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ViuTV
ViuTV is a Cantonese language general entertainment television channel in Hong Kong operated by HK Television Entertainment (HKTVE), whose parent company PCCW also operates the IPTV platform Now TV and the media streaming service Viu. The channel serves as a free-to-air syndicator for television programmes of Now TV. Its sister station is the English-language channel ViuTVsix. Its parent, Viu, is the second largest streaming service in Southeast Asia by paid subscribers, ranking between Disney+ and Netflix. The boy band Mirror became prominent following the ViuTV's talent show ''King Maker''. History In 2020, ViuTV had a reach of four million audiences. Artists Groups With the exception of P1X3L, which is under the label of Universal Music, all of its groups are under the label of Music Nation Records, a music company owned by Richard Li. * COLLAR * ERROR * MIRROR * P1X3L Individuals (Male) * Thor Lok * Johnny Hui * Brian Chan * Colin Chan * Dixon Wong * Janzen Tsang * V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirror (group)
Mirror (commonly stylised as MIRROR) is a Hong Kong Cantopop boy group formed through ViuTV's reality talent show ''Good Night Show - King Maker'' in 2018. The group consists of twelve members: Frankie Chan, Alton Wong, Lokman Yeung, Stanley Yau, Anson Kong, Jer Lau, Ian Chan, Anson Lo, Jeremy Lee, Edan Lui, Keung To, and Tiger Yau. They debuted on 3 November 2018 with the single "In a Second" (一秒間). The group has won numerous accolades since their debut, including a Metro Radio Hit Music Award for Best Group, an Ultimate Song Chart Award for Group of the Year (Bronze), and Group of the Year (Gold) at the inaugural Chill Club Music Awards held by ViuTV. Mirror is considered one of the driving forces in the renewed interest of the Cantopop genre. Their 2020 single "Ignited" won Top Ten Song of the Year at the Ultimate Song Chart Awards and the Chill Club Music Awards. Their 2021 single "Warrior" topped the Ultimate 903 Chart for two weeks, the first song from a group t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ViuTVsix
ViuTVsix is a free-to-air English language general entertainment television channel in Hong Kong operated by HK Television Entertainment (HKTVE), whose parent company, PCCW, also operates IPTV platform Now TV and media streaming service Viu. The channel offers 17 hours of English programming a day including news and public affairs, lifestyle shows, foreign television series, and documentaries. Unlike HKTVE's main channel ViuTV, its online streaming feed isn't available daily, because of the copyright issue. While the feed is only available for limited times only such as when there are live music and sports events. History Pre-launch In 2015, HKTVE was awarded a 12-year free-to-air television broadcast license by the Hong Kong Government. Under the regulation of the license, the company must have an English-speaking channel with 16-hour of programming by 31 March 2017. Until the launch, the channel was originally planned to have 17 hours of programming a day under the forma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ViuTV Logo
ViuTV is a Cantonese language general entertainment television channel in Hong Kong operated by HK Television Entertainment (HKTVE), whose parent company PCCW also operates the IPTV platform Now TV and the media streaming service Viu. The channel serves as a free-to-air syndicator for television programmes of Now TV. Its sister station is the English-language channel ViuTVsix. Its parent, Viu, is the second largest streaming service in Southeast Asia by paid subscribers, ranking between Disney+ and Netflix. The boy band Mirror became prominent following the ViuTV's talent show ''King Maker''. History In 2020, ViuTV had a reach of four million audiences. Artists Groups With the exception of P1X3L, which is under the label of Universal Music, all of its groups are under the label of Music Nation Records, a music company owned by Richard Li. * COLLAR * ERROR * MIRROR * P1X3L Individuals (Male) * Thor Lok * Johnny Hui * Brian Chan * Colin Chan * Dixon Wong * Janzen Tsang * V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sica Ho
Jessica Ho Lok-yiu ( zh, link=no, t=何洛瑤; born 24 May 2000), known professionally as Sica, is a Hong Kong singer, musician, stage actress and cosplayer. She was also one of the top 40 contestants on ViuTV reality talent contest programme King Maker IV. Biography Sica was born in Hong Kong on 24 May 2000. She had her secondary education in Evangel College and became obsessed with Japanese anime and pop culture after watching ''Attack on Titan'' in form 1. Sica began to cosplay different anime characters, such as ''K-On!''’s Yui Hirasawa and ''Cardcaptor Sakura''’s Sakura Kinomoto, and ran a cosplay-themed Facebook fanpage called ''Casi's Planet''. Sica also learnt guitar since form 3 and served as the guitarist of local band Namida Hana (). Sica later attended Hong Kong Baptist University and obtained an Associate Degree of Arts in visual arts. She worked at a maid café after her graduation. In 2021, Sica auditioned for ViuTV's reality talent contest King Maker IV and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Error (Hong Kong Group)
Error (commonly stylised as ERROR) is a Hong Kong Cantopop boy band formed through ViuTV's reality talent show ''Good Night Show - King Maker'' in 2018. The group consists of 4 members: Leung Yip, Dee Ho, Denis Kwok, and Poki Ng. The group debuted on 2 December 2018 with the single "404". Career 2018–2020: Formation and early years In July 2018, ViuTV's reality talent competition ''Good Night Show - King Maker'' started scouting for potential artistes. After the final, 12 of the 99 contestants were selected by ViuTV to form a boy band Mirror (group), Mirror, but the third runner-up Leung Yip (Fatboy) was not selected. Later, the television station published online a series of short videos titled ''Fatboy's Big Adventure'' (肥仔大冒險), depicting how Leung Yip recruited his fellow contestants to form another group. The final and seventh episode of the series, published on 2 December 2018, showed Leung Yip, Denis Kwok (193), Dee Ho and Poki Ng declaring the formation o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collar (group)
Collar (commonly stylised as COLLAR) is a Hong Kong Cantopop girl group formed from a television channel ViuTV's reality talent show ''King Maker IV'' operated by the broadcaster HK Television Entertainment in 2021. The group consists of eight members: Sumling Li, Garie Shum (Gao), Natalie So (So Ching), Winka Chan, Ivy So, Rejena Simkhada (Day), Marife Yau (Marf) and Candy Wong. They debuted on 12 January 2022, with the first single "Call My Name!". History 2021-22: Formation In July 2018, ViuTV's reality talent competition series started scouting for potential artists, and after three seasons, three boy bands, namely Mirror, Error and P1X3L were formed, and some contestants debuted as solo singers. Nonetheless, since the first season of show had started, there was no any girl group which was formed. Hence, ViuTV created ''King Maker IV'' as a platform to scout for a brand new girl group in June 2021. On 25 December 2021, ViuTV announced the winner, first runner-up and second ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HK Television Entertainment
HK Television Entertainment Company Limited (, or HKTVE) is a television service operator in Hong Kong operated by Hong Kong billionaire Richard Li's PCCW, through its subsidiary PCCW Media, which also owns an IPTV platform, Now TV and operating an OTT service, Viu. History The company was launched in January 2010, HKTVE has applied for an over-the-air license for PCCW Limited. HKTVE's license was formally approved by the Hong Kong government on the first day of April 2015, concurrent with the announcement that ATV's over-the-air license would be revoked on 31 March 2016. Upon approval, HKTVE plan to launch a Cantonese channel within 12 months and an English channel within 24 months. The Cantonese service and ATV's replacement, ViuTV, will operate on a 24-hour schedule, While the English channel, ViuTVsix, will also operate on a 17-hour schedule. The licence was issued on a 12-year term, subject to a mid-term review in 2021. Artists Groups Except for PIX3L, the label of U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
P1X3L
P1X3L (pronounced as Pixel) is a Hong Kong Cantopop boy group formed through ViuTV's reality talent show King Maker II in 2019. The group consists of three members: Phoebus Ng, George Au and Marco Ip. They debuted on 4 January 2021 with the first single "Braceless". Unlike Mirror, Error and Collar who are also artists of ViuTV, their record label belongs to Universal Music Hong Kong Universal Music Group N.V. (often abbreviated as UMG and referred to as just Universal Music) is a Dutch–American multinational music corporation under Dutch law. UMG's corporate headquarters are located in Hilversum, Netherlands and its o ... instead of . Members Singles Filmography Television shows Dramas Music Festival Awards and nominations References External links * * Hong Kong boy bands Cantopop musical groups Musical groups established in 2021 2021 establishments in Hong Kong Musical trios Hong Kong idols King Maker II contestants {{Pop-band-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PCCW
PCCW Limited (formerly known as Pacific Century CyberWorks Limited) is a Hong Kong-based information and communications technology (ICT) company. The company is the majority owner of telecommunications company HKT Limited, and also holds a majority interest in Pacific Century Premium Developments Limited. PCCW is headquartered in Hong Kong and operates in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas, mainland China, and other parts of Asia. Main business and subsidiaries HKT Limited Subsidiaries and services * Netvigator * CSL Mobile ("csl", "1O1O" and "Club SIM") * Sun Mobile (majority stake) * PPS (Payment by Phone Service) – a bill payment service provided by HKT and EPS. * The Club – a Hong Kong customer loyalty programme. * HKT Teleservices – formerly PCCW Teleservices, a contact centers and business process outsourcing provider * HKT Payment Limited – the developer of "Tap & Go", a prepaid mobile payment service for Hong Kong users. * HKT-eye – over-the- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Digital Television In Hong Kong
Television in Hong Kong is primarily in Cantonese and English. It is delivered through analogue and digital terrestrial, cable, IPTV, and the Internet. Satellite TV is not common, although many housing estates have dishes and re-distribute a limited number of free channels through coaxial cables. The dominant broadcaster is TVB and ViuTV. History Hong Kong's television history began with the launch of Rediffusion Television (RTV) on 29 May 1957 (later renamed as Asia Television (ATV)). RTV started off as a cable subscription service but became a free-to-air broadcaster in 1973, with Cantonese and English channels. In April 2016, the Executive Council decided not to renew ATV's broadcast licence and its channels closed. Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) was the territory's first free-to-air commercial station (launching in 1967) and remains the predominant TV broadcaster today with multiple Cantonese channels and one English channel, on analogue and digital. A short-live ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Now TV (Hong Kong)
Now TV (also stylised as now TV) is a pay-TV service provider in Hong Kong operated by PCCW Media Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of PCCW. Launched on 26 September 2003, its TV signal is transmitted with IPTV technology through HKT's fixed broadband network. It provides 197 TV channels including 176 channels branded under now TV (32 channels in HD), 21 channels from TVB Network Vision (1 channel in HD), and over 30 video on demand categories. Now TV is the largest pay-TV operator in Hong Kong in terms of number of subscribers, number of channels, number of HD channels and quantity of VOD contents. The word "Now" is abbreviated from "Network Of the World". History and establishment Launched in March 1998, PCCW's services included a wide range of information and entertainment, such as news, video-on-demand (VOD), music videos, home-shopping, home-banking and educational content. iTV had some 67,000 subscribers at the end of 2000. Due to the liberalization of the pay-TV mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viu (streaming Media)
Viu is a Hong Kong-based over-the-top (OTT) video streaming provider from Viu International Ltd, a PCCW Group Company. Operated in a dual-revenue model comprising subscriptions and advertising, Viu delivers content in different genres from Asia's top content providers with local language subtitles, as well as original production series under 'Viu Original' initiative. Viu is now available in 16 markets across Asia, Africa and the Middle East including Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Myanmar and South Africa. As of December 2021 annual results, Viu had over 58.6 million monthly active users. History Viu International Ltd launched the Viu OTT video service in Hong Kong on 26 October 2015. In January 2016, Viu announced its official launch in Singapore. In March 2016, Viu announced its official launch in India and Malaysia. In May 2016, Viu launches in Indonesia. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
