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{{Short description|Television channel in Hong Kong}}
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{{Infobox television channel
| name = TVB Pearl<br>無綫明珠台
| logo = Logo_of_TVB_Pearl.png
| logo_caption = TVB Pearl logo
| picture_format = [[1080i]] [[HDTV]]<br>(downscaled to [[576i]] for the [[SDTV]] feed)
| launch_date = {{start date and age|df=yes|1967|11|19}}
| closed_date = 
| headquarters = 77 Chun Choi Street, [[Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate]], [[New Territories]], [[Hong Kong]], [[China]]
| sister_channels = [[TVB Jade]]<br>[[TVB Plus]]<br>[[TVB News Channel]]
| owner = [[Television Broadcasts Limited]]
| language = [[Hong Kong English|English]] (Main language) <br> [[Mandarin Chinese|Mandarin]] <br> [[Cantonese language|Cantonese]] (Second language)
| area = Hong Kong<br/>Macau<br/>Guangdong<br/>USA
| country = [[China]]
| website = [http://pearl.tvb.com/ pearl.tvb.com]
| terr_serv_1 = [[Digital terrestrial television|Digital TV]] (Hong Kong)
| terr_chan_1 = Channel 84 (HD)
}}

'''TVB Pearl''' ({{Zh|c=|s=|t=無綫明珠台}}) is an English-language [[terrestrial television|television]] channel in [[Hong Kong]] owned by [[Television Broadcasts Limited]]. Established on 19 November 1967, it shares headquarters with TVB's other properties at [[TVB City]] at 77 Chun Choi Street in [[Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate]] in [[Tseung Kwan O]], in the [[Sai Kung District]].

The channel mainly broadcasts in English (while all of its sister channels mainly broadcast in [[Hong Kong Cantonese|Cantonese]]), although programmes in other languages (including [[Standard Chinese|Mandarin]], Japanese and Korean) are aired in non-peak hours and Traditional Chinese subtitles are available on some programmes. Since 1991, the channel has used [[NICAM]] [[digital audio]] (and later, multiple audio tracks via [[digital terrestrial television]]) to transmit audio tracks in English and Cantonese when available. The channel began broadcasting in [[High-definition television|high definition]] on 28 October 2012.

TVB Pearl's schedule relies heavily on imported programmes, including foreign drama series and movies. Original English-language news and current affairs programmes (such as ''[[News At Seven-Thirty|News at 7:30]]'') and original lifestyle programme ''[[Dolce Vita (TVB)|Dolce Vita]]'' are also available on the channel.

Some programmes are produced by foreign television and film studios, such as [[Fremantle (company)|Fremantle]], [[Banijay Entertainment|Banijay]], [[Universal Pictures]], [[Paramount Pictures]], [[Skydance Media]], [[Warner Bros. Pictures]], and others.

==Programmes==
===News and public affairs===
The channel airs current affairs programmes, including ''Pearl Magazine'' (to replace both ''[[The Pearl Report]]'' and ''[[Money Magazine (TV program)|Money Magazine]]'' in 2018) and ''Straight Talk''. Also, ''Money Matters'' aired between 28 September 2020 and 30 January 2023.

[[News At Seven-Thirty|News at 7:30]] and [[News Roundup (Hong Kong TV program)|News Roundup]] is aired every day with multiple presenters.

'''News at 7:30 only'''
* Melissa Gecolea (2020-present)
* Jacky Lin (2022-present)
* Timothy Li (2024-present)

'''News Roundup only'''
* Daniel Rowell (2022-present)

[https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hk/%E7%84%A1%E7%B6%AB%E9%9B%BB%E8%A6%96%E5%A4%A9%E6%B0%A3%E5%A0%B1%E5%91%8A Weather Report] and Financial Report (Weekdays only) is aired immediately after the main news. Presenters include Jacky Lin, Danni Zhou, Mimmosa Ngai, Sakura Ip, Alpha Lai, Timothy Li and Daniel Rowell.

=== Studio 930 ===
At 9:30pm every evening, a blockbuster film is broadcast on TVB Pearl with its original English audio track (or dubbed into Cantonese with English subtitles) before News Roundup news programmes.

== Transmitters ==
TVB Pearl is broadcast through [[UHF]] from its six main transmission stations at Temple Hill, Golden Hill, [[Castle Peak, Hong Kong|Castle Peak]], [[Kowloon Peak]], [[Tai Mo Shan]], and [[Lamma Island]], and two [[repeater]]s at [[Tsuen Wan]] and [[Tsing Yi]]. The Tsuen Wan repeater started service on 22 August 2003, and the Tsing Yi repeater started on 18 September 2003. The repeaters were built to enhance reception of TVB Pearl.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tsing Yi Transposer to Enhance English Channel Reception Services - Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) |url=https://corporate.tvb.com/article/0114b9fd324fd4e4f3045ec690c2e78c.html |access-date=2024-11-11 |website=corporate.tvb.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Tsuen Wan Transposer to Enhance English Channel Reception Services - Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) |url=https://corporate.tvb.com/article/8faaf4444fae107d11f0ea2bc4c5266f.html |access-date=2024-11-11 |website=corporate.tvb.com}}</ref>

TVB Pearl is available to cable systems within the [[Pearl River Delta]] region of [[Mainland China]].<ref>{{cite web |title=世界电视日：看电视，选广电，"视"觉盛宴享不停 |url=https://static.nfapp.southcn.com/content/202311/21/c8321232.html |website=Nanfang Daily|accessdate=2024-04-25 |date=2023-11-21|language=zh-cn}}</ref>

TVB Pearl's analogue transmission ceased on 30 November 2020.

==Awards==
TVB Pearl has received a number of awards throughout its long history of programme production. For example, ''The Pearl Report: Outsider'' won a merit at the [[Hong Kong Human Rights Press Awards]] 2002. Also, ''2008 Olympic Image'' was awarded the Bronze Medal (Station and Image Production) in the New York Festivals.

==See also==
*[[ViuTVsix]], an English-language channel in Hong Kong since March 2017
* Hong Kong International Business Channel, Channel 76, an English-language channel in Hong Kong since March 2018

==References==
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==External links==
* {{official website|https://pearl.tvb.com/}}

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{{Television in Hong Kong}}

[[Category:English-language television stations in Hong Kong]]
[[Category:Television channels and stations established in 1967]]
[[Category:TVB channels|Pearl]]