8.1 Domestic Free Television Programme Services

During the period under review, drama series remained the dominating programme genre during prime time on the Cantonese channels. Generally, drama series on ATV were mainly imported from the Mainland, while those on TVB were mostly in-house productions. Nevertheless, both stations also broadcast some Korean and Japanese drama series. Apart from drama series, there were a number of popular station-produced quiz cum game shows, culinary programmes and travelogues.

Figure 21 :

Weekly Hours of Different Programme Types Broadcast on ATV Home and TVB Jade

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The two English channels broadcast a wide range of programmes, including business/financial programmes, news/weather programmes, documentaries, enrichment programmes, children's animation, imported popular drama series, sports programmes, magazine/talk shows, feature films and current affairs programmes. Both stations imported a variety of documentaries and infotainment programmes such as cookery shows, health/medical programmes, travelogues and fashion shows as well as drama series.

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