Hong Kong Satellite TV (HKSTV) is a television network that offers channels with Mandarin language content broadcasted via satellite to Chinese viewers worldwide. Based in Hong Kong, HKSTV is owned by Hong Kong Satellite TV International Media Group and has been granted six separate channels and one Internet-television channel by the Hong Kong government in 2008. Operations began in 2010 and by 2011, HKSTV became the first Hong Kong television station to be broadcast into Mainland China via CNTV. In 2013, HKSTV began broadcasting across Taiwan via 5TV, and can be reached by every household in Taiwan. Today, the HKSTV satellite signal can be received in over 140 countries world-wide. HKSTV provides a diverse range of programmes consisting of news, information, social, sport and entertainment programmes. HKSTV distinguishes itself from other channels by using a mix of foreign and Chinese television hosts. In addition to broadcast media services, HKSTV engages in diversified investments including film and television production, cultural industries, financial investments and property developments.