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23 unusual facts about TVB


2013 Hong Kong dock strike

The programme Scoop on TVB, the dominant terrestrial television channel in Hong Kong, on 1 April drew criticism.

Angela Tong

Although she only reached the Top 12 in the pageant, she was approached by TVB with an acting contract.

Angie Cheong

In 2013, Cheong returned to TVB to film Aerobic Girls after being persuaded by her good friend and executive producer of the serial drama, Eric Tsang.

After that, she signed a contract with the Hong Kong television TVB and became an actress.

Cao Zhi

In 2002, Hong Kong's TVB produced the television drama, Where the Legend Begins, featuring Cao Zhi as the intelligent and compassionate protagonist.

Cindy Au

Cindy Au Sin-yi (born December 16, 1979) is a Hong Kong TVB actress.

Claire Yiu

After filming some ATV series, such as 海瑞鬥嚴嵩, and Ten Tigers of Guangdong (廣東十虎), she went over to TVB and filmed in some minor roles such as 趙美美 (Mia) in To Catch The Uncatchable and 戴玉瑩 (Grace) in Healing Hands 3.

Devily Leung

Educated in Hong Kong, in Wellington, New Zealand and in Melbourne, Australia, she joined the competition of TVB Weekly Cover Girl held by TVB and she was placed the third.

Grace Wong

2008: Hunan TV/TVB Strictly Come Dancing Season 2 – First place (shared with partner Yu Haoming)

He Ain't Heavy, He's My Father

There was a 2009 TVB Adaption of the movie taking place in 2008 and then the 1960s.The father of the main character is played by Sunny Chan while the main character is played by Ron Ng.

Hong Kong in the ABU TV Song Festival

The Hong Konger broadcaster, Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB), has been the organiser of the Hong Kong entry since the country's debut in the contest in 2012.

Joey Meng

Recently, after over twenty years working with ATV, Joey didn't renew her contract and moved over to TVB during 2012.

Kingdom Yuen

Kingdom Yuen (born 11 September 1962), also known as Yuen King-dan (苑瓊丹), is a Hong Kong actress under contact at TVB.

Lee Wai Man

Lee is a part-time commentator for TVB as well, he is usually participated in commenting the local football league and the foreign football tournament, like the Euro 2008 highlights.

Natalie Tong

Natalie Tong Sze-wing (born 3 May 1981) is a TVB actress.

Oilfish

The oilfish-labelling controversy was reported by a number of news and media organizations, such as TVB Newsmagazine.

SCAA Family

TVB artist Wong Cho Lam is dubbling for Ballman in Ballman Blog's videos.

Someplace Good

Its popularity surged greatly in Hong Kong because it is used as a background music in the comedy, To Catch the Uncatchable, made by TVB.

Taiping Rebellion

In 1988, Hong Kong's TVB produced Twilight of a Nation, a 45 episode television drama about the Taiping Rebellion.

The Society For Truth And Light

In 2007, when it was again broadcast on TVB Jade Channel, a Christian lodged a complaint to the Broadcasting Authority about the "vulgar language" in the movie.

TVB Music Limited

Mainly, their business including product TVB's music product, held the concert and the singer' s contract.

TVB Music Limited is a CD production limited of TVB.

Zhan Zhao

Following the popular 1993 TV series is this 80-episode series produced by Television Broadcast Limited.


2010 TVB monopoly case

TVB then banned singers from EMI Group, Sony Music, Universal Music and Warner Music Group from participating on the 2009 Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation show.

Cai E

In October 2009, TVB broadcast a series about the story of Cai E and Yuan Shikai: In the Chamber of Bliss.

Chok

Raymond Lam (林峯), known as "Chok王" — meaning "the King of Chok", a famous Hong Kong actor and singer contracted to TVB

Di Nü Hua

In 2003, Hong Kong's TVB produced Perish in the Name of Love, a television series loosely based on the original play.

Edelweiss Cheung

Edelweiss was not invited to present at Miss Hong Kong Pageant 2009 and crown her successor Sandy Lau, Miss Hong Kong 2009, instead TVB invited Miss Hong Kong 1977 Ms Loletta Chu to crown for Lau.

Emperor Muzong of Tang

Played by Eric Li, a fictionalized version of Muzong was portrayed in 2009 Hong Kong's TVB television series, Beyond the Realm of Conscience.

Food for Life

Yummy Yummy, a TV drama jointly produced by Singapore's SPH and Hong Kong's TVB

Gill Mohindepaul Singh

He became an actor for TVB after participating in the TVB game show Minutes to Fame hosted by Hacken Lee and Joey Leung.

Helen Tam

She joined Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) in 1980 and has hosted for children's shows since the 1980s, including 430 Space Shuttle (1982–1989), Flash Fax (1989–1999), Kids Click (2000–2004) and After School ICU (2005 - now).

Hong Kong Chief Executive election, 2007

The first debate was held on 1 March 2007, at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (香港會議展覽中心) from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm, presided by Rita Fan (范徐麗泰); the second 90-minute debate was held on 15 March 2007 at the TVB City in Tseung Kwan O, co-organized by the 8 main media corporations in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong Recording Industry Alliance

As a result of the ban, no artists from HKRIA record labels received any awards at the TVB-organized 2009 Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation held on January 16, 2010.

Kiki Sheung

Kiki was originally with TVB, but moved over to rival station ATV in 1995, moving back to TVB once again in 2002.

Kindred Spirit

A Kindred Spirit, a television drama series that was broadcast on TVB Jade in Hong Kong

Leung Sing-Bor

Leung Sing Bor is widely known to be one of the pioneers of TVB, being one of its first actors to join TVB, and also hosted the popular Enjoy Yourself Tonight show in Hong Kong for many years till his death.

Li Deyu

Played by Lau Dan, a fictionalized version of Li Deyu was portrayed in 2009 Hong Kong's TVB television series, Beyond the Realm of Conscience.

Liu Wai-hung

In 1990s, Liu left TVB and did business in many sectors, such as Karaoke invested in Mainland China and Chinese char siu invested in Malaysia.

Marco Ngai

He and TVB actress Joyce Tang broke up in 2007, ending their 9-year relationship.

Miss China Europe Pageant

Miss China Europe Pageant (Chinese: 歐洲華裔小姐競選), or MCE for short, is an annual beauty pageant organized by OrienTouch Entertainment that selects Europe's representative for the annual Miss Chinese International Pageant that is held in Hong Kong, organized by TVB.

Mui Siu-ching

Her younger sister is the TVB actress and television host Cutie Mui, and her husband is fellow TVB producer Lau Kar-ho, in March 2012 she ended her 25 year association with TVB when both she and her husband signed to rival station Now TV.

Ruco Chan

Chan left TVB in 1998 after signing a record deal with PolyGram.

Sisters of Pearl

Sisters of Pearl (Traditional Chinese: (掌上明珠) is a TVB pre-modern drama series, starring Jessica Hsuan, Bowie Lam, and Michael Tao.

Solar Airways and Skylette Airlines

Solar Airways and Skylette Airlines are fictional Hong Kong-based airlines in the TVB series Triumph in the Skies and Triumph in the Skies II respectively.

STAR Chinese Channel

The first one is Phoenix Chinese Channel, a 24-hour Mandarin entertainment and news channel owned by Phoenix and STAR TV/Fox International Channels itself, and the other one is Xing Kong another STAR TV/Fox International Channels general Mandarin entertainment channel for viewers outside Taiwan.now Available at Hong Kong;UTV Channel 526,TVB Network Vision Channel 40(Available at December 2),Cable TV Hong Kong Channmel 93 and now TV Channel 536

Tang Pik-wan

By 1968, Tang decided to go as a TV Actress, performing in Rediffusion, ATV and in TVB.

Tavia Yeung

Having graduated from the 13th TVB Artistes Training Course in 1999, Tavia starred in numerous MTVs and after a few minor roles in series such as Street Fighters and When Dreams Come True, she caught the public’s attention with her role as Ah Yan in The Awakening Story (starring Liza Wang and Damian Lau), in which she portrayed the younger sister of Maggie Cheung Ho Yee with whom she bore a remarkable resemblance.

The Story of the Western Wing

It was a released as a silent film Romance of the Western Chamber (1927 film) in China in 1927, directed by Li Minwei and Yao Hou, and in 2005, the TVB series Lost in the Chamber of Love made a twist in the tale and had Hong Niang, played by Myolie Wu, falling in love with Zhang Sheng, played by Ron Ng, while Cui Yingying, played by Michelle Ye, would marry Emperor Dezong of Tang, played by Kenneth Ma.

War of the Genders

An average of 3.1 million viewers watched the episode finale live, creating the highest rating average below the 2003 Charity Football Competition Real Madrid vs Hong Kong and tied with the 2005 Korean TV drama Dae Jang Geum and the 2008 TVB TV drama Moonlight Resonance.

Wayne Lai

He has achieved much praise for his roles, especially in the TVB drama Rosy Business creating a big trend in Hong Kong in 2009.