ATV Home
Country | China |
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Broadcast area | Hong Kong, Macau, China (Original version) Worldwide (International version) North America (America version) |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Cantonese |
Picture format | 576i (PAL) 4:3 576i (SDTV) 16:9 |
Ownership | |
Owner | Asia Television |
Sister channels | ATV World |
History | |
Launched | 29 May 1957 |
Closed | 2 April 2016 |
Replaced by | ATV Overseas Channel (America) RTHK TV 31A (analogue service) |
Links | |
Website | HKatv.com/Home |
ATV Home (Chinese:
Facing heavy competition from its free-to-air competitor TVB Jade, a change in ownership in 2010 and an attempt to cut back on dramas in favour of more current affairs, news, and talk programming resulted in further financial losses and internal conflicts.[1] Owing to ATV's deterioration and other issues, on 31 March 2015 ATV's over-the-air broadcasting license was revoked effective 2 April 2016; the channel signed off shortly before midnight on 1 April 2016, and was replaced on analogue transmission by RTHK TV 31.[2][3][4]
History[edit]
Rediffusion Television[edit]
ATV Home, in addition to Asia Television's history, traces back to Rediffusion Television, which was Hong Kong's first television service. The service launched on 29 May 1957, and a subscription fee of HK$25 was required to watch programming, which was considered to be expensive at the time.
On 30 September 1963, Rediffusion launched its Cantonese service, and the channel was christened "Rediffusion Television Cantonese Channel" (Chinese:
On 1 February 1967, the channel was renamed "RTV-1" (Chinese:
On 10 November 1969, Rediffusion was granted a free-to-air television broadcasting license for RTV-1, in addition to its English sister channel RTV-2 (Chinese:
Asia Television[edit]
On 24 September 1982, Rediffusion Television was bought out by a locally owned enterprise called Far East Group (Chinese:
On 2 February 1987, the channel was again renamed, to "ATV Gold" (Chinese:
Far East Group eventually sold its ATV holdings to local conglomerate Lai Sun Group, and the channel was renamed on 13 February 1989, to "ATV Home" (Chinese:
In September 2015, ATV planned to rebrand the channel as ATV-1 Hong Kong (Chinese:
Competitive disadvantage[edit]
Due to its relatively late arrival as a free-to-air Cantonese-language TV station, lesser known actors and lower operating budgets, ATV Home struggled to compete with its Cantonese rival TVB Jade. While the station's programs did, on occasions, lowered TVB's ratings, TVB always managed to eventually regain the lost ratings.
Programming[edit]
Although less popular or numerous than TVB drama series, ATV-produced dramas are still well received. Some have attained popular and critical acclaim, such as Crocodile Tears (鱷魚
In recent years ATV has created and hosted certain large-scale award shows, the most well-known of which would probably be The Annual Most Popular TV Commercial Awards (十大電視廣告頒獎禮).
Other 'infotainment' programmes like Stories From Afar (
Some ATV programmes, such as the entertainment news show Hong Kong Today (
Well-known programmes[edit]
- aTV Miss Asia Pageant
亞 洲 小 姐 (1985–2014) - aTV Mr. Asia Contest
亞 洲 先生 (2005, 2011–) - Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
百 萬 富 翁 (2001–2005) - Hong Kong Film Awards
香港 電 影 金 像 獎 (2010, 2011) - Cheers Hong Kong
香港 有飯 開 (2011–)
Drama series[edit]
- 1984: Drunken Fist
醉 拳 王 無 忌 - 1984: Drunken Fist II
醉 拳 王 無 忌 之 日 帝 月 后 - 1993: Fatal Love 危情
- 1993: Hong Kong and Shanghai Godfather Season 1 (
再 見 黃 埔灘1之 中國 教父 ) - 1994: Hong Kong and Shanghai Godfather Season 2 (
再 見 黃 埔灘2之 再起 風雲 ) - 1994: Bays of Being Parents (
可憐 天下 父母 心 ) - 1994: Beauty Pageant (ATV) (
鳳凰 傳説 ) - 1994: Secret Battle of the Majesty (
君臨 天下 ) - 1994: Outlaw Hero (
法外 英雄 ) - 1994: The Kungfu Master (
洪 熙官) - 1994: A Cruel Lover (
郎 心 如鐵) - 1995: Pao Qingtian (a.k.a. Judge Bao) (
包 青天 之 公正 廉 明 ) - 1995: Fist of Fury (
精 武門 ) - 1995: Vampire Expert Season 1 (僵屍
道 長 1) - 1996: I Have a Date with Spring (
我 和春 天 有 個 約 會 ) - 1996: The Little Vagrant Lady (飃零
燕 ) - 1996: King of Gamblers (千王之王重出江湖)
- 1996: Vampire Expert Season 2 (僵屍
道 長 2) - 1996: Tales From The Dorms (
坊間 故事 之 甘 戴綠頭巾 ) - 1996: The Little Vagrant Lady II (飃零
燕 II之 孤 星 淚 ) - 1997: Forrest Cat Season 1 (
肥 貓正傳 1) - 1997: Year of Chameleon (97
變色 龍 ) - 1997: Coincidentally (
等 著 你回來 ) - 1997: Pride of Chaozhou (
我 來 自 潮 州 ) - 1997: Gold Rush (
著 數 一族 ) - 1998: Thou Shalt Not Cheat (
呆 佬賀壽 ) - 1998: The Heroine of the Yangs (
穆 桂 英 大破 天 門 陣 ) - 1998: Heroine of the Yangs II (
穆 桂 英 II十 二 寡婦 征 西 ) - 1998: I Come From Guangzhou (
我 來 自 廣州 ) - 1998: My Date with a Vampire (
我 和 殭屍有 個 約 會 ) - 1999: Ten Tigers of Guangdong (
廣東 十 虎 ) co-produced with the Sanlih Network from Taiwan - 1999: Flaming Brothers (
縱橫 四海 ) - 1999: Forrest Cat Season 2 (
肥 貓正傳 2) - 2000: My Date with a Vampire 2 (
我 和 殭屍有 個 約 會 II) - 2000: Showbiz Tycoon
- 2001: To Where He Belongs
- 2001: Healing Hearts (俠骨
仁 心 ) - 2002: Mission in Trouble
- 2004: Asian Heroes
- 2004: My Date with a Vampire 3 – the Eternal Legend (
我 和 殭屍有 個 約 會 III之 永 恆 國 度 ) - 2006: Walled Village
- 2006: Relentless Justice (AKA No Turning Back)
- 2008: Flaming Butterfly (
火 蝴蝶 ) - 2008: The Men of Justice (
法網 群 英 ) - 2012: Heart's Beat for Love (
親密 損 友 )
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Chow, Vivienne (29 March 2015). "Wong Ching, the leading man in ATV's sorry drama". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
- ^ "Farewell ATV as its survival fight ends". The Standard. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
- ^ "ATV, World's Oldest Chinese TV Channel, Closes Down". Variety. 2 April 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
- ^ "Hong Kong Government Strips ATV of Broadcast License". Variety. 2 April 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
- ^ In Hong Kong parlance, the word "
本港 " is a way to say "香港 ". Literally, "本港 " means "this Hong Kong", referring to the city as a whole. - ^ TVB News program "News Magazine", in an episode that aired on 4 April 2015.
- ^
葉 家寶 稱 已 獲 批准 調整 亞 視 現有 頻 道 申請 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine,ATV News,29 September 2015