Rediffusion Television

Rediffusion Television
RTV
麗的呼聲
TypeSubsidiary
Country
First air date
22 March 1949 (radio)
29 May 1957 (television)
TV transmittersBritish Hong Kong
HeadquartersBroadcast Drive, British Hong Kong
Broadcast area
British Hong Kong
OwnerBET, Broadcast Relay Services
Dissolved24 September 1982; 42 years ago (1982-09-24)
LanguageEnglish
Cantonese
Replaced byAsia Television
Rediffusion Television
Traditional Chinese麗的電視有限公司
Simplified Chinese丽的电视有限公司
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLì de diànshì yǒuxiàn gōngsī
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationLaih dīk dihn sih yáuh haahn gūng sī
JyutpingLai6 dik1 din6 si6 jau5 haan6 gung1 si1

Rediffusion Television (RTV) was the first television station in Hong Kong, which became at its launch the first British colony and the first predominantly ethnically Chinese city to have television.[1] It began as a radio station in 1949 and became Asia Television on 24 September 1982.

  1. ^ Kitley, Philip. [2003] (2003). Television, Regulation and Civil Society in Asia. Routledge. ISBN 0-415-29733-8