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Cable TV Hong Kong

Cable television provider

Hong Kong Cable Television Limited (Chinese: 香港有線電視有限公司), formerly known as Wharf Cable Television Limited (Chinese: 九倉有線電視有限公司) until 31 October 1998, is a cable television provider in Hong Kong currently owned by Forever Top (Asia) Limited, which operates it as a part of i-Cable Communications business. It was the second company to provide cable television services in Hong Kong (after Rediffusion Television, which ceased cable operation with the launch of their terrestrial television channels in 1973).2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Oct 31, 1993Founded1

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Wharf Cable TV Tower
Photo: Baycrest, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons4

Hong Kong Cable Television Limited (Chinese: 香港有線電視有限公司), formerly known as Wharf Cable Television Limited (Chinese: 九倉有線電視有限公司) until 31 October 1998, is a cable television provider in Hong Kong currently owned by Forever Top (Asia) Limited, which operates it as a part of i-Cable Communications business. It was the second company to provide cable television services in Hong Kong (after Rediffusion Television, which ceased cable operation with the launch of their terrestrial television channels in 1973). It was incorporated on 30 June 1993 and officially inaugurated on 31 October same year, offering a package of over 100 pay television channels, 54 of which are directly operated by the company.2

Corporate structure

Cable TV Hong Kong sits at the top of its group. 2 entities on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Cable TV Hong Kong reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

The story

The company was founded as Wharf Cable Television (Chinese: 九倉有線電視), incorporated on 30 June 1993. Cable-based transmissions were officially inaugurated by the Governor of Hong Kong Chris Patten. It went on air with eight channels, including the world's first 24-hour Cantonese news channel.

Wharf Cable Television changed its name to Hong Kong Cable Television (Chinese: 香港有線電視) on 31 October 1998. It was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 1999 under i-Cable Communications.

With the largest number of subscribers of subscription television companies in Hong Kong, HKCTV became one of the top five media groups in Hong Kong. According to the financial summary of i-CABLE Communications Limited in 2004, its sales revenue reaches HK$2,372 million with a profit of HK$296 million.

In February 2023, Cable TV announced to fold their pay-television licenses over to the Hong Kong government six years earlier than planned as they no longer compete with Now TV and TVB's MyTV SUPER, along with streaming giants Netflix and Disney+. The pay-TV services would stop operations on 1 June of the same year. Since then, the company would put their focus on three of their currently existed free-TV channels: Hong Kong International Business Channel, HOY TV and HOY Infotainment.

From Wikipedia’s article on Hong Kong Cable Television, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

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Timeline

  1. Jun 1, 2023Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. Oct 31, 1993Founded Founded1

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