| Country | China |
|---|---|
| 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: 亞洲電視本港台) was a free-to-air Cantonese television channel in Hong Kong, owned and operated by Asia Television. It was formed in September 1963 as a result of the split of the bilingual Rediffusion Television subscription service (which was primarily owned by British company Rediffusion) into dedicated Cantonese and English-language services. In 1969, the broadcaster was granted a license for over-the-air broadcasting.
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conflicts.[1] Owing to ATV's deterioration and other issues, on 31 March 2015 ATV's over-the-air broadcasting license was revoked effective 2 April 2016; the channel signed off shortly before midnight on 1 April 2016, and was replaced on analogue transmission by RTHK TV 31.[2][3][4]
- ^ 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.