TVB Pearl
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Launched | 19 November 1967 |
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Website | pearl.tvb.com |
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Terrestrial | |
Digital TV (Hong Kong) | Channel 84 (HD) |
TVB Pearl (
This channel mainly broadcasts in English (while all of its sister channels mainly broadcast in Cantonese), although programmes in other languages (including Mandarin, Japanese and Korean) are aired in non-peak hours and Traditional 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.
The schedule of this channel relies heavily on imported programmes, including foreign drama series and movies. Original English-language news and current affairs programmes (such as
Some programmes are bought from the foreign TV and Film producers(include
Programmes
News and public affairs
This channel airs current affairs programmes, including Pearl Magazine (to replace both The Pearl Report and Money Magazine in 2018), Money Matters and Straight Talk.
According to the broadcast regulations in Hong Kong, broadcasting 2.5 hours of RTHK programmes on commercial English-language channels every week was required. Before 2017, such requirement was fulfilled by broadcasting The Pulse (news programme) and The Works (art-related programme). These two programmes were no longer aired on this channel after 2017.
Studio 930
At 9:30 PM every night, a Hollywood film is broadcast on TVB Pearl with an American English audio dubbed or with British English Subtitles before News Roundup news programmes.
Transmitters
TVB Pearl is broadcast through
TVB Pearl is carried in mainland China by TVS (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.[citation needed]
TVB Pearl's analogue transmission ceased on 30 November 2020.
Awards
TVB Pearl has received a number of awards throughout its long history of programme production. For example, The Pearl Report: Outsider won a merit at the Hong Kong Human Rights Press Awards 2002. Also, 2008 Olympic Image was awarded the Bronze Medal (Station and Image Production) in the New York Festivals.
See also
- ViuTVsix, an English-language channel in Hong Kong since March 2017
- Hong Kong International Business Channel, Channel 76, an English-language channel in Hong Kong since March 2018