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
GenreNews programme
Created byTVB News
Country of originHong Kong
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerTVB
Production locationHong Kong
Running time25 minutes
Release
Original networkTVB Pearl
Picture format1080i (HDTV)
Original release19 November 1967 (1967-11-19) 
present
Chronology
RelatedNews at 6:30

Special news

  • Early Nightly World News (1 December 1988 to 30 May 1993)
  • News Line (31 May 1993 to 8 July 1995)

Notable presenters

  • Betty Liu
  • Priscilla Ng (RTHK)
  • Chris Lincoln (Retired)
  • Chris Gelken (Deceased)
  • Tony Sabine (ISD)
  • James Aitken (South China Morning Post)
  • Jenny Lam (HKBU Journalism Lecturer)
  • Sonya Artero (ISD)

Facts: The show was seldom presented by only one anchor. But it increasingly seems to be the case that it will be presented by only one female anchor every day after one of the most familiar voices of HK's TV news industry, James Aitken, resigned on July 1st.

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