Asia Television
television broadcaster in Hong Kong. Now IPP & AP with new investors and management from Malaysia
Asia Television Limited (Chinese: 亞洲電視有限公司, also known as ATV) is a digital media and broadcasting company in Hong Kong. Established as Hong Kong's first television service under the name Rediffusion Television (麗的電視/麗的呼聲) on 29 May 1957, it shifted to terrestrial television in 1973 and was renamed Asia Television (ATV) in 1982. ATV operated two principal over-the-air channels: the Cantonese ATV Home and the English ATV World.
Despite its relatively small market share, ATV received awards for its programmes. Among its notable successes was its local version of the British game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? in 2001, which increased viewership. After 2000, ATV faced a gradual decline in production quality and viewership, as well as financial difficulties – a process that accelerated under the leadership of Wang Zheng, a major shareholder. ATV's credibility was severely damaged in 2011 after its news department had falsely reported the death of Jiang Zemin.
On 1 April 2015, Hong Kong's Executive Council announced that ATV's broadcast licence would not be renewed. ATV's channels ceased over-the-air transmission on 1 April 2016.
The public source identifies “Asia Television” as television broadcaster in Hong Kong. Now IPP & AP with new investors and management from Malaysia. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Asia, Television and television.
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Object files, edition statements, performance records and contemporary criticism preserve different stages of the work’s history. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 13, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q727145. VIAF identifies the subject as 130532608. The Library of Congress control number is no2003077796. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1957, 1973, 1982 and 2001.
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