ATV World

ATV World
CountryChina
Broadcast areaHong Kong
Macau
Guangdong Province
Programming
Language(s)English
Picture format576i (PAL) 4:3
576i (SDTV) 16:9
Ownership
OwnerAsia Television
History
Launched29 May 1957; 67 years ago (1957-05-29)
Closed2 April 2016; 8 years ago (2016-04-02)
Replaced byRTHK TV 33A CCTV-1 Mandarin (on analogue)
Former namesRediffusion Television English Network (29 May 1957 – 29 September 1963)
Rediffusion Television English Channel (30 September 1963 – 1 February 1967)
RTV-2 (2 February 1967 – 23 September 1982)
ATV English (24 September 1982 – 1 February 1987)
ATV Diamond (2 February 1987 – 12 February 1989)
ATV World (13 February 1989 – 2 April 2016)
Links
WebsiteHKatv.com/World
(in English)
Availability
Terrestrial
Hong Kong AnalogueVaried by district
Hong Kong DigitalChannel 16
ATV World
Traditional Chinese國際台
Transcriptions
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationGwok zai tòih
JyutpingGwok3 zai3 toi4
ATV headquarters building on Broadcast Drive.

ATV World, was one of two free-to-air English language television channels in Hong Kong, the other being its arch-rival TVB Pearl. Its sister station, ATV Home, broadcast in Cantonese language. It is owned and operated by Asia Television, and was broadcast from the ATV Enterprises Office at 25–37 Dai Shing Street in Tai Po Innovation Park in Tai Po, which is in the Tai Po District, in the North East region of Hong Kong's New Territories.