TVB
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Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) is a television broadcasting company based in Hong Kong. The company operates five free-to-air terrestrial television channels in Hong Kong, with TVB Jade as its main Cantonese language service, and TVB Pearl as its main English service. TVB is headquartered at TVB City at the Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate.
Company type | Public |
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SEHK: 511 | |
Industry | Television broadcasting; media and entertainment |
Founded | 19 November 1967; 56 years ago (1967-11-19) in Broadcast Drive, Kowloon Tong, British Hong Kong |
Headquarters | 77 Chun Choi Street, Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate, New Territories, Hong Kong |
Area served | Cantonese Language Markets (Worldwide) |
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Products | TVB Jade, TVB Pearl, TVB Anywhere, MyTV Super, TVBS, TVBNews, TVB.com, TVB Publishing, TVBUSA, TVB8, TVB.cn |
Revenue | HK$2.5 billion (2022) |
-HK$0.8 billion (2022) | |
Number of employees | 3,200 (2023) |
Parent | Clear Water Bay Land Company Limited |
Website | www |
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Traditional Chinese | 電視廣播有限公司 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 电视广播有限公司 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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TVB commenced broadcasting on November 19, 1967. The company was incorporated on July 26, 1965[1] and was co-founded by Sir Run Run Shaw, who was chairman from 1980 to 2012, together with Sir Douglas Clague and Harold Lee Hsiao-wo of the Lee Hysan family.[2] When TVB first began broadcasting it was commonly known and promoted as "Wireless Television" (無綫電視) in Chinese to distinguish it from the then cable television broadcaster, Rediffusion Television (麗的呼聲), which later became ATV (亞洲電視). It is still usually referred to with that name, although ATV later switched to "wireless" (free-to-air) broadcasting as well.
TVB is known primarily for its dramas, and produces the Miss Hong Kong and Miss Chinese International pageants. It has historically been the leading television broadcaster in Hong Kong.[3][4][5]