[HONG KONG] ATV English channel closedown 1985

[@pookerville]

Those were the days of British Hong Kong. That was when TV stations there shut down with "God Save the Queen." A portrait of the Queen would appear on the screen while the anthem played. Now, who knows what they're playing at the end of the broadcast day there?

[@itepk0522]

Idk, tell me

[@perlasandoval7883]

They probably just play ads or if they are like my country tv shopping shows

[@DonkeykongSw2]

Don't know since they all went 24/7/365.

[@joshualee1563]

Now all channels run 24/7 but it is a legal requirement now for all tv stations to play the Communist Chinese national anthem before all news programmes

[@MattSuguisAsFondAsEverrr]

china

[@ngai1842]

This is Beautiful

[@MultiAstraTVI]

In 1997, Hong Kong television signed off, instead of playing God Save the Queen, they played March of the Volunteers (the national anthem of mainland China) due to Hong Kong handover from Britain to China.

[@kimijojoe1196]

返英國就改至國歌嘅King字好聽！

[@Suznnevalyofficial]

You sure? I never saw a modern-day Hong Kong TV closedown with the Chinese anthem.

[@TreeMationsHD]

Seeing this rendition of the UK anthem made me inspired to make a King Charles III remake of it

[@shaydailly]

Already did that on my channel, mate.

[@TreeMationsHD]

@@shaydailly That's TVB tho

[@JohnSmith-zw8vp]

He was actually there at the 1997 handover ceremony.

[@jhoanrv2023]

0:11 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 R.I.P Prince Philip

[@ukmapper6179]

i miss you british hong kong, wish there would be a referendum

[@hysan121]

It's pretty hard to expect a referendum that china will ALLOW.

[@munnakhan8961]

Cry😂

[@ukmapper6179]

@Georgeleong114 true both of them but Chinese people's Repiblic kinda gets greedy there

[@MultiAstraTVI]

ATV Home & ATV World were closed (ceased operations) on April 2, 2016 due to their license was revoked by the Hong Kong government since April 1, 2015.

[@rickymarcial571]

And HK's ATV (亞視) migrated to OTT digital streaming service.

[@poncianojohnkian5054]

Hong Kong Asia Television Limited (ATV) English (ATV World) channel closedown in 1985. In Memoriam, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (1926-2022), reigned 1952-2022. Rest in Peace, Your Majesty, the Queen. 🙏

[@ARS2K7SEAsia]

But in April 2016, ATV free TV channels signed off due to revocation of license in 2015.

[@sandychan1121]

😭😭

[@阿凡阿賢]

Long live British Hong Kong!😭

[@Boricua3lions1985]

I'm a Puerto Rican who's lived in England and I agree!

[@alifr4088]

Better in the hands of british than the communists

[@SuperValue350]

Cringe

[@munnakhan8961]

Long live people's republic of China

[@juanpablofernandezrauchtvr9256]

0:11 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 R.I.P. Queen Elizabeth II

[@OrganicAct]

Did the queens picture change as she got older? She had gray-ish hair by the handover in 1997.

[@aftabzafar2032]

When you really think about it, ATV was the Sega of HK TV channel and TVB was Nintendo

[@liamsalisbury2733]

Long live the Queen!

[@pakapolchotkiatkij2252]

UK anthem this vertion in F major is original key or not

[@dukeofrodtown1705]

That's not F major. That's concert B-flat major, and this used to be the official key bands used across the UK, and Commonwealth for decades, especially when the late Queen or other Royal Family members (including the soon-to-be coronated King Charles) were present in-person.

[@katthakitty7922]

Rip queen

[@danielmartins383]

It's too sad to see Hong Kong's true shine fade away with time... It wouldn't be Hong Kong anymore, just a regular Xianggang, with no soul of its own. I hope Hong Kong gets a rebirth, but I'm not sure if it's likely. Greetings from Brazil!

[@thutrangnguyen4094]

😭🇭🇰🇬🇧

[@NRFEPH]

0:11 - "My Country! Tis Of Thee" (USA)

[@oskarengelbrekt]

No

[@batamium_diriade]

Nope

[@Pg-xe7kk]

@@이종국-g9w3p ㅋㅋ

[@fmondeo]

@@이종국-g9w3p No

[@DonkeykongSw2]

Also stolen from the French.

[@JohnSmith-zw8vp]

God Save British Hong Kong!

[@ingushetiaball4878]

First

[@breizhcatalonia1993]

Old.

[@philoq579]

But Queen Elizabeth is beautiful😊

[@philoq579]

That’s weird Hong Kong is in British empire

[@revinhatol]

Or rather, the Commonwealth.