Television Broadcasts Limited is a television broadcasting company based in Hong Kong. The company operates five free-to-air terrestrial television channels in Hong Kong, with TVB Jade as its main Cantonese service, and TVB Pearl as its main English service. TVB is headquartered at TVB City at the Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate. TVB commenced broadcasting on 19 November 1967. The company was co-founded on 26 July 1965 by Sir Run Run Shaw, who was chairman from 1980 to 2012, Sir Douglas Clague and Harold Lee Hsiao-wo of the Lee Hysan family. At its launch, TVB was promoted in Chinese as “Wireless Television” to distinguish it from the cable broadcaster RTV, which later became ATV and switched to free-to-air broadcasting. The term “Wireless” remains the most common name for the station in Hong Kong, while outside the city it is generally known as TVB. Historically a cultural powerhouse in the Chinese-speaking world, TVB is known for its television dramas, the Miss Hong Kong and Miss Chinese International pageants, and for launching the careers of many Hong Kong actors and artists. Wikipedia