i-Cable Communications
i-CABLE Communications Limited (a Hong Kong Cable Television Limited holding company) (SEHK: 1097, OTC Pink: ICABY), i-Cable in short, is an internet Service Provider in Hong Kong, and is now one of Hong Kong's leading integrated communications companies. In 1999, the company began to develop advanced applications for its fibre coaxial network (already used for the paid-TV service) and to capitalise on the rapidly growing number of Internet users in Hong Kong. It provides
- dial-up internet access service
- high speed broadband internet access service (January 2000)
- residential fixed-line telephone service (January 2006)
The broadband internet access service deploying cable modem based technology via the TCP/IP which is differed from the PPPoE technology provided by conventional carrier.
i-CABLE is also the holding company that runs one of Hong Kong's pay television providers. Established as Wharf Cable, the current 12-year licence will expire on 31 December 2017. It is listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Wharf Holdings Limited owns 73 per cent of the cable provider and the rest amongst public shareholders.
Hong Kong Cable is also commonly referred to as "Cable Television", and is branded as "CABLE TV".
Starting from May 2014, all of icable broadband service plans can be accessed on Broadbandhk.
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- Approved
- Fantastic TV
- Fantastic TV Chinese Channel
- Fantastic TV English Channel
- Proposed
- HKTV
- Forever Top Asia
- NAN
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Cable TV Hong Kong channels |
- CABLE No.1
- i-CABLE Weather
- i-CABLE Top News
- i-CABLE Finance Info
- i-CABLE News
- i-CABLE Live News
- i-CABLE Children
- Fantastic Channel
- CABLE Drama
- i-CABLE Channel 18
- Macau Cultural Channel
- Movie 1
- Movie 2
- HMC
- Cine P.
- i-CABLE Sports Times
- i-CABLE Super Soccer
- i-CABLE Sports
- i-CABLE Channel 63
- i-CABLE Soccer Betting
- i-CABLE Odds
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now TV channels |
- now Hong Kong
- now 101
- now Entertainment
- now HaiRun
- now jelli
- now Video Express
- now Baogu Movies
- now Direct
- now News
- now BNC
- now Data
- Watch n Learn
- MOOV Concert/MV
- now Shop
- now BPL
- now Sport
- now Sport Prime
- now Golf
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TVB Network Vision channels |
- TVB Window
- TVB Good Show
- TVB Food
- TVB Entertainment News
- TVBN
- TVBN2
- TVB Japanese Drama
- TVB Korean Drama
- TVB Classic
- TVB Chinese Drama
- TVB Drama Select
- TVB Encore
- TVB Classic Movies
- TVB Sports
- TVB Mainland News
- TVB NV Info
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HKBN bbTV channels |
- Public Information Channel
- Live Information Channel
- HK Movie Channel 1
- HK Movie Channel 2
- Drama Channel 1
- Drama Channel 2
- Drama Buffet Channel 1
- Anyplex VOD Movie Channel
- MEGA Theatre-on-demand
- Chinese Opera Channel
- Cookery Channel
- bbMV
- Kids Education Channel 1
- Kids Education Channel 2
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