News Roundup (TVB)

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News Roundup

晚間新聞
Genre| News
Created by| TVB News
Presented by| Weeknights:
Kennie Chan
Weekends:
TVB News journalists
Country of origin| Hong Kong
Original language| Cantonese
Production
Producer| TVB News
Production location| Hong Kong
Running time| 30 minutes
Release
Original network| TVB Jade
Picture format| 16:9 1080i (HDTV)
Original release| 19 November 1967 (1967-11-19) –
present
Chronology
Related shows| News at Six-Thirty

News Roundup (Chinese: 晚間新聞) is the flagship news programme for Hong Kong television channel TVB Jade. It airs from 11:00 to 11:30 pm on weeknights and 11:30 to 11:45 pm on weekends. The weeknight version of the programme is presented by Kennie Chan.

As of June 2017[update], News Roundup was the most watched daily news programme in Hong Kong, with average 0.7 million (11%) viewers each night.[1]

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 English Version
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## History[edit]

News Roundup was originally launched as Late News (最後新聞) at 11:30 pm on 17 November 1967. The programme was moved to 11:30 pm in the 1990s.[when?]

On 2 February 2009, the weeknight versions of News Roundup moved to 11:00 pm on TVB Jade, TVBN and TVB iNews as the flagship newscast of TVB News. Akina Fong became the first permanent presenter of the newscast. News Roundup also begins airing in high definition since 2 February 2009. Fong's final broadcast was aired on 24 February 2012, Kenneth Ng succeeded her after the 2012 Chief Executive election.

News Roundup was extended to a one-hour newscast for TVB Jade on 5 January 2015. However, the length of the broadcast returned to 30 minutes on 11 July 2016.

## English Version[edit]

The English version of News Roundup airs after the Studio 930.

## References[edit]

1. ^ "無綫收視全面插水 《六點半新聞報道》上周平均得9.7點收視" (in Chinese). HK01. 27 June 2017.

## External links[edit]

* Official website