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Rediffusion Television ('''RTV''') () was the first Chinese Language Television station in the world, established in 1957 in Hong Kong , making it the first British Colony to have television.Kitley, Philip. {Link without Title} (2003). Television, Regulation and Civil Society in Asia. Routledge. ISBN 0415297338 It began as a radio station in 1949 and became ATV by 1982 . HISTORY ''"Radio Rediffusion"'' was officially founded in 1949 as a highly successful wired Radio Station run by the Rediffusion company. It was known by the Chinese name (). The radio service was highly successful with its main competitor Commercial Radio . Some of the early contents included plays, stories, concerts and Cantonese Opera s. The broadcasts were some of the main attraction in Hong Kong Tea Shops . One of the most famous broadcaster was Li Ngaw . The other was Uncle Ray the pioneering DJ. It later became a subscription TV station on May 29 , 1957 becoming the first Chinese TV station. The content at the time was Black-and-white . The monthly fee during its launch was HK$ 55, which was expensive at the time; Hong Kong Tea Shops once again provided an outlet for the broadcasts to the working class who could not afford the subscription fees. When competitor TVB made its first free-to-air broadcast in 1967 , RTV had 67,000 subscribers. In April 1973 , it was offered a free-to-air television broadcasting license, which ended its fifteen-year cable service in October 1973 . Later in December 1973 , it was renamed to Rediffusion Television Limited or RTV (). In 1982 it was renamed to Asia Television Limited . SEE ALSO REFERENCES |
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