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'''''News At Seven-Thirty''''' ({{zh|t=七點半新聞報道}}, also known as News At 7:30), is the flagship evening [[English language|English]] news programme which is broadcast daily Monday to Sunday at 7:30{{nbsp}}pm in Hong Kong on [[TVB Pearl]]. ''News At Seven-Thirty'' can also be viewed for free on the [[TVB News]] website. The programme first aired on TVB Pearl when it was launched on 19 November 1967 and is one of the longest running newscasts in Hong Kong with [[News at 6:30]] on its sister channel [[TVB Jade]].

== Broadcasting length ==

''News At Seven-Thirty'' usually broadcasts for approximately 25 minutes, followed later by ''Weather Report'' and ''Financial Report''.

== Theme music ==

*"TVB News Effect Sound Beep Beep Beep" (1977 to December 1983)

*"TVB First Generation Music," (December 1983 to June 30, 1990)

*"TVB Second Generation Music," (July 1, 1990 to July 8, 1995)

*"TVB Third Generation Music," (July 9, 1995 to present)

==Broadcast Time==

'''News At Seven-Thirty''' In fact, as early as in 1967 when TVB broadcasts began, so did the Chinese version, then in 1976 because of [[TVB Jade]] Premiere and changed to the familiar 18:30 slot, and changed its name to [[News at 6:30|六點半新聞報道 (News at 6:30)]] to date. And then the TVB Pearl news name has gone several changes from 3 April 1978 until it settled for the 7:30pm slot in July 1995.

* News Today (November 19, 1967 to April 2, 1978)

* News at 7:00 (April 3, 1978 to November 30, 1988)

* News at 7:15 and News at 9:00 (December 1, 1988 to May 30, 1993) <ref name=bbtmhm>"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WQIYPWtX8s]" News at 7:15 Broadcast in June 5, 1989.</ref><ref name=bbtmhmm>"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhy2g8j8Ln4&t=34s]" News at 9:00 Broadcast in June 6, 1989.</ref>

* News at 8:00 (May 31, 1993 to June 30, 1995)

* News at 7:30 (July 1, 1995 – Present)

===Special News===