Jadeworld (Australian TV network)

TVB Jadeworld was a broadcasting station based in Sydney, Australia that caters for the Chinese community in Australia. It currently consists of 16 channels, with many programs relayed from TVB operations in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Jadeworld (翡翠互動電視)
Jadeworld 翡翠互動電視
CountryAustralia
Programming
Picture format576i (SDTV)
Ownership
OwnerTVB Australia, under TVB
History
Launched13 August 1998
Closed31 July 2017 (replaced by OTT TV Service)
Links
Websitetvb.com.au

As of 31 July 2017, the satellite broadcast service of those channels was ceased and replaced by the service by TVB Anywhere.[1]

Current channel line-up
Channel Number Channel Genre Language(s)
1 TVBJ Variety Cantonese
2 STAR Chinese Channel Variety Cantonese/Mandarin
3 Dragon TV Mainland programs Mandarin
4 TVB8 Lifestyle Mandarin
5 TVBS-Asia Lifestyle/Taiwanese Variety Mandarin
6 TVBS-NEWS Taiwanese News Mandarin
7 CCTV-4 Mainland programs Mandarin
8 STAR Chinese Movies Mainland programs Mandarin
9 TVBN Hong Kong news Cantonese
10 TVB Premium Lifestyle Lifestyle programs Cantonese/Mandarin
11 Phoenix TV Mainland programs Mandarin
12 Phoenix InfoNews Channel Mainland programs Mandarin
13 TVB Junior Education Programme Cantonese
14 tvN Korean programs Chinese, Korean
15 KBS World Korean Programs Korean

History

Jadeworld began as JEDi (Jade Entertainment Digital Interactive) in 2000, broadcasting only 8 channels-

Channel Number Channel Language(s)
1 TVBJ Cantonese
2 Movie Channel Cantonese/Mandarin
4 TVB8 Cantonese/Mandarin
5 TVB Xing He (dramas) Cantonese/Mandarin
6 TVBS-Asia Mandarin
7 TVBS-N Mandarin
9 CNBC Asia English
8 DD National Hindi

CCTV-4 was added in 2000, while CNBC Asia was taken off the channels in 2001.
JET-TV was offered to certain plan subscribers from until 2005.
The addition of Dragon TV, Hunan TV, Chonqing TV and Phoenix TV in 2006-07 caters for subscribers of Mainland descent.

In May 2017, Jadeworld reduced to 26 channels.

See also

References
  1. Changing of the transmission method of TV signal (Traditional Chinese), TVB Australia, 5 May 2017 (accessed 8 March 2018)
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