TVB J2 () is a Digital TV Channel specially established by

Television Broadcasts Limited Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) is a television broadcasting company based in Hong Kong SAR. The Company operates five free-to-air terrestrial television channels in Hong Kong, with TVB Jade as its main Cantonese language service, and TVB ...

, a commercial television station which first began broadcasting in 1967, for their new and free digital TV network in

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. It was officially launched on 30 June 2008. To watch this channel, a H.264/MPEG-4 AVC codec is required, although viewers from

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have free access if the user is using the public TV cable. It broadcasts 24 hours a day. The programmes it broadcasts are mostly in

Cantonese Cantonese ( zh, t=廣東話, s=广东话, first=t, cy=Gwóngdūng wá) is a language within the Chinese (Sinitic) branch of the Sino-Tibetan languages originating from the city of Guangzhou (historically known as Canton) and its surrounding a ...

, but occasionally there are programmes in other languages including

Mandarin Chinese Mandarin (; ) is a group of Chinese (Sinitic) dialects that are natively spoken across most of northern and southwestern China. The group includes the Beijing dialect, the basis of the phonology of Standard Chinese, the official language ...

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and

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. Most of the shows are broadcast in bilingual audio channels with Chinese subtitles. The transmission of TVB J2 was upgraded from

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video format on 2013-01-21 at 01:54 am.

Programmes

and Japanese dramas are the most watched programmes on TVB J2. The time slots in

prime time Prime time or the peak time is the block of broadcast programming taking place during the middle of the evening for a television show. It is mostly targeted towards adults (and sometimes families). It is used by the major television networks to ...

are specialized for most popular dramas every day, with ones from Korea (Mon-Fri),

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the no ...

(Mon-Fri, Sun), Japan (Fri-Sat) and USA (Sat-Sun). Another popular genre of programmes for TVB J2 is Japanese

anime is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japane ...

. Other programmes broadcast include: *Entertainment *Life Trends *Travel *Music

Originals

*Love Academy () :A space for teenagers and stars to discuss different kinds of love matters and play love games. The hosts are

Miki Yeung Miki Yeung (born 14 February 1985) is a Hong Kong cantopop singer and actress. In 2002, she joined the cantopop music idol group Cookies. In 2005, her film ''b420 ''b420'' is a 2005 Hong Kong film directed by Mathew Tang. The film is set ...

and Cyrus Chow. *Summer In Beijing () :A reality show that comprised three single girls and a gentleman, centered around the

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in Beijing. The hosts are Ursule Wong, Joyce Wong, Grace Wong and Jason Chan. :According to the Year 2009 Market Promotion, TVB will produce new reality shows based on the format of this one. *Big Boys Club () *All Things Girl ()

External links

* TVB channels Chinese-language television stations Television stations in Hong Kong Television channels and stations established in 2008 {{HongKong-tv-stub

Programmes

Originals

See also

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