TVB Pearl

TVB Pearl
無綫明珠台

TVB Pearl logo
Country	Hong Kong SAR, China
Broadcast area	Hong Kong Macau Guangdong USA
Headquarters	77 Chun Choi Street, Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, China
Programming
Language(s)	English (Main language) Mandarin Cantonese (Second language)
Picture format	1080i HDTV (downscaled to 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner	Television Broadcasts Limited
Sister channels	TVB Jade TVB Plus TVB News Channel
History
Launched	19 November 1967 (1967-11-19)
Links
Website	pearl.tvb.com
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital TV (Hong Kong)	Channel 84 (HD)

TVB Pearl (Chinese: 無綫明珠台) is an English-language television channel in Hong Kong owned by Television Broadcasts Limited. Established on 19 November 1967, it shares headquarters with TVB's other properties at TVB City at 77 Chun Choi Street in Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate in Tseung Kwan O, in the Sai Kung District.

This channel mainly broadcasts in English (while all of its sister channels mainly broadcast in Cantonese), although programmes in other languages (including Mandarin, Japanese and Korean) are aired in non-peak hours and Traditional Chinese subtitles are available on some programmes. Since 1991, the channel has used NICAM digital audio (and later, multiple audio tracks via digital terrestrial television) to transmit audio tracks in English and Cantonese when available. The channel began broadcasting in high definition on 28 October 2012.

The schedule of this channel 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 bought from the foreign television and film studios (including Hollywood films from Studio 930), such as Fremantle, Banijay, Disney (Walt Disney Pictures, Marvel Studios and 20th Century Studios), Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures, and others.

Programmes

News and public affairs

This channel airs current affairs programmes, including Pearl Magazine (to replace both The Pearl Report and Money Magazine in 2018) and Straight Talk. Also Money Matters was aired between 2020-09-28 and 2023-01-30.

News at 7:30 and News Roundup is aired everyday with presenters including

• News at 7:30 Only:
• Melissa Gecolea (2020 - )
• Both
• Jacky Lin (2022 - )
• Timothy Li (2024- )
• News Roundup Only:
• Daniel Rowell (2022-)

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 9:30 PM every night, a Hollywood film is broadcast on TVB Pearl with an American English audio dubbed or with British English Subtitles before News Roundup news programmes.

Transmitters

TVB Pearl is broadcast through UHF from its six main transmission stations at Temple Hill, Golden Hill, Castle Peak, Kowloon Peak, Tai Mo Shan, and Lamma Island, and two repeaters at Tsuen Wan and Tsing Yi. 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 region of Mainland China.

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

See also

• ViuTVsix, an English-language channel in Hong Kong since March 2017
• Hong Kong International Business Channel, Channel 76, an English-language channel in Hong Kong since March 2018

External links

• Official website