Six digital TV programme channels in Hong Kong will use new transmitting frequencies starting from 0:00 am on 1 December this year. The six digital TV programme channels involved are Jade 81 of Television Broadcasts Limited, ViuTVsix 96 and ViuTV 99 of HK Television Entertainment Company Limited, and RTHK TV 31, RTHK TV 32 and RTHK TV 33 of Radio Television Hong Kong. The transmitting frequencies of other digital TV programme channels (i.e. 76, 77, 82, 83, 84 and 85) will remain unchanged. Residents of blocks of flats or shared CABD systes will need to realign their master systems, and viewers with their own antenna will need to retune their TVs.
“At present, there are less than 20 per cent of households in private buildings with CABD systems completed the necessary reconfiguration work. If a large number of property owners or managers wait until the last one or two months before the deadline to make the necessary arrangements, contractors may not be able to cope with the surge of demand and complete the reconfiguration work on time due to manpower constraints. To ensure that residents would not have their TV reception interrupted, property owners and managers of buildings with CABD systems that are not yet reconfigured should make the arrangements as early as possible,” a spokesman for the Office of the Communications Authority (OFCA) said.
Households using self-provided antennae, including residents of village houses, bungalows and old tenement buildings, do not need to adjust their digital TV receivers or antennae at this stage. These residents will need to rescan for TV programme channels on their digital TV receivers only if they cannot receive any of the above-mentioned six TV programme channels after 0.00am on 1 December.
For details about the channel migration, please visit OFCA’s thematic webpage (www.ofca.gov.hk/channel_migration) or contact the hotline at 2961 6333 for enquiries. For the reference guide on rescanning for digital TV programme channels, please refer to the following link: www.ofca.gov.hk/en/consumer_focus/guide/hot_topics/migration_of_dtt_programme_channels/reference_guide/index.html.
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