Hong Kong is a broadcasting hub in the Asia Pacific Region with
14 non-domestic TV licensees operating and broadcasting from Hong
Kong. Altogether they broadcast a total of 61 satellite television
channels serving hundreds of millions of viewers in four continents,
Asia, Australasia, Europe and Africa14, of which 17 channels
were receivable in Hong Kong14.The footprints of two
major satellites Apstar IIR and AsiaSat 3S are shown in figure 32.
A summary of the non-domestic television programme services as at August 2004 is set out in figure 33.
Licensee |
Date of
Launch
of
Service |
No. of
Channels
(no.
receivable
in HK) |
Nature of
Channels |
Coverage
of
Service |
Satellite |
1. |
Starvision Hong Kong Limited |
4.1991 |
23(3) |
General entertainment,
movie, music, sports & news etc. |
Asian region including
the Mainland, India & Middle East |
AsiaSat 3S |
2. |
Galaxy Satellite Broadcasting
Limited |
8.1998 |
22(0) |
Drama, general entertainment,
movie, & news etc. |
Asian region, Australia
& Europe |
AsiaSat 3S
Apstar IIR
PamAmSat8 |
3. |
APT Satellite TV Development
Limited |
8.1998 |
1(1) |
Women channel |
the Mainland & East Asian
countries |
Apstar IA |
4. |
Starbucks (HK) Limited |
6.2000 |
1(1) |
Weather, sports, music
and video games etc. |
Asia-Pacific region |
AsiaSat 3S |
5. |
Asia Plus Broadcasting
Limited |
5.2001 |
1(1) |
General entertainment |
the Mainland, Australia,
New Zealand & some other East Asian countries |
AsiaSat 3S |
6. |
MATV Limited |
4.2001 |
1(1) |
Movies & general entertainment |
All of Asia, Australia,
Eastern Africa & Europe |
AsiaSat 3S |
7. |
China Entertainment Television
Broadcast Limited |
3.1995 |
1(1) |
General entertainment
|
the Mainland, Southeast
Asia & Asia-Pacific region |
AsiaSat 3S |
8. |
Turner International Asia
Pacific Limited |
1989 |
5(3) |
News, finance, movie,
children & family programmes |
Asia-Pacific & South Asia |
AsiaSat 3S
PanAmSat8
PanAmSat10 |
9. |
i-Cable Satellite Television
Limited |
12.2001 |
1(1) |
Infotainment & documentary |
Asia-Pacific region |
AsiaSat 3S |
10. |
Pacific Satellite International
Limited15 |
1.2002 |
0(0) |
News, music, movie & general
entertainment |
From Fiji in the East
to Turkey & Kazakistan |
AsiaSat 3S |
11. |
Sun Television Cybernetworks
Enterprise Limited |
8.2000 |
1(1) |
History & culture-related
documentaries |
Asia-Pacific region |
AsiaSat 3S |
12. |
Pacific Century Matrix
(HK) Limited |
11.2001 |
4(4) |
General entertainment,
finance & religious services |
Asia-Pacific region |
AsiaSat 3S |
13. |
Skywave TV Company Limited |
December 2004 |
40 |
General entertainment,
news, movies, sports & documentaries |
Macau, Hong Kong, Taiwan
and South China |
AsiaSat 4 |
14. |
Asia Television Limited |
mid 2005 |
1 |
General entertainment |
Mainland |
Apstar V |