13.1 Delivery
Systems and Packages
Licensees made use of four modes of transmission to deliver their services.
| Figure 29 : |
Delivery Modes of Licensed Domestic Pay Television
Programme Services |
|
Licensees |
Launch of Service |
Transmission Mode |
| HKCTV |
October 1993 |
HFC network, MMDS and satellite |
| PCCW Media |
September 2003 |
ADSL |
| Galaxy |
February 2004 |
Satellite |
Notwithstanding the exit of two operators Yes TV and TV Plus during the period under review, viewers of Hong Kong continued to enjoy a wide range of programming packages offered by the domestic pay television programme service licensees. HKCTV provided a number of packages to cater for different needs and requirements of subscribers. Galaxy offered a basic package comprising nearly 30 channels of different genres. PCCW Media provided its service on a pay-per-channel basis. The pay TV packages offered by the three licensees are summarized in figure 30.
| Figure 30 : |
Pay TV Packages Offered by Domestic Pay Television
Licensees |
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Licensee |
No. of Channels |
Cost/Month |
Package |
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HKCTV |
86 |
$308 |
Basic package - about 47 channels of various genres |
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$70 to $248 |
Other Packages of selected channels |
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$30 to $340 |
Additional premium channels |
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PCCW Media |
45 |
$10 to $62 per channel |
Basically a pay-by-channel service, with some channels offered
in bundles. |
|
Galaxy |
32 |
$198 |
Basic package - comprises 28 channels of various genres.
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$50 to $78 |
Additional premium channels |
The differentiation of programming of the three licensed pay TV operators is shown in figure 31.
| Figure 31 : |
Programme Differentiation of Licensed Domestic Pay
Television Programme Services as at 31 August 2004 |
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Channels |
HKCTV |
PCCW Media |
Galaxy |
| 1. |
A1 |
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| 2. |
ABC Asia Pacific |
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| 3. |
Animal Planet |
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| 4. |
Animax |
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| 5. |
Arirang TV |
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| 6. |
Asia Plus |
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| 7. |
ATV Home |
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| 8. |
ATV World |
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| 9. |
AXN |
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| 10. |
BBC World |
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| 11. |
Beautiful Life TV |
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| 12. |
Bloomberg Television |
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| 13. |
Blue Dream |
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| 14. |
Blue House |
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| 15. |
Cable Entertainment News |
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| 16. |
Cable Sports |
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| 17. |
Cartoon Network |
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| 18. |
Cat 83 |
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| 19. |
Cat 84 |
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| 20. |
Cat 85 |
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| 21. |
Cat 86 |
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| 22. |
Cat 88 Channel Blue |
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| 23. |
Cat 89 Paradise TV |
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| 24. |
Cat 90 Future TV |
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| 25. |
Cat 91 5X Ch Live |
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| 26. |
Cat 92 Cosmo Plan |
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| 27. |
CAT Preview |
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| 28. |
CCTV-4 |
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| 29. |
CCTV-9 |
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| 30. |
Celestial Movies |
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| 31. |
Channel 18 |
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| 32. |
Channel 81-Ryder PGA |
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| 33. |
Channel A |
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| 34. |
Channel Adult |
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| 35. |
Channel News Asia |
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| 36. |
Children/Movie 2 |
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| 37. |
China Travel & Economic Channel |
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| 38. |
Chinese Super League |
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| 39. |
Cinemax |
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| 40. |
CNBC Hong Kong |
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| 41. |
CNNI |
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| 42. |
Creation TV |
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| 43. |
Deutsche Welle TV |
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| 44. |
Discovery Channel |
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| 45. |
Discovery Health |
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| 46. |
Discovery H & L |
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| 47. |
Discovery Science |
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| 48. |
Discovery Travel & Adventure |
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| 49. |
Disney Channel |
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| 50. |
E! Entertainment |
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| 51. |
EAST-TV |
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| 52. |
Entertainment |
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| 53. |
EPL |
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| 54. |
ESPN |
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| 55. |
ETTV Asia |
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| 56. |
EurosportNews |
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| 57. |
exPLORE |
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| 58. |
Fashion TV |
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| 59. |
Golf Tour Channel |
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| 60. |
Hallmark Channel |
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| 61. |
HBO |
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| 62. |
Horizon |
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| 63. |
Ice Fire |
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| 64. |
Indus Plus |
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| 65. |
Indus Vision |
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| 66. |
Jet TV |
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| 67. |
Lucky 88 |
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| 68. |
Macau Cultural Channel |
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| 69. |
MATV |
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| 70. |
MGM |
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| 71. |
Mosaic 1 |
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| 72. |
Mosaic 2 |
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| 73. |
Mosaic 3 |
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| 74. |
Movie 1 |
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| 75. |
Movie 3 |
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| 76. |
MTV |
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| 77. |
National Geographic Channel |
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| 78. |
News 1 |
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| 79. |
News 2 |
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| 80. |
NHK |
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| 81. |
NHK World TV |
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| 82. |
Nickelodeon |
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| 83. |
Odds Express |
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| 84. |
Phoenix Chinese Channel |
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| 85. |
Phoenix InfoNews |
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| 86. |
Playboy TV |
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| 87. |
Playhouse Disney Channel |
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| 88. |
Preview |
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| 89. |
Reality TV |
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| 90. |
Soccer Betting |
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| 91. |
Soccer Channel |
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| 92. |
Soundtrack Channel |
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| 93. |
Star Chinese Movies |
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| 94. |
Star Movie |
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| 95. |
Star Sports |
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| 96. |
SUN TV |
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| 97. |
Super Soccer |
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| 98. |
SZTV |
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| 99. |
Ten Sports |
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| 100. |
The Barker Channel |
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| 101. |
The God Channel |
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| 102. |
The Golf Channel |
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| 103. |
Top News |
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| 104. |
Traffic Channel |
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| 105. |
Traffic KLN |
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| 106. |
Turner Classic Movies |
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| 107. |
TV 5 |
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| 108. |
TVB Jade |
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| 109. |
TVB Pearl |
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| 110. |
TVB Xing He |
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| 111. |
TVB8 |
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| 112. |
TVBE |
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| 113. |
TVBN |
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| 114. |
TVBQ |
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| 115. |
TVE |
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| 116. |
Voyages |
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| 117. |
Weather |
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| 118. |
Weather Channel |
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| 119. |
World Cricket Live |
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| 120. |
Xing Kong |
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| 121. |
Zee Cinema |
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| 122. |
Zee Music |
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| 123. |
Zee News |
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| 124. |
Zee TV |
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