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line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Number of employees</div></th><td class="infobox-data">About 1000</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data">N/A</td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="color: #202122;background-color:#b0c4de">Commercial Television</th></tr><tr style="display:none;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_characters" title="Traditional Chinese characters">Traditional Chinese</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hant" style="font-size: 1rem;">佳藝電視</span></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox-subbox mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="display:inline-table; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%; text-align: left;color: #202122; background-color: #f9ffbc;">Transcriptions</th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #dcffc9;"><a href="/wiki/Cantonese" title="Cantonese">Yue: Cantonese</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Yale_romanization_of_Cantonese" title="Yale romanization of Cantonese">Yale Romanization</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Yue Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="yue-Latn">Gāai ngaih dihn sih</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Jyutping" title="Jyutping">Jyutping</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Yue Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="yue-Latn">Gaai1 ngai6 din6 si6</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:RTHK_TelevisionHouse.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/RTHK_TelevisionHouse.jpg/250px-RTHK_TelevisionHouse.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="313" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/RTHK_TelevisionHouse.jpg/375px-RTHK_TelevisionHouse.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/RTHK_TelevisionHouse.jpg/500px-RTHK_TelevisionHouse.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1280" /></a><figcaption>Commercial Television's building from 1975 to 1978; now <a href="/wiki/RTHK" title="RTHK">RTHK</a>'s Television House.</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Commercial Television</b> (<b>CTV</b>; <a href="/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_characters" title="Traditional Chinese characters">Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh-Hant">佳藝電視</span>) was the third <a href="/wiki/Free-to-air" title="Free-to-air">free-to-air</a> broadcast television station in Hong Kong. It first went on air in 1975, and ceased transmissions in 1978.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commercial_Television_(Hong_Kong_TV_station)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 30 November 1973, the then-British <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_government" class="mw-redirect" title="Hong Kong government">Hong Kong government</a> issued 2 licences for additional terrestrial television broadcasters, ending <a href="/wiki/Television_Broadcasts" class="mw-redirect" title="Television Broadcasts">TVB's</a> six-year monopoly as the sole free-to-air television company in Hong Kong.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In which Commercial Television received the A group of shareholders formed a consortium (Commercial Television) to contest the licence; the six major shareholders were <a href="/wiki/Commercial_Radio_Hong_Kong" title="Commercial Radio Hong Kong">Commercial Radio</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jardine_Matheson" class="mw-redirect" title="Jardine Matheson">Jardines</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Sing_Tao_Daily" title="Sing Tao Daily">Sing Tao Daily</a></i>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Wah_Kiu_Yat_Pao&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wah Kiu Yat Pao (page does not exist)">Wah Kiu Yat Pao</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Kung_Sheung_Daily_News" class="mw-redirect" title="The Kung Sheung Daily News">The Kung Sheung Daily News</a></i>, and the Lam family (one of the founders of <a href="/wiki/Hang_Seng_Bank" title="Hang Seng Bank">Hang Seng Bank</a>).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The licences were awarded on 10 August, with <a href="/wiki/Rediffusion_Television" title="Rediffusion Television">Rediffusion Television</a> receiving licences for two television stations (one broadcasting in <a href="/wiki/Cantonese_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Cantonese language">Cantonese</a> and the other in English), while Commercial Television only received one licence for a station broadcasting in Cantonese. </p><p>The station launched at 6:00 pm on 7 September 1975. Its logo was a hexagon formed from six angled lines, representing the <a href="/wiki/Six_Arts" title="Six Arts">Six Arts</a> (<span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hant-HK">禮樂射御書數</span></span>) in <a href="/wiki/Confucian_philosophy" class="mw-redirect" title="Confucian philosophy">Confucian philosophy</a>, as well as the six major stakeholders. At the time, the station was reportedly mocked for using the Six Arts as the inspiration for its logo, as 御書數 (Charioteering, Calligraphy and Mathematics) in Cantonese sounds similar to the phrase 預輸數 (predicted/prepared for defeat).<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the same year, Commercial Television launched a region-wide hit, a television-adaption of <a href="/wiki/The_Legend_of_the_Condor_Heroes_(1976_TV_series)" title="The Legend of the Condor Heroes (1976 TV series)">The Legend of the Condor Heroes (1976 TV series)</a>. It featured <a href="/wiki/Michelle_Yim" title="Michelle Yim">Michelle Yim</a>, which launched her career and shot her into the limelight. </p><p>The headquarters of Commercial Television was situated at 1A Broadcast Drive, Kowloon. (The location currently houses the RTHK Television House) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Collapse">Collapse</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commercial_Television_(Hong_Kong_TV_station)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Collapse"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>One of the station's licensing conditions was to air two hours of educational programming every weeknight, with no commercial interruptions. Such programming on the station was primarily oriented at adults, covering topics such as auto mechanics, interior design, and foreign languages.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The station struggled to break even as a result of this requirement. An attempt was made to resurrect the failing station in July 1976 when <a href="/wiki/Selina_Chow" title="Selina Chow">Selina Chow</a>, then assistant general manager of TVB was drafted in as its new general manager. A significant amount of money was spent on producing drama series; The number of staff trebled, and the cash-burn rate escalated under Chow.<sup id="cite_ref-licence_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-licence-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 22 August 1978, the station announced it was ending its operations, its 800 staff were laid off<sup id="cite_ref-licence_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-licence-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the company was declared bankrupt on 19 October.<sup id="cite_ref-HK1977_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HK1977-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the station's collapse, the government concluded that a third commercial television station "did not appear viable".<sup id="cite_ref-licence_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-licence-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commercial_Television_(Hong_Kong_TV_station)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For over three decades after Commercial Television's demise, TVB and <a href="/wiki/Rediffusion_Television" title="Rediffusion Television">Rediffusion Television</a> (later <a href="/wiki/Asia_Television" title="Asia Television">Asia Television</a>, now defunct) remained a duopoly of terrestrial TV broadcasters in Hong Kong. ATV's licence was not renewed in 2015, and ceased broadcasting just before midnight on 1 April 2016. <a href="/wiki/ViuTV" title="ViuTV">ViuTV</a> was issued a television licence in 2015, and started a digital-only terrestrial television operation starting on 2 April 2016, using terrestrial television frequencies formerly used by ATV. </p><p>A third television licence was issued in 31 May 2016 to <a href="/wiki/Fantastic_Television" class="mw-redirect" title="Fantastic Television">Fantastic Television</a>, but the station was not given over-the-air frequencies to broadcast its content until 1 April 2022. </p><p>Much blame flew around about the reasons for the failure. The Government was blamed for restrictive conditions of the licence; the management was blamed for bad programme scheduling and failing to control escalating costs; shareholders were blamed for having the short-term mentality of property developers. However, the Government blamed the collapse on the unwillingness of the shareholders to inject more capital, after it had spent its entire HK$20 million within one year.<sup id="cite_ref-licence_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-licence-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many TV series were brought by TVB and ATV and TVB seldom rebroadcast them.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The station's building on <a href="/wiki/Broadcast_Drive" title="Broadcast Drive">Broadcast Drive</a> was briefly used by TVB as a studio building, until it became <a href="/wiki/RTHK" title="RTHK">RTHK</a>'s Television House in 1987. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commercial_Television_(Hong_Kong_TV_station)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output 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class="reference-text">TVB programme "That Was Then", 2007</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Hong Kong 1976</i>, Hong Kong Government, 1977, p.150</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-licence-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-licence_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-licence_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-licence_5-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-licence_5-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Mary Lee, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://sunzi1.lib.hku.hk/newspaper/view/23_08.01/28585.pdf">A licence to lose money</a>, Far Eastern Economic Review, September 8, 1978</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-HK1977-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-HK1977_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Hong Kong 1977</i>, Hong Kong 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