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ATV Home (Chinese: ), also call aTV1, is one of the free-to-air Hong Kong Cantonese television channels in Hong Kong, the other being its arch-rival TVB Jade. Its sister station, ATV World, broadcasts in Hong Kong English. It is owned and operated by Asia Television Limited (Chinese: ), and is broadcast from the ATV Enterprises Office at 25-37 Dai Shing Street in Tai Po Industrial Estate in Tai Po, which is in the Tai Po District, in the North East region of Hong Kongs New Territories.In 2011, the University of Hong Kong research, atv home viewing rate of 40.27%

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Launched Owned by Picture format Language Broadcast area 29 May 1957 Asia Television Limited 576i (PAL) 576i 16:9 (SDTV) Cantonese Hong Kong, Macau parts of Guangdong Province, China Philippines

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Formerly called

Singapore Rediffusion Television (27 May 1957 - 29 September 1963) Rediffusion Television Cantonese Channel (30 September 1963 - 30 November 1973) RTV-1 (1 December 1973 - 23 September 1982) ATV Chinese (24 September 1982 - 1 February 1987) ATV Gold (2 February 1987 - 12 February 1989) ATV Home (12 February 1989 - 7 October 2007) aTV Home (8 October 2007 - 31 December 2010) aTV1 (31 December 2007 - 31 March 2009) ATV World HKatv.com/Home (http://www.hkatv.com/) Availability Terrestrial

1 From Rediffusion to ATV 2 Competitive disadvantage 3 Programmes on ATV Home 4 Well-known program 5 Drama series

From Rediffusion to ATV

ATV Homes Cantonese channel, Rediffusion Television, began as a free-to-air TV service on 29 May 1957 known on-air as Rediffusion Television, and on 30 September 1963, the channel was renamed Rediffusion Television Cantonese Channel and Rediffusion Television English Channel. On 1 February 1967, the channels were renamed RTV-1 and RTV-2 respectively. On 10 November 1969 Rediffusion Television was granted a free-to-air television broadcasting license for its two television channels. On 24 September 1982, Rediffusion Television was bought out by the new ATV, and consequently the Cantonese and English language channel was renamed ATV Cantonese and ATV English. The channel was again renamed on 2 February 1987 as ATV Gold and ATV Diamond. The channel was again renamed on 13 February 1989 as ATV Home and ATV World. ATV Home is broadcast 16 hours per day with many programmes carrying simultaneous dual-language audio tracks, through NICAM in analogue version, or multiple AC-3 streams in digital version. While most of the

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programmes are broadcast in Hong Kong Cantonese, a few are in either Mandarin, Korean or Japanese.

Hong Kong Analogue Hong Kong Digital

Channel 4 Channel 11 Satellite

Competitive disadvantage
Partly due to its relatively late arrival as a free-to-air Cantonese-language TV station compared with its rival TVB Jade, its less well-established name and its lower operating budgets, ATV Home has struggled to compete with TVB Jade. The lack of well-established stars, far fewer new series, less compelling dramas or entertaining variety shows, has also made it very difficult for ATV to overhaul TVBs large ratings lead. However, the channel has made considerable efforts in recent years to gain a larger audience share, and a few shows now out-rate those of TVB Jade.

Dish Network

Channel 698 Cable

Cable TV Hong Kong (Hong Kong) Macau CATV (Macau)

Channel 1

Channel 3 IPTV

Programmes on ATV Home

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Channel 11 Channel 11

Although far less popular or numerous than TVB drama series, ATV-produced drama is still quite well regarded, and some have attained popular and critical acclaim, including Crocodile Tears (), Fatherland (), The Legendary Fok (), Central Affairs I and II () and Reincarnated (). Recent productions of note include The Pride Of Chao Zhou (), Who is the Winner? (), King Of The Gambler () and The Good Old Days (). 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 (). Other infotainment programmes like Stories From Afar () ranked highly in the Appreciation Index Survey Best Television Awards (), as reflected by a public review. Some ATV programmes, such as the entertainment news show Hong Kong Today (D) and Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? (), have proved particularly popular, prompting the usually far more popular TVB to offer similar fare.

Well-known program
aTV Miss Asia Pageant (1985-) aTV Mr. Asia Contest (2005,2011-) Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (20012005) Hong Kong Film Awards (2010,2011) Cheers Hong Kong (2011-)

Drama series
A list of drama series produced by Asia Television Limited was import programmes by RCTI: 1984: Drunken Fist
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1984: Drunken Fist II 1993: Fatal Love 1993: Shanghai Godfather ( ) 1993: Shanghai Godfather II ( II ) 1994: Bays Of Being Parents () 1994: Beauty Pageant (ATV) () 1994: Secret Battle Of The Majesty () 1994: Outlaw Hero () 1994: The Kungfu Master () 1994: A Cruel Lover () 1995: Pao Qingtian (a.k.a. Judge Bao) () 1995: Fist of Fury () 1995: Vampire Expert Season 1 (1) 1996: I Have a Date with Spring () 1996: The Little Vagrant Lady () 1996: King Of Gamblers () 1996: Vampire Expert Season 2 (2) 1996: Tales From The Dorms () 1996: The Little Vagrant Lady II ( II ) 1997: Forrest Cat Season 1 (1) 1997: Year Of Chameleon (97 ) 1997: Coincidentally () 1997: Pride Of Chaozhou () 1997: Gold Rush () 1998: Thou Shalt Not Cheat () 1998: The Heroine of the Yangs () 1998: Heroine Of The Yangs II ( II ) 1998: I Come From Guangzhou () 1998: My Date with a Vampire () 1999: Ten Tigers Of Guangdong () co-produced with the Sanlih Network from Taiwan 1999: Flaming Brothers () 1999: Forrest Cat Season 2 (2) 2000: My Date with a Vampire 2 (II) 2000: Showbiz Tycoon 2001: To Where He Belongs 2001: Healing Hearts () 2002: Mission In Trouble 2004: Asian Heroes 2004: My Date with a Vampire 3 - the Eternal Legend (III) 2006: Walled Village 2006: Relentless Justice (AKA No Turning Back) 2008: Flaming Butterfly () 2008: The Men of Justice () 2012: Hearts Beat for Love () Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=ATV_Home&oldid=553893704" Categories: Asia Television Limited Television in Hong Kong Companies of Hong Kong Television channels and stations established in 1982
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