The Late News

Late News
Genre	News, Business, Sport, Weather
Created by	ATV News
Country of origin	Hong Kong
Language(s)	English and Cantonese
Production
Producer(s)	ATV
Location(s)	Hong Kong
Running time	Weekday: 45 minutes, Weekend: 35 minutes, Daily: 20 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	ATV Home, ATV Asia, ATV World
Picture format	16:9 1080i (SDTV)
Audio format	Stereo
First shown in	Hong Kong
Original run	May 29, 1957 – Present

The Late News is the nightly news programme broadcast Monday to Friday at 10:00pm, Saturday & Sunday at 11:15pm and Monday to Sunday at 11:00pm in Hong Kong by television channel ATV Home, ATV Asia, ATV World.

Programming History

The first nightly bulletin was launched on May 29, 1957 - News Report aired at 10:00pm to 10:15pm, moved to 10:30pm to 10:45pm, renamed The Last News. In April 2, 1984, moved back from Monday to Friday at 11:00pm to 11:15pm and on Saturday & Sunday at 11:30pm to 11:45pm. In February 2, 1987, moved to 11:30pm to 11:45pm. In February 13, 1989, moved back to 9:00pm to 9:30pm, Asia Television Limited called News at Nine, renamed to Late News. In October 2, 1989, moved to 9:30pm to 10:00pm, renamed to News at 9:30. In February 5, 1990, moved back to the 9:00pm to 9:30pm. In February 25, 1991, moved to 11:30pm to 11:45pm. In January 6, 1992, moved back to 9:30pm to 10:00pm. In October 5, 1992, moved to 9:00pm to 9:30pm. In August 15, 1994, moved back to 10:00pm to 10:30pm, renamed to News at Ten. In August 21, 1995 moved back to 11:00pm to 11:30pm, renamed to News at Eleven. In July 7, 1997, moved to 11:15pm to 11:30pm. In April 6, 1998, moved back to 11:00pm to 11:30pm. In January 4, 1999, moved back to 10:00pm to 10:30pm. In June 7, 1999, moved back to 11:00pm to 11:30pm. In October 4, 1999, moved to 11:30pm to 11:55pm, renamed to ATV Late News. In July 10, 2000, moved back to 11:00pm to 11:30pm. In June 4, 2001, moved to 11:15pm to 11:40pm. In April 19, 2004, moved back to 11:00pm to 11:25pm. In November 22, 2004, moved to 10:30pm to 10:55pm. In February 28, 2005, moved back to 11:00pm to 11:25pm. In April 21, 2008, moved to 11:15pm to 11:40pm. In September 28, 2008, Late News programme change to 16:9. In February 2, 2009, moved back to 10:30pm to 11:00pn. In October 5, 2009, moved to 10:45pm to 11:30pm. In February 15, 2010, moved back to 10:30pm to 11:15pm. In January 3, 2011, moved to 10:45pm to 11:30pm. In May 2, 2011, moved back from Monday to Friday at 10:30pm to 11:00pm, Saturday & Sunday at 11:30pm to 11:50pm. In July 16, 2011, Saturday & Sunday moved back to 11:15pm to 11:50pm. In August 15, 2011, moved back from Monday to Friday at 10:00pm to 10:45pm.