News At Seven-Thirty
News At Seven-Thirty (Chinese: 七點半新聞報道, also known as News At 7:30), is the flagship evening English news programme which is broadcast daily Monday to Sunday at 7:30 pm in Hong Kong on TVB Pearl. News At Seven-Thirty can also be viewed for free on the TVB News website. The programme first aired on TVB Pearl when it was launched on 19 November 1967 and is one of the longest running newscasts in Hong Kong with News at 6:30 on its sister channel TVB Jade.
| News At Seven-Thirty 七點半新聞報道 | |
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| Genre | News programme |
| Created by | TVB News |
| Country of origin | Hong Kong |
| Original language(s) | English |
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| Producer(s) | TVB |
| Production location(s) | Hong Kong |
| Running time | 25 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | TVB Pearl |
| Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) |
| Original release | 19 November 1967 – Present |
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| Related shows | News at 6:30 |
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| Website | |
Broadcasting length
News At Seven-Thirty usually broadcasts for approximately 25 minutes, followed later by Weather Report and Financial Report.
Theme music
- "TVB News Effect Sound Beep Beep Beep" (1977 to December 1983)
- "TVB First Generation Music," (December 1983 to June 30, 1990)
- "TVB Second Generation Music," (July 1, 1990 to July 8, 1995)
- "TVB Third Generation Music," (July 9, 1995 to present)
Broadcast Time
News At Seven-Thirty In fact, as early as in 1967 when TVB broadcasts began, so did the Chinese version, then in 1976 because of TVB Jade Premiere and changed to the familiar 18:30 slot, and changed its name to 六點半新聞報道 (News at 6:30) to date. And then the TVB Pearl news name has gone several changes from 3 April 1978 until it settled for the 7:30pm slot in July 1995.
- News Today (November 19, 1967 to April 2, 1978)
- News at 7:00 (April 3, 1978 to November 30, 1988)
- News at 7:15 and News at 9:00 (December 1, 1988 to May 30, 1993) [1][2]
- News at 8:00 (May 31, 1993 to June 30, 1995)
- News at 7:30 (July 1, 1995 – Present)
Special News
- Early Nightly World News (December 1, 1988 to May 30, 1993)
- News Line (May 31, 1993 to July 8, 1995)
News presenters
Different news presenters appear on the show each day. The combination is usually the dual anchor format (one male and one female). The male anchor also acts as a sports presenter (as opposed to having a separate sports presenter, like on TVB Jade's News at 6:30)
Present presenters
Male:
- James Atiken, Tony Sabine
Female:
- Melissa Gecolea, Sharon Tang
Former presenters
- Tesa Arcilla, Richard Bellord, Peri Chow, Regina De Luna, Warwick Evans, Shelley Fines, Eric Finney, Patrick Fok, Chris Gelken, Michelle Han, Terrence Isles, Emma Jones, Deborah Kan, Eve Lam, Jenny Lam, Etienne Lamy-Smith, Diana Lin, Betty Liu, Peter Maize, Priscilla Ng, Jimmy So, Nicole Tsang, Robert Trott, Joe Kainz, Diane To, Chris Lincoln, Jameson Wong, Sonya Artero.