Our Businesses - 有線寬頻 | i-CABLE Communications Limited

i-CABLE is committed to developing communication services and producing high-quality and diversified TV programmes, and adhering to a customer-oriented attitude to provide excellent and stable services to the public.

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Network Infrastructure

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Free-TV

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HOY broadcast three free TV channels 76, 77 and 78, providing round-the-clock content including news, entertainment, dramas, infotainment, travelogue and foods, and diversified varieties and enrichments content in Cantonese and English.HOY (pronounced as "Hoi" in Cantonese) carries the brand vision to support talents from all walks of life and enable them to tell the world our unique Hong Kong stories. As a human brand with rich personalities, HOY provides connected experiences through seamlessly integrating exceptional content and engagement, to inspire and empower people for a positive and happy life.

HOY International Business Channel (Channel 76)

provides round-the-clock financial news and information with programmes in both English and Putonghua. The Channel features news on Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Bay Area and invites specialists from financial and political sectors to the programmes to share market insights and in-depth analysis, bringing viewers comprehensive and first-hand information in view of the market trend.

HOY TV (Channel 77)

aims to innovate and optimize content engagement experiences, providing round-the-clock content including news, entertainment, dramas, infotainment, travelogue and foods, and diversified varieties and enrichments content.

HOY Infotainment (Channel 78)

aims to provide all kinds of latest news information, bringing audience first-hand local news, global financial information, sports news, lifestyle and cultural highlights, and 360-degree real-time professional analysis of international and local events.

For more details about the Free-to-Air TV spectrum broadcasting and reception issues, please visit https://www.hoy.tv/spectrum/ .

Network Infrastructure

The Group owns and operates one of the near universal coverage telecommunications networks in Hong Kong.

Our distribution network can be divided into two sections: Trunk transmission and in-building coaxial networks. The fibre optic cable trunk network is connected to in-building coaxial networks to form a hybrid fibre coaxial cable (HFC) network. Over 2 million households covered by our network in Hong Kong are connected to our HFC network.

The i-CABLE network is engineered and built to be two-way interactive, allowing high speed transmission of data and voice and as well as video. On top of television service, broadband access service is already available to over 2 million homes via ourInternet Protocol (IP) overlay network.

Internet & Multimedia Services

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The Group began to develop a second core business with the formation of a new business unit in January 1999 to develop advanced applications for our fibre coaxial network and to capitalise on the rapidly growing number of Internet users in Hong Kong. The Broadband internet access service was delivered via the Group's Internet Protocal (IP) overlay network, deploying cable-modem based technology. The Group's clear edge in rapid rollout and its well-established marketing and service provisioning infrastructure have enabled the Group to become one of Hong Kong's two clear leaders of Broadband service provision.

Leveraging on the Group's the pay-TV content, the unit has developed new media content to generate additional income. They include portals on news, sports, horse racing, stocks and adult entertainment. In addition, the Group is one of the leading video suppliers to mobile operators in Hong Kong.

The Group also provides local VoIP service to the residential market, utilizing the hybrid fiber coaxial, cable network for core and last-mile signal transmission. The local VoIP service enables subscribers to make and receive calls using traditional telephone handsets connected to a voice-enabled cable modem.