Rediffusion Television (RTV) (麗的電視有限公司) was the first television station in Hong Kong, established on May 29, 1957, making it both the first British colony and the first predominantly Chinese city to have television. It began as a radio station in 1949 and became ATV on 24 September 1982.
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