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| Type | Journalism team |
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| Headquarters | Hong Kong |
Parent organization | TVB |
| Website | news |
Formerly called | TVB News and Information Division |
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| Traditional Chinese | 無綫新聞 | ||||||
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TVB News (Chinese:無綫新聞;Jyutping:mou4 sin3 san1 man4), formally known as theNews and Information Division (新聞及資訊部), is thenews arm of Hong Kong'sTelevision Broadcasts Limited (TVB), responsible for different news programme in TVBJade,Pearl andFinance & Information Channel, also theNews Channel. Its slogan is "TVB News Cares" (無綫新聞 事事關心). TVB News was ranked last in credibility among TV and radio channels in Hong Kong in a 2019CUHK survey.
On 19 November 1967,TVB premiered its very first 2 News Report programmes, the eveningNews at 7:30 andLate News/News Roundup (22:30). On 16 November 1970,Noon News andNews Headlines were also added intoTVB Jade's schedule. On 1 November 1976,News at 7:30 was renamedNews at 6:30 as the newscast moved back by one-hour. On 1 January 1968, the first Morning Talk and News programme,Morning Assembly, hosted by the news editorEdward Ho, From 19 April 1976 to 29 April 1977, the show was renamedMorning News Report. On 19 November 1980, the NightlyNews at Ten was launched. On 6 September 1981,Good Morning Hong Kong premiered and currently airs from Monday to Saturday. On 19 November 1967, the first few male news anchors: David Lee,Josiah Lau, Chu Wai Tak,Stephen Shiu. On 2 January 1978, the first female first anchor Anite Yip debuted on TVB News. On 4 January 1988, all news programmes on both TVB Jade and Pearl updated their opening sequence with the day's date and the headline sequences. On 1 January 1980,Cantonese subtitles were introduced. On 3 January 1983,News at 9:30 added subtitles and was renamedNews File in 1985. News File ended on 14 May 1993. On Monday, 2 September 1996, computer subtitling was reintroduced and has remained ever since on all newscasts. On 21 September 2003, TVB and its news department, along with other divisions moved toTVB City atTseung Kwan O. Subtitles was also included on TVB Pearl on 17 October 2006.
On 13 July 2008,TVB News programmes started broadcasting in16:9. On 2 February 2009,TVB News programmes started inhigh definition permanently. On 30 June 2012,TVB iNews converted from standard definition to high definition. Further modifications were introduced to fit the HDTV screens and News Titles for iNews was also updated.
On 27 August 2012, tvb.com began to include more News, Finance, Weather and Information in its website.
On 15 November 2012,Weather Report began broadcasting in high definition and in subtitles for the first time. On 1 January 2013,TVB Jade,TVB HD Jade,TVB iNews andTVB Pearl modified their subtitles to fit into high definition.
On 20 May 2013,TVB iNews remodified their schedules and broadcast the news programmes live and continuously in high definition.
On 14 July 2013, TVB News updated their opening sequences to make it more realistic. On Sunday, 1 June 2014, TVB News' main news studio was given a major revamp as well as the new titles for all of its news programmes and subtitles.Good Morning Hong Kong also updated its opening sequences on Monday, 9 June 2014.
On 22 February 2016,Putonghua News moved to TVB J5 (later renamed TVB Finance and Information Channel in January 2018) after 26 years on TVB Pearl until it moved back at 13 April 2020.
TVB News Time Schedule the anchors monthly, first news report from Monday to Friday or from Saturday to Sunday don't anchors,News at 6:30,News at 7 andNews at 7:30 with two male and female presenters,Good Morning Hong Kong news and finance two presenters, and other programmes. ExceptNoon News, Monday to FridayNews at 6:30 andNews at 7,TVB Jade main news with sports anchors.TVB iNews andTVBNMain News at 8 Hong Kong Stock Exchange with Finance anchors and everyday sports anchors, and other programmes. On 2 February 2009, TVB News focus changed intoNews Roundup, which is broadcast every Monday to Friday. By adding special, first anchors, focus report and first broadcasting television. Live, reporter changed head, added or anchors. In March 2015, Luk Hon-tak, former director-general of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB), became the managing editor of TVB News in charge of political news stories.[1]
TVB News is broadcast at the following time slots on the company's free-to-air channels,TVB Jade,TVB Pearl,TVB Finance & Information Channel andTVB News Channel.
"On News Channel": programme is also broadcast onTVB News Channel.
| Programme | Language | Host | Airtime | Day | ||
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| Putonghua News Report | Putonghua | Lo Yuk Man,Daniel Qi,Chu Ziyang | 勞旭雯、齊東博、儲子揚 | 16:15 | 16:30 | Daily |
| News Report with Sign Language | Cantonese | Melvin Pang,Yomi Chow,Sakura Ip,Alpha Lai,Jacky Lin,Kenny Yung,Charmaine Wong,Sney Liu,Elmo Wong,Zita Chan,Terrie Leung,Bobo Ho,Chloe Tam,Henry Cheng | 彭建樺、周可茵、葉芷樺、黎在山、林婷婷、容家耀、王倩荷、廖淑怡、王穎琪、陳語翹、梁思齊、賀子欣、譚詩雅、鄭禧年 | 19:00 | 19:25 | |
| News at 7:30 | English | Melissa Gecolea,Jacky Lin,Timothy Li,Daniel Rowell | Melissa Gecolea、林婷婷、李天耀、Daniel Rowell | 19:30 | 19:55 | |
| Weather Report | Jacky Lin,Alpha Lai,Sakura Ip,Danni Zhou,Mimosa Ngai,Bobo Ho,Chloe Tam | 林婷婷、黎在山、葉芷樺、周丹妮、魏明瑤、賀子欣、譚詩雅 | 19:55 | 20:00 | ||
| Financial Report | Melissa Gecolea,Jacky Lin,Timothy Li,Daniel Rowell | Melissa Gecolea、林婷婷、李天耀、Daniel Rowell | 19:58 | 20:00 | Mon-Fri | |
| News Headlines | Jacky Lin,Timothy Li,Daniel Rowell,Danni Zhou | 林婷婷、李天耀、Daniel Rowell、周丹妮 | 21:30 | (1 to 2-minute duration) | Daily | |
| News Roundup | 22:30 | 22:50 | Mon-Thu | |||
| Varies start time between 23:10 to 00:40 | (15-minute duration) | Fri-Sun | ||||
All newscasts onTVB Jade are inCantonese;Putonghua Financial Report is inMandarin. The newscasts on TVB Pearl are inEnglish while newscasts on TVB Finance & Information Channel are in Mandarin.Good Morning Hong Kong and Putonghua Financial Report, and other business newscasts are seen on weekdays. Also, programmes have in-vision captions for the hearing impaired, as mandated by local regulations (this was originally only used on the Jade version'sNews File, 新聞簡報) or News Daily (TVB Pearl). In the past, both channels aired a 5-minute News File, giving the top headlines of the day and a preview of the News Roundup; it usually aired at various times around 21:00.
The starting sequence of the news features the sound of theMorse code signal for "NEWS TODAY"(-···--···-----···--·--), with the pitch at about 1700 Hz.
Standalone weather reports are aired after theNews at 6:30 onTVB Jade, theNews at 7:30 onTVB Pearl and Putonghua News on TVB J2. They are famous forFreddy (天氣先生), a cartoon figure which gives the forecast for the next day. The highly stylised and comical format is considered an institution, and is widely recognised by many Hong Kong people. (The rest of the weather forecast is read by an actual human presenter.)
After the news and/or weather is presented,Earth Live usually follows afterwards, which is produced byearthTV. However, not all newscasts onTVB Jade are not followed by that programme, but will instead return to the current programme. The only exception isGood Morning Hong Kong, which would airEarth Live first, then immediately start the morning news.Earth Live also airs a couple more times during their morning news programme.
Investigative reports and extended news stories are often shown on three programmes:Sunday Report (星期日檔案) andNews Magazine (新聞透視) onTVB Jade,The Pearl Report (明珠檔案) onTVB Pearl.Sunday Report andThe Pearl Report focus more on stories involving individuals and has a softer approach, whileNews Magazine focuses more on social problems in general.
Additionally, TVB's news department is also responsible for the output on the 24-hour news channel,TVBN (無綫新聞台), carried on the pay TV platformTVB Pay Vision (無綫收費電視) and iNews (互動新聞台) (Start from 11 November 2008) on HK Digital TV Broadcast (Channel 83). In June 2006, another news channel, TVBN 2 (無綫新聞2台), will also be carried on the pay TV platform TVB Pay Vision.
The transmission ofiNews (互動新聞台) have been upgraded fromSDTV toHDTV video format on 30 June 2012.
In a 2019 survey conducted by theChinese University of Hong Kong, TVB News was ranked last in credibility among TV and radio channels in Hong Kong.[2]
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 TVB News Footage of Hong Kong Police allegedly beating protestor during the Occupy Central protest, YouTube video |
During the2014 protests, TVB's broadcast of footage of seven police officers beating a protester on 15 October resulted in significant internal conflict during the broadcast.[3] The pre-dawn broadcasts soundtrack which mentioned "punching and kicking" was re-recorded, and later bulletins said that the officers were "suspected of using excessive force".[4] TVB director Keith Yuen questioned what grounds lead the footage to say "officers dragged him to a dark corner, and punched and kicked him"?[4] Ho Wing-hong, the assistant supervisor of the news-gathering team responsible for the footage, was immediately demoted to Chief Researcher, a post with only a part-time subordinate.[5][6] Many journalists expressed their dissatisfaction with the handling of the broadcast, and some 80 TVB staff from all departments objecting to the handling sent a petition to management.[3][7] After several of its reporters were assaulted by activists attending a pro-Beijing rally, over 340 station employees put their names to a petition condemning the violence. A director of production in the non-drama department ordered all petitioners to a meeting with their supervisors, where the employees were asked to remove their signature or jeopardise their year end bonuses.[8]
In March 2015, formerDAB partisan Luk Hon-tak's appointment as the managing editor of TVB News in charge of political news stories caused significant concern among the company. Although news director Keith Yuen maintained that there were no political considerations in Luk's appointment, some TVB News staff are questioning the unusual appointment and the political nature of the role. They pointed to Luk's strongly pro-establishment background, as most of the senior management posts were filled by internal promotion.[1] There was an exodus of in late February when at least seven journalists, including Ho Wing-hong, tendered their resignations.[9]
TVB News was criticized for biased coverage during the2019–20 Hong Kong protests, withCommunications Authority receiving approximately 12,000 complaints.[10] In light of this, some companies, including the Hong Kong branches ofPocari Sweat andPizza Hut, withdrew their advertisements from TVB, drawing praise from anti-extradition protestors.[11]
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