Jadeworld
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Jadeworld is a broadcasting station based in Sydney, Australia that caters for the Chinese community in Australia. It currently consists of 14 channels, with many programs relayed from TVB operations in Hong Kong and Taiwan.
CCTV-4
was added in 2000, while CNBC Asia was taken off the channels in 2001.
JET-TV was offered to certain plan subscribers from until 2005.
The addition of Dragon TV, Hunan TV, Chonqing TV and Phoenix TV in 2006-07 caters for subscribers of Mainland descent.
Jadeworld offered an IPPV service to subscribers after a software upgrade in 2001. Movies from Hong Kong were streamed in a box-office style interface in a timetabled fashion daily. Each movie cost A$9.90.
The variety of movies offered by the IPPV system were limited, and unpopularity with the subscribers led to it being shut down a few months later.
Current channel line-up
Channel Number | Channel | Genre | Language(s) |
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1 | TVBJ | Variety | Cantonese |
2 | Celestial Movies Celestial Movies Celestial Movies is a 24-hour movie channel bringing current Chinese blockbusters to the world. The channel also showcases internationally acclaimed titles from Japan and Korea, and features behind-the-scenes, interviews with movie stars and directors, entertainment news and film award ceremonies... |
Movies | Cantonese/Mandarin |
3 | Dragon TV | Mainland programs | Mandarin |
4 | TVB8 | Lifestyle | Mandarin |
5 | TVB Xing He | Dramas | Cantonese/Mandarin |
6 | TVBS-Asia TVBS-Asia TVBS-Asia is a satellite cable channel operated by TVBS in Taiwan, launched on June 2, 1997, but only broadcasts abroad.-External links:... |
Lifestyle | Mandarin |
7 | TVBS-NEWS TVBS-NEWS TVBS-NEWS or is a satellite cable news television channel in Taiwan, launched on 2 October 1995. TVBS-NEWS is also the first 24 hour nationwide news channel in Taiwan.- External links :... |
Taiwanese News | Mandarin |
8 | CCTV-4 CCTV-4 CCTV-4 is the international broadcast for CCTV International in the Mandarin language. It is one of six CCTV channels that broadcasts outside of China, the other five being CCTV News, CCTV-E, CCTV-F, CCTV-Русский and CCTV-العربية.... |
Mainland programs | Mandarin |
9 | Hunan TV | Mainland programs | Mandarin |
10 | Chongqing TV | Mainland programs | Mandarin |
11 | TVBN | Hong Kong news | Cantonese |
12 | TVB Lifestyle (replaces TVB Korean on 1 Jan 2009) | Lifestyle programs | Cantonese/Mandarin |
13 | Phoenix TV Phoenix Television Phoenix Satellite Television Holdings Ltd or Phoenix Television is a Hong Kong-based Mandarin Chinese and Cantonese television broadcaster that serves the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong along with other markets with substantial Chinese viewers... |
Mainland programs | Mandarin |
14 | Phoenix Infonews | Mainland programs | Mandarin |
History
Jadeworld began as JEDi (Jade Entertainment Digital Interactive) in 2000, broadcasting only 7 channels-Channel Number | Channel | Language(s) |
---|---|---|
1 | TVBJ | Cantonese |
2 | Movie Channel | Cantonese/Mandarin |
4 | TVB8 | Cantonese/Mandarin |
5 | TVB Xing He (dramas) | Cantonese/Mandarin |
6 | TVBS-Asia | Mandarin |
7 | TVBS-N | Mandarin |
9 | CNBC Asia CNBC Asia CNBC Asia is a business news television channel in Asia. A subsidiary of NBC Universal, it is the Asian service of the Consumer News and Business Channel . Its programmes originate from Singapore, Hong Kong and Sydney and has bureaus in Tokyo and Seoul.... |
English |
CCTV-4
CCTV-4
CCTV-4 is the international broadcast for CCTV International in the Mandarin language. It is one of six CCTV channels that broadcasts outside of China, the other five being CCTV News, CCTV-E, CCTV-F, CCTV-Русский and CCTV-العربية....
was added in 2000, while CNBC Asia was taken off the channels in 2001.
JET-TV was offered to certain plan subscribers from until 2005.
The addition of Dragon TV, Hunan TV, Chonqing TV and Phoenix TV in 2006-07 caters for subscribers of Mainland descent.
Jadeworld offered an IPPV service to subscribers after a software upgrade in 2001. Movies from Hong Kong were streamed in a box-office style interface in a timetabled fashion daily. Each movie cost A$9.90.
The variety of movies offered by the IPPV system were limited, and unpopularity with the subscribers led to it being shut down a few months later.