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
After trying for more than five years to secure a television license in Hong Kong with no success, HKTV (01137.HK) chose to broadcast its production on the internet. The group booked a loss of HK$237 ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-27
Unless another white knight comes along, we could be seeing the last of ATV in a few days. That's straight out of Wong Chin, the mainland tycoon who owns a majority stake in the troubled broadcaster. ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-26
In February 2012, then chief executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen was accused of traveling abroad several times on a luxury yacht and a private jet with local business tycoons and renting a luxury apartmen ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-09
Hong Kong Television Network Ltd. (HKTV) (01137.HK) has opened an online mall which it hopes will be the biggest in Hong Kong. HKTV distributed HK$100 in spending money to more than 1.23 million regis ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-03
Someone in Beijing must be a fan of HKTV chairman Ricky Wong. Shortly after the debut of his latest TV drama To Be, Or Not To Be” (literally “I don’t want to be a Hongkonger”), we were told that many ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-13
Commercial viability remains a key challenge for small online media firms as well as traditional media outlets who are trying out digital operations as a new business. The aggregator website House New ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-30
Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.US) is combining enterprise and personal applications in its Windows Phones to make the devices more useful for a broad spectrum of consumers and help the firm compete better wit ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-02
Ricky Wong's Hong Kong Television Network (HKTV) had an average of 563,000 daily viewers in its first week of broadcast, placing it second to industry leader Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB). On av ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-28
