Television Broadcasts Limited - 511- Profile

Television Broadcasts Limited(TVB). The Group's principal activities are organised into five main business divisions: Terrestrial television broadcasting: Provides free to air broadcasting of television programmes and commercials and production of programmes; Channel operations: Focuses on compilation and distribution of television channels in China, Taiwan and other countries; Programme licensing and distribution: Provides television programmes to home video markets and overseas broadcasters; Overseas satellite pay TV operations: Provides satellite pay television services to subscribers in USA, Europe and Australia; and Other activities: Deals with animation production, merchandising services, website portal, magazine publication, up linking and playback services and other related services. The Group operates in Hong Kong, Taiwan, USA, Canada, Australia, Europe, Mainland China, Malaysia, Singapore and other countries. Terrestrial TV acctd for 53% of 2006 revs; channel operations, 24%; programme licensing, 14%; satellite TV, 6% & other, 3%