Cable TV Hong Kong
| Hong Kong Cable Television 香港有線電視 |
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|---|---|
| Launched |
Wharf Cable Television: 31 October 1993 Hong Kong Cable Television: 31 October 1998 |
| Network | i-CABLE Communications Limited |
| Owned by | Wharf Holdings |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language | Cantonese & English |
| Broadcast area | Hong Kong |
| Headquarters |
Wharf Cable Television Headquarters Number. 9 Hoi Shing Road Tsuen Wan New Territories Hong Kong Telephone: (852) 1832 832 Faximile: (852) 2112 7814 |
| Formerly called |
Wharf Cable Television (31 October 1993 – 31 October 1998) |
| Replaced |
Wharf Cable Television (31 October 1993 – 31 October 1998) |
| Replaced by |
Hong Kong Cable Television (31 October 1998-present) |
| Website | http://www.broadbandhk.com/en/ |
Cable TV Hong Kong, also known as CTVHK and Hong Kong Cable, is a television network in Hong Kong owned and operated by i-CABLE Communications Limited. Prior to 31 October 1998, it was known as Wharf Cable Television. It is the 1st analogue cable television broadcaster of Hong Kong's 2nd subscription-based pay television service (The 1st one is RTV) it was incorporated on 1 January 1992 and officially inaugurated on 31 October 1993 and was operated by ATV and TVB, offering a broad range of information and entertainment to its viewers through over 100 pay television channels, of which 54 are produced by HKCTV.
i-CABLE Communications Limited provide broadband internet as one of their services.
Cable TV Hong Kong was originally known as Wharf Cable Television (WCTV, Chinese: 九倉有線電視) was incorporated on Wednesday, 1 January 1992 with a consortium of ATV and TVB.
Cable-based transmissions was launched grand opened until officially inaugurated by the 28th Governor of Hong Kong's Christopher Francis Patten and broadcasts from Kowloon Peninsula until the broadcast area was only limited to Pearl River Delta area on 31 October 1993 through a microwave-based broadcast system to be followed by the first subscriptions in with an initial bouquet of 2 international cable television channels, 6 international cable television channels in television programmes such: drama, entertainment, the world's first 24-hour daily of the Cantonese news channel, movie premiere, music video and children while of 4 national terrestrial television channels in 2 officially language a subsidiary of 2 national terrestrial television stations.
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