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 Streaming media Viu.
Unlike HKTVE's main channel ViuTV, its online streaming feed is not available daily because of copyright issues. The feed is only available for limited times 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.
[ Domestic Free Television Programme Service Licence of HKTVE] Until the launch, the channel was originally planned to have 17 hours of programming a day under the format of
SDTV.
[ Appendix A HK Television and Entertainment Company Limited][ Consultation Notice on HK Television and Entertainment Company Limited]
On 11 October 2016, The channel name ViuTVsix was revealed with a launch date of 31 March 2017 on their 2017 programme preview ViuTV 2017.
Programming
ViuTVsix is a general entertainment channel airing 17 hours of a wide variety of programmes from to It airs news, imported television series, factual television and documentary (some programs were bought from
ITV Studios, Fremantle, Sony Pictures Television, Warner Bros. Television Studios,
CBS Studios, Paramount Television Studios, Universal Television,
ABS-CBN Studios and other production units). It also airs some live sports and music events, such as Hong Kong Sevens and BBC Music Awards.
Children's programming
It has imported cartoons mostly from Warner Bros. Animation,
Nickelodeon,
Universal Kids, DreamWorks Animation,
Nelvana, Entertainment One, FremantleMedia Kids and Family (now Boat Rocker Media) and Allspark (now Hasbro Entertainment) with additional shows from non-English speaking countries or online streaming platforms such as
Lost in Oz, and
The Fixies.
News, politics and finance
From launch to 2020, any news bulletin on ViuTVsix was not produced by Now TV's news division. Instead, its main newscast
ViuTV News and talk show
Weekly Re-Viu were produced
Reuters. ViuTV News and Weekly Re-Viu are produced by its own news division as the decline of its cooperation with Reuters.
ViuTVsix also relays live newscast from the international news broadcasters around the world, such as Al Jazeera, CNN (until 2020), ANC (since 2020), Deutsche Welle, and NHK World, with ABC's news magazine 20/20.
From 2019 to 2020, 24K Finance, the only Mandarin Chinese-speaking live financial program, was produced and aired during Hong Kong Stock Trading Days.
See also
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ViuTV
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List of television stations in Hong Kong
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