亚视 (Yàshì): ATV

Meanings

1 ATV
2 Asia Television Limited, Hong Kong's former second broadcaster

Characters

亚

Examples

亚视曾经是香港的第二大电视台。

Yàshì céngjīng shì Xiānggǎng de dì-èr dà diànshìtái.

ATV used to be Hong Kong's second-biggest TV station.

亚视在2016年停止了免费电视广播。

Yàshì zài 2016 nián tíngzhǐ le miǎnfèi diànshì guǎngbō.

ATV ceased its free-to-air broadcast in 2016.

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history

亚视 is short for 亚洲电视 (Asia Television). Founded in 1957 as Rediffusion Television, it was Hong Kong's first TV station but spent decades as the perennial runner-up to TVB. After years of financial turmoil, its free-to-air license expired on April 2, 2016, ending 59 years of broadcasting.