RTHK TV 31 (, formerly RTHK TV 31A for analogue TV) is a 24-hour
Chinese-language
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free-to-air television
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channel in
Hong Kong
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, owned by
RTHK
Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) is the public broadcasting service in Hong Kong. GOW, the predecessor to RTHK, was established in 1928 as the first broadcasting service in Hong Kong. As a government department under the Commerce and Econo ...
. It is one of RTHK's three channels alongside RTHK TV 32 and RTHK TV 33 on
digital terrestrial television
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as part of the latter's expansion. All RTHK TV channels are funded by the
administration
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every year.
History
Since 2 April 2016, TV 31 and TV 33 began simulcast on analogue channel frequencies previously owned by
Asia Television
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(ATV) after ATV's licences were revoked by the government over financial losses and internal conflicts. As a result, RTHK TV 31 expanded its broadcast hours from 6:30AM to 1:30AM the next day.
Since 2019, RTHK 31 broadcasts 24 hours a day.
The analogue television service (RTHK TV 31A) ceased on 30 November 2020.
Programming
Some of RTHK's produced programmes aired on commercial networks are also aired on this channel.
See also
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ATV Home
ATV Home () was a free-to-air Cantonese television channel in Hong Kong, owned and operated by Asia Television. It was formed in September 1963 as a result of the split of the bilingual Rediffusion Television subscription service (which was pri ...
References
External links
RTHK on DTT
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Television channels and stations established in 2014
Chinese-language television stations
Television stations in Hong Kong
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