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TVB8
Programming
Country	China
Broadcast area	Asia Pacific USA
Language(s)	Mandarin
Picture format	1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner	Television Broadcasts Limited
History
Launched	9 August 1998 (Asia Pacific and Hong Kong) 18 November 2012 (USA)
Replaced	TVB Magic (Malaysia)
Closed	15 August 2018 (Hong Kong) 1 September 2018 (Asia Pacific and USA)

TVB8 was a Mandarin language general entertainment television channel owned and operated by TVB International.

History[edit]

On December 7, 1998, TVB Satellite Broadcasting Limited was established. and is the only one to enter overseas Chinese satellite TV market. TVB8 was launched, which is mainly broadcast in Mandarin language. TVB8 and TVB Xinghe Channel belongs to TVB were approved by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television of the People's Republic of China for the Mainland China viewers.

After 20 years of broadcasting, TVB8 ceased broadcasting on 15 August 2018 in Hong Kong and 1 September 2018 in Asia-Pacific and USA.

See also[edit]

Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB)

Free-to-air television

Cantonese	TVB Jade TVB J2 TVB News Channel TVB News TVB Finance & Information Channel
English	TVB Pearl

Pay-TV service

Local (Hong Kong)	myTV SUPER
International	TVB Anywhere TVB Europe TVB USA Jadeworld (USA) TVB Australia Jadeworld (Australia)

Online video platform

International channels

TVBI	TVB Jade (International) TVB News Channel (International) TVB Finance & Information Channel (International) TVB Korea Channel TVBJ (Singapore) Asian Action Channel TVB Classic (Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore) TVB Vietnam TVB Xing He TVB1 TVB2 TVBe
Cooperation channels	Astro Wah Lai Toi Astro AOD TVB Jade (Malaysia) Fairchild TV World TV Indosiar

Subsidiaries

Award shows