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Country
  
Hong Kong

Completed
  
30 September 2003

Cost
  
2.2 billion HKD

Inaugurated
  
12 October 2003

Renovated
  
12 October 2013

Groundbreaking
  
1 January 2000

Opened
  
12 October 2003

Architecture firm
  
Gensler

Construction started
  
1 March 2000

TVB City

Town or city
  
Tai Chik Sha, Tseung Kwan O New Town, New Territories

Structural engineer
  
Dragages et Travaux publics (HK)

Address
  
Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate, Hong Kong

Similar
  
Tseung Kwan O Industrial, LOHAS Park Station, Clear Water Bay, Tseung Kwan O Station, Hong Kong Coliseum

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TVB City (Chinese: 電視廣播城; Cantonese Yale: din si gwong bo sing), is the headquarters of Television Broadcasts Limited, located at 77 Chun Choi Street in the Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate, Tai Chik Sha, Tseung Kwan O, New Territories, near to Shaw Studios. TVB is by far the biggest tenant of the estate and the first service-providing company in there.

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The city officially opened on 12 October 2003 durated and was constructed at a cost of HK$2.2 billion. It was designed to cope with future development and expansion, especially for digital television production.

TVB City has a building area of over 110,000 square metres, 30% more than that the old headquarters, TV City, at Clearwater Bay. The facilities includes an 11-storey broadcasting centre, workshops, a newsroom, a satellite antenna farm, two outdoor shooting sites and 22 production studios, of which "Studio 1" is one of the largest studio amongst all commercial television stations in Asia.

Contrary to many other television studios worldwide, TVB City is not open to the general public (except for live audience members on certain programs). In addition, the company does not offer tours of any kind, and strict security measures are taken in the interest of safety of television artists and staff.

Facilities

  • Outdoor Shooting Sites - features buildings for traditional Chinese town and generic early 20th century Hong Kong settings
  • Workshop Block
  • Main Block - along with Studio Road, it is often used as generic office building/hotel scenes for TVB's modern dramas
  • Variety Studio Block - used for shooting variety and specials
  • Drama Studio Block - used for shooting drama shows
  • Satellite Antenna Farm
  • References

    TVB City Wikipedia