Ho Chi Minh City Television

Ho Chi Minh City Television (HTV)
Type Broadcast television
Country Vietnam
Availability Local
Headquarters Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Launch date
 May 1, 1975
Picture format
 576i (16:9 SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Official website
 www.htv.com.vn

Ho Chi Minh City Television (HTV) is a local television station owned by the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City.

History

The old name of HCMC Television was Liberation Television that began broadcasting on May 1, 1975. Until April 30, 1975, the name was Saigon Television (Republic of Vietnam), founded in 1965, broadcast from February 2, 1966 to April 29, 1975. At the time, in Saigon, there were two different TV stations immediately adjacent in downtown: the TV station of the US military and Saigon TV. While in South Vietnam there were five TV stations (Saigon, Cần Thơ, Huế, Nha Trang and Quy Nhơn), television in the North Vietnam was still in the testing period.

After the opening of the center building in early 2006 with modern equipment and technology, HTV gradually switched to digital operations along with its good staff. HTV aims to become one of the most powerful media companies in Southeast Asia.

HTV's headquarters at HCMC

Operations

The station's main headquarters are located at the corner of Nguyen Thi Minh Khai and Dinh Tien Hoang Street. It also has an office in Ha Noi. HTV has two main analog channels - HTV7 and HTV9. The station started digital television at the end of 2013 using two to three multiplexes that transmit a total of 17 HTV-owned channels.

HTV7 and HTV9 also began broadcasting on the Vinasat-1 satellite in 2005, which covers the Southeast Asian countries and some of the Asian countries. HTV has 17 channels:

Channel Launch date Information
HTV1 - Public General Information 2004 The channel was managed by VTL through a five-year lease term from 2007 to 2012. Afterwards, HCMC Television managed the channel using the public information format.
HTV2 - General Entertainment 2005 The channel was originally a sports channel until 2010 under a license.

It broadcasts 24 hours a day. It is jointly operated by Đất Việt VAC and HCMC Television. Đất Việt VAC also manage other channels like Giai Tri TV (VTVCab 1), D-Dramas (VTVCab 7) and Lotte Đất Việt Home Shopping (a shopping channel which operated in cooperation with Lotte Group.

HTV3 - Entertainment for Kids and Families 2008 The channel was managed by TVM Corporation from June 2008 to August 2010 and again from June 2014.

At first it was a kids-only channel; in 2007 it was planned to become an entertainment channel for kids and families. Since June 2008, HTV3 has served aired programmes for children, like Ben 10, Doraemon, Case Closed, etc.

HTV4 - Education 2005 It was launched at the same period as HTV1, HTV2, HTV3, HTV7 and HTV9. In the early years, HTV4 rebroadcast science programs that were aired on HTV7 and HTV9.

Since early 2006, HTV4 began to purchase broadcast rights for programming from the BBC, Discovery Channel, National Geographic Channel, etc. HTV4 also produce programmes on Vietnamese education and science. HTV4 has its own website: htv4.vn.

HTV7 - General Entertainment 1987 The first channel of HTV, it airs many game shows, such as Đi tìm ẩn số (since 2005), Nốt nhạc vui (2004-09), Vui để học (2001-05).

A HDTV version of the channel was launched on May 19, 2013.

HTV9 - General Information 1975 The channel launched its HDTV version along with HTV7 on May 19, 2013.
HTV Co.op - Home Shopping unknown It is managed by HCMC's Union Cooperative (Co.op Mart).
HTV Sport - General Sport 2007 Replaced HTV2 (old) and HTV8. Until 2013, it was known as HTVC - Sport.
HTVC[1] Vietnamese - General Channel for Vietnamese culture and people 2005 Since 2008, it is broadcast worldwide to serve the Vietnamese people around the world.
HTVC Vietnamese HD May 2011 It broadcasts Vietnamese films.
HTVC Film 2005 It broadcasts TV movies and cinema films from around the world.
HTVC Film HD 2011 It broadcasts Asian movies.
HTVC Music - General Music unknown Since April 4, 2015, it broadcast as an interactive music channel for young people.
HTVC Family June 28, 2007 Broadcast as a channel for families.
HTVC Women October 20, 2007 Broadcast as a channel for women.
HTVC Travel and Living November 2007 Broadcast as an information channel for travel and lifestyle.
HTVC Plus - Channel B 2006 It was managed by Yan Group (since August 2010).
VGS Shop - Shopping Channel 2008 It is managed by ViVi Trading Joint Stock Company.
FBNC - Financial and Banking February 2009 It is managed by IDG Vietnam Invest Fund and Thế Sáng Corporation.

Services

HTV has:

  • TFS, a TV studio, specializing in producing movies and documentary films.
  • TV Service Center (TSC), a venue to contact the services and advertisements.
  • Programme Production Centre (PPC), a production company, specialize in producing television programs.
  • Ho Chi Minh City Television Cable Center (HTVC) brings quality programming to the audience in Vietnam and worldwide. The main programs include science, education, sports, movies, entertainment, etc.

HTV's cable system has various channels where HTV has rights to rebroadcast such as:

Contests

  • Vietnam Idol (premiered on May 23, 2007. Airs on VTV since 2010)
  • Duyên dáng truyền hình
  • Tiếng hát Truyền hình Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh (Ngôi sao tiếng hát truyền hình)
  • Chuông vàng vọng cổ truyền hình (originally Ngôi sao vọng cổ truyền hình)
  • Én Vàng (originally Người dẫn chương trình truyền hình)

Awards

  • HTV Awards
  • Album vàng
  • Mai Vàng

Sport contests

  • Cuộc đua xe đạp toàn quốc tranh Cúp truyền hình Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh
  • Chinh phục đỉnh Everest

See also

References

  1. ↑ "HTVC official site".
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