The story
On 30 November 1973, the then-British Hong Kong government issued 2 licences for additional terrestrial television broadcasters, ending TVB's six-year monopoly as the sole free-to-air television company in Hong Kong. In which Commercial Television received the A group of shareholders formed a consortium (Commercial Television) to contest the licence; the six major shareholders were Commercial Radio, Jardines, Sing Tao Daily, Wah Kiu Yat Pao, The Kung Sheung Daily News, and the Lam family (one of the founders of Hang Seng Bank).
The licences were awarded on 10 August, with Rediffusion Television receiving licences for two television stations (one broadcasting in Cantonese and the other in English), while Commercial Television only received one licence for a station broadcasting in Cantonese.
The station launched at 6:00 pm on 7 September 1975. Its logo was a hexagon formed from six angled lines, representing the Six Arts (禮樂射御書數) in Confucian philosophy, 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).
In the same year, Commercial Television launched a region-wide hit, a television-adaption of The Legend of the Condor Heroes (1976 TV series). It featured Michelle Yim, which launched her career and shot her into the limelight.
The headquarters of Commercial Television was situated at 1A Broadcast Drive, Kowloon. (The location currently houses the RTHK Television House)
From Wikipedia’s article on Commercial Television (Hong Kong TV station), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4