Phoenix TV Hong Kong will launch on free TV channel 85 on the 22nd of this month (provided by Phoenix TV)
Phoenix TelevisionA Hong Kong TV station will be launched on free TV channel 85 on Monday (22nd), but there are only a few Cantonese programs. The latest program schedule shows that the station has only 4.5 hours of Cantonese programming on Mondays, including “Global News Report” and the news program “Current Affairs Breakthrough” broadcast in prime time at 7 p.m. and 8 pm respectively will be reduced to 3.5 hours, and Channel 85 will not broadcast the drama on Monday, a news and report program will last 15.5 hours. Legislative Council member Ge Peifan hopes that Phoenix TV will increase the number of Cantonese programs in the future and use free TV channels to produce good programs.
Reporter: Zeng Weilong
Phoenix TV Hong Kong will be broadcast on free TV channel 85 next Monday according to the latest program schedule of TVB myTV SUPER, the program schedule for the first day does not include the weather period which are about 3 to 5 minutes long programs during the day, most of them half an hour Of the programs, the Cantonese broadcast time is only 4.5 hours, including the main Cantonese news program “Global News Report” broadcast at 7 pm (1 hour) and three times at 8 pm, 1:30 am and 5:30 am The current affairs report program “Current Affairs Breakthrough” (half an hour ), the medical program “Brother Dan and the 13 Doctors” hosted by Zheng Danshui (two half-hour sessions each), as well as “Hong Kong New Perspective” (half-hour) and two “My Hong Kong Story” (15 minutes each), and the rest of the time is mainly commentary on Mandarin current affairs and cultural programs.
Anchor Lin Yanling hosts the Cantonese news program “Global News Report” (provided by Phoenix TV)
Only 3.5 hours of Cantonese programs from Tuesday to Thursday
According to the program schedule for the first week, “Hong Kong New Viewpoint” will only be broadcast on Mondays and Fridays, and “My Hong Kong Story” will only be broadcast on Mondays Other Mandarin programs will be broadcast on the remaining days. which means Cantonese broadcast from Tuesday to Thursday The time is as low as 3.5 hours.
Calculated by program type, Monday’s news and current affairs reporting programs lasted 15.5 hours, including “Phoenix Focus News 1800”, “Phoenix Morning Bus”, “Phoenix Noon Train”, “Current Affairs Express”, “Current Affairs Highlights” and “Youbao Daily Reading” and “Editor-in-Chief’s Time” etc.
Ge Peifan hopes Phoenix TV Hong Kong will add Cantonese time slots in the future (data picture)
Channel 85 does not have a drama series, Ge Peifan points to a business decision
Phoenix TV Hong Kong’s old program schedule shows that a large number of outdoor dramas were scheduled to air next Monday, with a total length of nearly 18 hours, however, there are no dramas listed programs on Channel 85, and only “Hong Kong New Episodes” is on the old program list.
The Chairman of the Information Technology and Broadcasting Committee of the Legislative Council, Ge Peifan, told “am730″ that the 4.5-hour Cantonese program slot is relatively small, and he hopes that more Cantonese programs can be added in the future to increase audience preferences. As for Phoenix TV Hong Kong which does not broadcast dramas, she believes that the type of programs to be broadcast is a business decision of the TV station. Because it’s hard to run TV and there’s strong competition with the Internet, we have to have high-quality programming first and we have to have a place to live.”
Scholars say Phoenix TV is good at cultural talk shows
Chen Zhijie, an associate professor at the School of Communication at Hang Seng University, said that Phoenix TV has always been positioned as a news and information channel, focusing on information and knowledge programs that are good at cultural and talk programs. and is not focused on drama. Many online chat channels are ratings, hot topics, and announcements will be announced after launch.” I believe that the program arrangement of the TV station will also be changed according to the feedback from the listeners.
Regarding Hong Kong’s main programs in Mandarin, Chen Zhijie believes that the language policy of free TV should not be defined in terms of one channel As an international city, Hong Kong has Cantonese, Mandarin and English channels that can accommodate understand, and most channels still have Cantonese programming.
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