RTHK TV 31 (, formerly RTHK TV 31A for analogue TV) is a 24-hour
Chinese-language free-to-air television 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
RTHK
Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) is the public broadcasting service of 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 Econom ...
. It is one of RTHK's six channels alongside RTHK TV 32, RTHK TV 33, RTHK TV 34, RTHK TV 35 and
RTHK TV 36 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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Management of organizations
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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
Asia Television Limited (, also known as ATV) is a digital media and broadcasting company in Hong Kong. Established as the first television service in Hong Kong as Rediffusion Television () on 29 May 1957, it shifted to terrestrial televis ...
(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
*
ATV Home
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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