Educational Television (Hong Kong)
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教育電視 | |
Genre | Educational |
Created by | RTHK Education Bureau |
Country of origin | Hong Kong |
Original languages | English Cantonese |
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Running time | 10–20 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | Live TV, website, mobile application, DVDs |
Release | 1971 present | –
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Traditional Chinese | 教育電視 | ||||||||
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Educational Television (ETV) is a series of educational television programmes jointly produced by
ETV programmes change with the curriculum from time to time, covering a wide spectrum of topics. Programmes are broadcast during daytime non-peak hours on the English channels of TVB and ATV from Monday to Friday, during the 32 weeks of the school year. As the popularity of the Internet has increased, ETV has made its programmes available on the World Wide Web on demand.
History
ETV began with the primary school curriculum and developed gradually. In 1972, the first programme was aimed at Primary 3 students. It extended one level up yearly and covered Primary 6 in 1974. In September 1976, ETV started to cover junior secondary school. It began with Secondary 1 and reached Secondary 3 in 1978. There was no major change in range until 1999. ETV extended to Primary 1 and 2 in junior primary and Secondary 4 and 5 on selected topics in senior secondary school. In 2000, ETV also began to broadcast Teacher Resource Programmes for teachers.
In April 2020, ETV stops filming new episodes.[1] On 12 May 2020, the Education Bureau notified RTHK that it had to hand over the Education Television Centre in Kowloon Tong by September 2020.[2]
Programmes
The programmes are closely tied with the curriculum devised by
Media
During normal school terms, ETV programmes are broadcast from Monday to Friday (except some long school vacations like public holidays and weekend) on the free-to-air terrestrial television channels such:
From school year 2006-07 to 2011-12, the broadcasting hours for ETV programmes reduced to 2 hours on each channel, which was scheduled from 08:30 until 10:30 HKT on TVB Pearl, and from 14:00 until 16:00 HKT on ATV World.
Beginning from school year 2012-13, the broadcasting hours further reduced to 1 hour on each channel, which is scheduled from 09:00 until 10:00 HKT (Morning session) on TVB Pearl and from 15:00 until 16:00 HKT (Afternoon session) on ATV World.
Due to the expiration of license of Asia Television on 2 April 2016, the Afternoon session of ETV programmes is scheduled from 15:00 until 16:00 HKT on RTHK 31A, which simulcast with Digital Channel RTHK 31.
Although each programme is broadcast several times a week, their broadcast times are not adapted to school class timetables. The government therefore provides necessary television and recording equipment for reception of ETV programmes for government schools and aided schools in Hong Kong. The recorded programmes can then be viewed out of the broadcast time frame as required by the school.
Some programmes are distributed in form of
With the coming of the Internet age, ETV programmes and other materials can be obtained from ETV website eTVonline. Additionally, from June 6, 2020, the broadcasting hours of ETV on TVB Pearl will be lifted.[3]
References
- ^ "教育局昨通知港台 9 月收回教育電視中心 逾 90 名員工受影響" (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Stand News. 13 May 2020. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
- ^ "Hong Kong public broadcaster RTHK faces office crunch after receiving notice to vacate Education Bureau building within months". South China Morning Post. 14 May 2020. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
- ^ "Educational Television ETV Program ratings are as low as 0 The CAB will stop broadcasting on June 6". 10 January 2020.