TVB Pearl () is an English-language

television Television (TV) is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. Additionally, the term can refer to a physical television set rather than the medium of transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, ...

channel in

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

owned by

Television Broadcasts Limited Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB; zh, t=電視廣播有限公司) 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 Canton ...

. Established on 19 November 1967, it shares headquarters with TVB's other properties at

TVB City TVB City () is the headquarters of Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) developed by Sun Hung Kai Properties located at 77 Chun Choi Street in the Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate, Tseung Kwan O, New Territories, Hong Kong. The HK$2.2 billion ...

at 77 Chun Choi Street in

Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate (, branded as ) is located in the southeast of the Tseung Kwan O, Tseung Kwan O New Town, Sai Kung District in Hong Kong. Location Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate has an area of 75 ha (other sources mention 86 h ...

Tseung Kwan O Tseung Kwan O New Town, commonly known as Tseung Kwan O ( zh, t=將軍澳新市鎮, j=Zoeng1 gwan1 ou3 san1 si5 zan3), is one of the nine New towns of Hong Kong, new towns in Hong Kong, built mainly on Land reclamation in Hong Kong, reclaimed ...

, in the

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. The channel mainly broadcasts in English (while all of its sister channels mainly broadcast in

Cantonese Cantonese is the traditional prestige variety of Yue Chinese, a Sinitic language belonging to the Sino-Tibetan language family. It originated in the city of Guangzhou (formerly known as Canton) and its surrounding Pearl River Delta. While th ...

), although programmes in other languages (including

Mandarin Mandarin or The Mandarin may refer to: Language * Mandarin Chinese, branch of Chinese originally spoken in northern parts of the country ** Standard Chinese or Modern Standard Mandarin, the official language of China ** Taiwanese Mandarin, Stand ...

, Japanese and Korean) are aired in non-peak hours and Traditional Chinese subtitles are available on some programmes. Since 1991, the channel has used

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(and later, multiple audio tracks via

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) to transmit audio tracks in English and Cantonese when available. The channel began broadcasting in

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on 28 October 2012. TVB Pearl's schedule relies heavily on imported programmes, including foreign drama series and movies. Original English-language news and current affairs programmes (such as '' News at 7:30'') and original lifestyle programme '' Dolce Vita'' are also available on the channel. Some programmes are produced by foreign television and film studios, such as

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(

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and

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, and others.

Programmes

News and public affairs

The channel airs current affairs programmes, including ''Pearl Magazine'' (to replace both '' The Pearl Report'' and ''

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'' in 2018) and ''Straight Talk''. Also, Money Matters aired between 28 September 2020 and 30 January 2023. News at 7:30 and

News Roundup News is information about current events. This may be provided through many different media: word of mouth, printing, postal systems, broadcasting, electronic communication, or through the testimony of observers and witnesses to events. Ne ...

is aired every day with multiple presenters. News at 7:30 only * Melissa Gecolea (2020-present) * Jacky Lin (2022-present) * Timothy Li (2024-present) News Roundup only * Daniel Rowell (2022-present)
Weather Report
and Financial Report (Weekdays only) is aired immediately after the main news. Presenters include Jacky Lin, Danni Zhou, Mimmosa Ngai, Sakura Ip, Alpha Lai, Timothy Li and Daniel Rowell.

Studio 930

At 9:30pm every evening, an international blockbuster film is broadcast on TVB Pearl with its original English audio track, or dubbed into Cantonese with English subtitles before News Roundup news programmes.

Transmitters

TVB Pearl is broadcast through

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from its six main transmission stations at Temple Hill, Golden Hill, Castle Peak,

Kowloon Peak Kowloon Peak, also known as Fei Ngo Shan (literally: "Soaring Goose Mountain", Traditional Chinese characters, Chinese: 飛鵝山), is a mountain in the northeast corner of New Kowloon, Hong Kong, situated in Ma On Shan Country Park. With the s ...

Tai Mo Shan Tai Mo Shan is the highest peak in Hong Kong, with an elevation of above the , or around above mean sea level. It is located at approximately the geographical centre of the New Territories. The Tai Mo Shan Country Park covers an area of ...

, and

Lamma Island Lamma Island, also known as Y Island, Pok Liu Chau or simply Pok Liu, is the third largest List of islands and peninsulas of Hong Kong, island in Hong Kong. Administratively, it is part of the Islands District, Hong Kong, Islands District. Lam ...

, and two

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s at

Tsuen Wan Tsuen Wan (formerly also spelled Tsun Wan) is a New towns of Hong Kong, town built on a bay in the New Territories West (constituency), western New Territories of Hong Kong, opposite Tsing Yi, Tsing Yi Island across Rambler Channel. The market ...

and

Tsing Yi Tsing Yi (), sometimes referred to as Tsing Yi Island, is an island in the New Territories of Hong Kong, to the northwest of Hong Kong Island and south of Tsuen Wan. With an area of , the island has been extended drastically by reclamation alo ...

. The Tsuen Wan repeater started service on 22 August 2003, and the Tsing Yi repeater started on 18 September 2003. The repeaters were built to enhance reception of TVB Pearl. TVB Pearl is available to cable systems within the

Pearl River Delta The Pearl River Delta Metropolitan Region is the low-lying area surrounding the Pearl River estuary, where the Pearl River flows into the South China Sea. Referred to as the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area in official documents, ...

region of

Mainland China "Mainland China", also referred to as "the Chinese mainland", is a Geopolitics, geopolitical term defined as the territory under direct administration of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in the aftermath of the Chinese Civil War. In addit ...

. 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 The Hong Kong Human Rights Press Awards recognize coverage of issues included in the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, as related to Asia. Organization The awards were run by the Foreign Correspondents' Club, Hong Kong, Amnes ...

2002. Also, ''2008 Olympic Image'' was awarded the Bronze Medal (Station and Image Production) in the New York Festivals.

References

External links

* {{Television in Hong Kong English-language television stations in Hong Kong Television channels and stations established in 1967

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