For a long time, Hong Kong people and corporates enjoyed a free ride on the renminbi as the Chinese currency promised steady appreciation and high returns. But the steep devaluation this week has spoi ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-14
CEC International Holdings Ltd. (00759.HK) has launched an online shopping portal, setting itself up against HKTV Mall, the internet retail unit of Hong Kong Television Network Ltd. (01137.HK). The ne ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-10
Hong Kong Television Network Ltd. (01137.HK) has taken over the MTR subway to make sure commuters don't miss its new venture. The media flagship of entrepreneur Ricky Wong rented all 3,268 billboards ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-05
"Yes, I am really Ricky Wong. Can I help you?" Wong, chairman of embattled Hong Kong Television Network Ltd., was replying to a customer on a social media platform. The customer had made a purchase w ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-04
There must a direct correlation between media and politics, but a reverse correlation between media and economics. Although many media owners are either losing money or making much less than before, ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-29
An advocate of local productions, Hong Kong Television Network (01137.HK) is quickly running out of cash to sustain its ambitious plans. The group issued a profit warning on Monday, saying it expects ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-24
The Hong Kong government is lodging an appeal against a High Court ruling that directed the administration to review its decision to deny a free-to-air TV license to Hong Kong Television Network (HKTV ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-20
Online platforms that target Hong Kong consumers are evidently seen as a good proposition, judging by the spate of new e-business ventures announced in recent months. Hong Kong Television Network (011 ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-07
The High Court found in favor of Hong Kong Television Network (01137.HK) Friday in a judicial review of the government's rejection of HKTV's application for a broadcast license. The court ordered the ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-24
Hong Kong’s television and broadcast industry is set to be turned upside down. The cash-strapped Asia Television Ltd. (ATV) may fold up by the end of next month. But at the same time, David Chiu Tat-c ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-22
Troubled Hong Kong broadcaster Asia Television Ltd. (ATV) is seeking HK$10 million (US$1.29 million) a month for a proposed programming deal with Hong Kong Television Network Ltd. (HKTV). HKTV earlier ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-21
Has Asia Television (ATV), Hong Kong's oldest television broadcaster, given up on its programming and is merely going through the motions before it shuts shop next year? It would appear so, given the ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-16
Hong Kong Television Network Ltd. (HKTV, 01137.HK) said it had proposed to Asia Television Ltd. broadcasting 1,000 hours of HKTV programs on ATV's channels until the end of the year, Ming Pao Daily re ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-14
Thanks to ATV and the Hong Kong government, this year’s April Fool’s Day was truly a remarkable show of teases and hoaxes. Asia Television Ltd. has been merely lingering on in recent years, and since ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-10
With the Leung Chun-ying administration deciding not to renew the license of Asia Television (ATV), it seems to be curtains finally for Hong Kong's oldest and pioneering broadcaster. Barring a miracle ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-02
Asia Television Ltd. (ATV) has been accused of manipulating the news after its news department reported that the cash-strapped television station had struck a deal with a new investor. Industry player ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-02
Hong Kong's Executive Council (Exco) has decided not to renew ATV's free-to-air television broadcast license which will expire in November this year, a top government official said on Wednesday. Grego ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-01
Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying is to blame for Hong Kong's messy terrestrial television industry after he refused a license to Hong Kong Television Network (HKTV) two years ago. It's almost poetic ju ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-01
Online video platform LeTV (300104.CN) is planning a series of Hong Kong television dramas costing up to HK$1 million (US$129,000) each. The investment marks the company's foray into the domestic tele ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-01
Major shareholders of ATV, the financially troubled Hong Kong television broadcaster, are said to have agreed to sell their stakes to HKTV (01137.HK) chairman Ricky Wong Wai-kay. Wong Ben Koon and Won ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-31
