Faith-Based Television Leader Trinity Broadcasting Network Launches on now TV, Hong Kong's Largest Pay TV Provider

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Feb 18, 2014, 07:00 ET

HONG KONG, Feb. 18, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN), the world's largest religious broadcaster, announced from its Southern California headquarters that its most popular faith-and-family channel, TBN, is now airing 24 hours a day on Hong Kong's largest pay TV provider, now TV. Broadcast on channel 544, TBN offers a wide variety of popular Christian church and ministry programs, music, family-friendly movies, children's programming, and shows for teens and young adults.

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"We are excited to introduce TBN's unique and impacting mix of faith-and-family programming to households throughout Hong Kong," said TBN Vice President Matthew Crouch. "We're sure our new viewers will find that no other faith-based network offers the broad range of entertaining, educational, and inspiring programming available 24 hours every day on TBN. We're honored to be on board with Hong Kong's now TV."

Originating from TBN's Asia broadcast hub in the Philippines, the new network's programming is predominantly in English, with the addition of some regionally produced Mandarin-language inspirational programming.

TBN officials noted that with an estimated 1,300 Christian congregations throughout Hong Kong, they anticipate adding locally produced programming to the TBN broadcast schedule in the coming months, featuring pastors, speakers, and Christian leaders from throughout the area. "We're looking forward to partnering with Hong Kong's growing Christian community," said Mr. Crouch. "TBN is the perfect broadcast vehicle for them to reach out to their friends and neighbors."

About the Trinity Broadcasting Family of Networks
With 26 networks and growing worldwide, the Trinity Broadcasting Family of Networks is the world's largest faith-and-family television group, airing a broad range of church and ministry programming, Christian music, family-friendly movies, children's programing, and shows for teens and young adults 24 hours a day to every inhabited continent via 87 satellites and 20,000 television and cable affiliates. In addition, TBN's most popular global networks are available on computers, smart phones, and other mobile devices, and over 22,000 hours of entertaining and inspiring On-Demand programming is accessible via TBN's innovative online network, iTBN.org. To find out more about the Trinity Broadcasting Family of Networks, log on to www.tbn.org.

TBN Media Contact: Colby May, E-Mail: [email protected]; Tel: 972-313-9500

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