TVB Pearl
TVB Pearl 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.
The channel mainly broadcasts in English, although programmes in other languages are aired in non-peak hours and Traditional Chinese subtitles are available on some programmes. Since 1991, the channel has used NICAM digital audio to transmit audio tracks in English and Cantonese when available. The channel began broadcasting in high definition 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 and original lifestyle programme Dolce Vita are also available on the channel.
Some programmes are produced by foreign television and film studios, such as Fremantle, Banijay, Universal Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Skydance Media, Warner Bros. Pictures, and others.
Programmes
News and public affairs
The channel airs current affairs programmes, including Pearl Magazine and Straight Talk. Also, Money Matters aired between 28 September 2020 and 30 January 2023.News at 7:30 and News Roundup is aired every day with multiple presenters.
News at 7:30 only
- Melissa Gecolea
- Jacky Lin
- Timothy Li
- Daniel Rowell
Studio 930
At 9:30 p.m. every evening, a blockbuster film is broadcast on TVB Pearl with its original English audio track 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.