Annex 1: Summary of Non-Domestic Television Programme Services
Summary of Non-Domestic Television Programme Services
No. of Date of Channels Launch of (no. receivable Nature of Target Licensee Service in HK) Channels Markets Satellite
1. Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific 4.1991 23 General Asian region AsiaSat 5 Limited (0) entertainment, including the AsiaSat 7 movie, music, Mainland, India sports & news & Middle East etc.
2. APT Satellite TV Development Limited 8.2000 116 General Asia-Pacific Apstar V (6) entertainment, region & Apstar VI news, movies & Africa Apstar VII sports Intelsat 19
3. Starbucks (HK) Limited 6.2000 1 Weather, Asia-Pacific Apstar VII (0) sports, music region and finance etc.
4. Turner International Asia Pacific 1989 11 News, finance, Asia-Pacific AsiaSat 7 Limited (0) movie, children region & Intelsat 19 & family South Asia Intelsat 20 programmes Measat 3A
5. Sun Television Cybernetworks 8.2000 1 History & Asia-Pacific AsiaSat 7 Enterprise Limited (1) culture-related region documentaries
6. GLOBECAST HONG KONG LIMITED 11.2001 14 General Asia-Pacific AsiaSat 5 (13) entertainment, region AsiaSat 7 sports & news
7. Auspicious Colour Limited 1.2006 43 General Asia-Pacific AsiaSat 5 (20) entertainment, region AsiaSat 7 infotainment & AsiaSat 9 music
8. Phoenix Satellite Television Company 5.2006 4 General Asia-Pacific AsiaSat 7 Limited (3) entertainment, region news & movie
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No. of Date of Channels Launch of (no. receivable Nature of Target Licensee Service in HK) Channels Markets Satellite
9. Times International Media Group 6.2014 1 News, travel & Asia-Pacific Chinasat 15 Limited Note (1) infotainment region
10. China Satellite TV Group Company 11.2009 1 Infotainment Asia-Pacific Apstar VII Limited (1) region
11. Hong Kong TV International Media 3.2011 1 Infotainment Asia-Pacific Apstar VI Group Limited (1) region
12. Health TV Company Limited 2.2013 1 Health Asia-Pacific Apstar V (0) information region programmes, documentaries & general entertainment
13. One TV Media Global Limited 5.2013 1 News, finance & Asia-Pacific Apstar V (1) entertainment region
14. Star China Media Limited 1.2014 3 Music Asia-Pacific AsiaSat 7 (0) programmes, region entertainment news & general entertainment
Note I n June 2019, the Authority decided not to renew the non-domestic TV licence of Times International Media Group Limited under section 11(6) of the BO after the expiry of its licence on 28 September 2019.
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