm | Daily | Simulcast | ||||
| 9:45pm | ||||||
| 10:45pm | Sat / Sun | |||||
| Noon News | 1:00pm | 1:15pm | Mon - Fri | Simulcast | No (except public holiday) | |
| 1:10pm | Sat / Sun | Yes | ||||
| Financial Report | 5:50pm | 5:55pm | Mon - Fri | Jade | No | |
| 7:20pm | 7:30pm | hdJ | Yes | |||
| News at 6:30 News At 6:30 News at 6:30 , is the evening and flagship national news programme broadcast Monday to Sunday at 6:30pm in Hong Kong by television channel TVB Jade. This programme first aired in TVB Jade on November 19, 1967, with broadcasting time at 6:30pm... |
6:30pm | 6:55pm | Mon - Fri | Jade | Yes | |
| Sat / Sun | Simulcast | |||||
| News at 7 | 7:00pm | 7:20pm | Mon - Fri | hdJ | Yes | |
| Weather Report Weather Report Weather Report was an American jazz-rock band of the 1970s and early 1980s. The band was co-led by the Austrian-born keyboard player Joe Zawinul and the American saxophonist Wayne Shorter... |
6:55pm | 7:00pm | Mon - Fri | Jade | Yes | |
| Sat / Sun | Simulcast | |||||
| 11:35pm | 11:40pm | Mon - Fri | Simulcast | No | ||
| 11:45pm | 11:50pm | Sat / Sun | Jade | |||
| News Roundup | 11:00pm | 11:35pm | Mon - Fri | Simulcast | Yes | |
| 11:30pm | 11:45pm | Sat / Sun | Jade | |||
| Today's Finance | 12:00am | 12:05am | Mon - Fri | Jade | No | |
| Tuesday Report | 7:00pm | 7:30pm | Tuesday | Jade | No | |
| News Magazine | 7:00pm | 7:30pm | Thursday | Jade | No | |
| Finance Magazine | 6:00pm | 6:30pm | Sunday | Jade | No | |
| 12:05am | 12:35am | |||||
TVB Pearl newscasts
| Program | Language | Airtime | Day | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | End | |||
| Inside the Stock Exchange | Putonghua | 10:30am | (30 minute duration) | Hong Kong Stock Exchange Trading Day |
| 11:30am, 2:00pm, 3:58pm | (2-3 minute duration) | |||
| Putonghua News | 6:00pm | 6:15pm | Mon - Fri | |
| 6:00pm | 6:10pm | Sat / Sun | ||
| Putonghua Financial Report | 6:15pm | 6:20pm | Mon - Fri | |
| Putonghua Weather Report | 6:20pm | 6:25pm | Mon - Fri | |
| 6:10pm | 6:15pm | Sat / Sun | ||
| Financial Report | English | 6:25pm | 6:35pm | Mon - Fri |
| News at 7:30 News At Seven-Thirty News At Seven-Thirty , is the evening English and flagship national news programme broadcast Monday to Sunday at 7:30pm in Hong Kong by television channel TVB Pearl. News At Seven-Thirty is also for free reviewing on TVB News' website... |
7:30pm | 7:50pm | Daily | |
| Weather Report Weather Report Weather Report was an American jazz-rock band of the 1970s and early 1980s. The band was co-led by the Austrian-born keyboard player Joe Zawinul and the American saxophonist Wayne Shorter... |
7:50pm | 7:55pm | Daily | |
| News Headlines | 9:30pm | (1 to 2 minute duration) | Daily | |
| Marketplace | 10:30pm | 10:35pm | Mon - Fri | |
| World Market Update | 11:30pm | 11:35pm | Mon - Fri | |
| News Roundup | 11:35pm | 11:50pm | Mon - Thu | |
| Varies start time between 11:30pm to 12:45am |
(15 minute duration) | Fri - Sun | ||
| The Pearl Report The Pearl Report The Pearl Report is a public affairs programme aired on TVB Pearl since April 1, 1988.The show mainly deals with current affairs in Hong Kong, although often stories are produced abroad concerning wider regional issues... |
8:00pm | 8:30pm | Monday | |
| 1:05am | 1:35am | Tuesday | ||
| 12:00pm | 12:25pm | Saturday | ||
| Money Magazine Money Magazine Money Magazine is a business news and financial programme that is broadcast on Sundays at 7:00pm in Hong Kong by television channel TVB Pearl.-Producers and reporters:... |
7:00pm | 7:30pm | Sunday | |
| 1:05am | 1:35am | Sunday | ||
Format
TVB Jade
TVB Jade is a flagship TV channel in Hong Kong, established by Television Broadcasts Limited, and is one of the free-to-air Cantonese language television channels in Hong Kong, the other being its arch-rival ATV Home...
are in Cantonese
Standard Cantonese
Cantonese, or Standard Cantonese, is a language that originated in the vicinity of Canton in southern China, and is often regarded as the prestige dialect of Yue Chinese....
, Putonghua Financial Report, which is in Mandarin
Standard Chinese
Standard Chinese, or Modern Standard Chinese, also known as Mandarin or Putonghua, is the official language of the People's Republic of China and Republic of China , and is one of the four official languages of Singapore....
. Good Morning Hong Kong and Putonghua Financial Report, and other business newscasts are seen on weekdays. Also, programmes have in-vision captions for the hearing impaired, as mandated by local regulations (this was originally only used on the Jade version's News File, 新聞簡報). In the past, both channels aired a 5-minute News File, giving the top headlines of the day and a preview of the News Roundup; it usually aired at various times around the 9:00pm.
The starting sequence of the news features the sound of the Morse Code
Morse code
Morse code is a method of transmitting textual information as a series of on-off tones, lights, or clicks that can be directly understood by a skilled listener or observer without special equipment...
signal for "NEWS TODAY"
(
), with the pitch at about 1700 Hz.Standalone weather reports are aired after the News at 6:30 on TVB Jade
TVB Jade
TVB Jade is a flagship TV channel in Hong Kong, established by Television Broadcasts Limited, and is one of the free-to-air Cantonese language television channels in Hong Kong, the other being its arch-rival ATV Home...
and the News at 7:30 on TVB Pearl
TVB Pearl
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. It is owned and operated by Television Broadcasts Limited, and together with its sister Cantonese language station TVB Jade, is broadcast from TVB City at 77...
. They are famous for Freddy
Freddy (weather)
Freddy is a Hong Kong animated weatherman on TVB's weather forecasts, for both its English and Chinese channels....
, a cartoon figure which gives the forecast for the next day. The highly stylized and comical format is considered an institution, and is widely recognized by many Hong Kong people. (The rest of the weather forecast is read by an actual human presenter.)
After the news and/or weather is presented, Earth Live usually follows afterwards, which is produced by earthTV
EarthTV
Earth TV is a German satellite television network which airs live broadcasts of camera streams from places all around the world. The network features a mix of both personal and scenic cams. Personal cams are often chosen to be aired for unique contents or themes, and scenic cameras usually feature...
. However, not all newscasts on TVB Jade are not followed by that programme, but will instead return to the current programme. The only exception is Good Morning Hong Kong, which would air Earth Live first, then immediately start the morning news. Earth Live also airs a couple more times during their morning news programme.
News programmes
Investigative reports and extended news stories are often shown on three programmes: Sunday Report and News Magazine on TVB JadeTVB Jade
TVB Jade is a flagship TV channel in Hong Kong, established by Television Broadcasts Limited, and is one of the free-to-air Cantonese language television channels in Hong Kong, the other being its arch-rival ATV Home...
, and The Pearl Report on TVB Pearl
TVB Pearl
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. It is owned and operated by Television Broadcasts Limited, and together with its sister Cantonese language station TVB Jade, is broadcast from TVB City at 77...
. Sunday Report and The Pearl Report focus more on stories involving individuals and has a softer approach, while News Magazine focuses more on social problems in general.
News channel
Additionally, TVB's news department is also responsible for the output on the 24-hour news channel, TVBN , carried on the pay TV platform TVB Pay VisionTVB Pay Vision
TVB Pay Vision is a 24 hours Cantonese channel by TVB....
and iNews (Start from 11 November 2008) on HK Digital TV Broadcast (Channel 83). On June 2006, another news channel, TVBN 2 , will also be carried on the pay TV platform TVB Pay Vision.
Criticism
Due to the reporting, or lack thereof, of the Tiananmen Massacre's 20th Anniversary, and many other incidents where TVB ignored to report news that concerning its own interests, internet forum users have labelled TVB "CCTVBChina Central Television
China Central Television or Chinese Central Television, commonly abbreviated as CCTV, is the major state television broadcaster in mainland China. CCTV has a network of 19 channels broadcasting different programmes and is accessible to more than one billion viewers...
". During one live broadcast at the event of the 20th Anniversary gathering to commemorate the Tiananmen incident, a man raised a sign that reads in Chinese "無線新聞 事事旦旦", which mocks TVB that they do not care. The camera shifted away quickly during the broadcast, and ever since then, camera crews have reacted to possible sign-bearers by pointing the camera away during takes. In replays of the said footage, the portion where the sign was visible was cut.