Telefishion

Telefishion
GenreSlow television
Country of originHong Kong
Original languageNone
No. of series1
Production
Running timeVarious
Production companyAsia Television
Original release
NetworkATV Home
ATV World
Release15 March 1994 (1994-03-15) –
22 May 2011 (2011-05-22)

Telefishion (Chinese: 魚樂無窮) is a television program in Hong Kong which was broadcast on ATV Home and ATV World and showed goldfish in a fish bowl live, accompanied by classical music.[1] The program was aired at startups and closedowns every day, and after daytime closedowns of ATV World. It was also the first slow TV in Hong Kong.

History[2][3]

Telefishion was suggested by Kenneth Kwok Wai Kin(郭偉健), the CEO of Asia Television who was invited by Lim Por-yen(林百欣). Kwok thought that the competitor, the Television Broadcasts Limited's test pattern was not interesting, so he suggested showing a fishbowl with goldfishes in summertime and a stove in wintertime, to replace the test pattern when off-the-air and increase the advertising revenue of ATV. ATV decided to use the fishbowl with goldfish option and the stove option was not implemented due to safety issues.

The program was introduced in mid-March 1994, and was first aired at 4:15 a.m. on 15 March 1994 simultaneously in both Home and World channels before closedown.[4] In 2004, as the ATV station started broadcasting 24 hours a day, the program was cancelled, 25 April 2004 being the last-time it was aired in ATV World.[5][6]

In February 2011, Telefishion was aired again for a short time, broadcast in the morning. However, this TV program was cancelled in May 2011.[7][8]

See also

  1. ^ Bak, Gwong-gei 白廣基 (28 January 2011). "爐香齋：魚樂無窮" [Luxiangzhai: Telefishion]. The Sun (Hong Kong) (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 5 March 2024. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  2. ^ "【那些年的亞視】唯一的Telefishion 魚情未了不復來". Apple Daily (in Chinese). 15 April 2015. Archived from the original on 17 April 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  3. ^ "Telefishion and the ATV broadcasts that made history for all the wrong reasons". South China Morning Post. 4 March 2016.
  4. ^ "ATV World". South China Morning Post. 14 March 1994. p. 25.
  5. ^ "The programme list with Telefishion last-aired". 太陽報網頁：SUN娛樂 (in Chinese). The Sun (Hong Kong). 25 April 2004.
  6. ^ "The programme list without Telefishion". 太陽報網頁：SUN娛樂 (in Chinese). The Sun (Hong Kong). 2 May 2004.
  7. ^ 《魚樂無窮》下周重臨亞視 (in Chinese). Ming Pao. 26 January 2011.
  8. ^ "News archive of 《魚樂無窮》下周重臨亞視 in Ming Pao L.I.F.E." (in Chinese). Ming Pao L.I.F.E. 26 January 2011.