9. Programmes for Minority Ethnic Groups in Hong Kong

Programmes catering for the needs of the minority ethnic groups in Hong Kong provided by domestic free TV programme service licensees included Japanese programmes and Korean programmes on the English channels.

The domestic pay television programme service licensees included channels entirely broadcast in foreign languages, for example, in Hindi (Zee TV), Japanese (NHK), Korean (Arirang TV), French (TV5 Monde Asie), German (Deutsche Welle TV), Spanish (TVE), Portuguese (RTPI) and Tagalog (Filipino Channel).

On radio, programmes in Tagalog, Urdu and Bahasa Indonesian were provided by the licensees.

A list of the programmes and channels for minority ethnic groups is at Figure 26.

Figure 26: List of Programmes/Channels for Minority Ethnic Groups

Programmes/Channels Language
Domestic Free Television Programme Services
Programme
‧Woman of the House (ATV World) Korean
‧JP Time TV (ATV World) Japanese
‧Hotaru No Hikari (TVB Pearl) Japanese
Domestic Pay Television Programme Services
Channel
‧Arirang TV  (HKCTV) Korean
‧KBS World  (HKCTV) Korean
‧Deutsche WelleTV (HKCTV, PCCW Media) German
‧Jet TV (HKCTV) Japanese
‧NHK World TV (HKCTV, PCCW Media, TVB Pay Vision) Japanese
‧NHK World Premium  (HKCTV, PCCW Media, TVB Pay Vision) Japanese
‧TV5 Monde Asia (PCCW Media) French
‧TVE (HKCTV) Spanish
‧Zee TV (HKCTV) Hindi
‧Zee News (HKCTV) Hindi
‧Zee Cinema (HKCTV) Hindi
‧Zee Music (HKCTV) Hindi
‧STAR One  (PCCW Media) Hindi
‧STAR Plus (PCCW Media) Hindi
‧STAR News (PCCW Media) Hindi
‧Channel [V] India  (PCCW Media) Hindi
‧RTPI   (HKCTV) Portuguese
‧Filipino Channel    (HKCTV) Tagalog
‧GMA Pinoy TV  (PCCW Media) Tagalog
Sound Broadcasting
‧Gintong Aral (Metro Plus) Tagalog/English
‧Satu Jam Bersama ICA  (Metro Plus) Bahasa Indonesian
‧Rumpi Indo Music  (Metro Plus) Bahasa Indonesian
‧PTS Radyo (Metro Plus) Tagalog/English
‧PTS Mel & Jay (Metro Plus) Tagalog/English
Ramadan program for Pakistani (Metro Plus) Urdu

 
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