No charges will be filed in the alleged assault of four reporters during last year's democracy protests. The Hong Kong police said they will not prosecute the suspects, citing lack of evidence, Ming P ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-30
Hong Kong has been buzzing this past week over the latest mainland encroachment on its media sector, in which leading broadcaster Television Broadcasts Ltd. (00511.HK) is selling a stake in itself to ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-30
On the very day that it unveiled its political reform package for the 2017 chief executive election, the Leung Chun-ying administration kicked off what appears to be a well-planned, well-coordinated a ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-29
Police have taken some people into custody following violent demonstrations Sunday night in Mong Kok, which has been the scene of several anti-government and anti-mainlander protests in recent months. ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-28
For students at the Hong Kong Baptist University, going to the Kowloon Tong MTR station means a lot of hassle even though the rail facility is just 300 meters away from the campus. First, the students ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-27
Lawmakers have expressed concern over the move of the controlling shareholder of Television Broadcasts Ltd. (TVB, 00511.HK), Hong Kong's top television broadcaster, to bring in a mainland partner. The ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-23
As the government unveiled its political reform proposal to the Legislative Council for approval on Wednesday, the schism between the youth and their elders once again comes to the fore. Late last yea ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-22
China is generally considered a technology follower rather than a leader, but new data shows an exciting trend that could result in the country finally emerging as a global innovator in internet-conne ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-15
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
Media companies have been debating with themselves whether to publish content on their own websites or post it directly on social networks. Facebook is making them decide sooner rather than later. Las ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-06
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
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
Let me grant you a wish. You will have four toilets in your new home (which I once had in Toronto), so there is no need to scramble with other family members in the morning. But one of them will be a ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-24
Since last year, Hong Kong's smaller free-to-air television broadcaster Asia Television has been going through a deep financial crisis. It had to postpone the payment of staff salaries for months, and ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-24
I was sad to learn that Deacon Chiu, former ATV chairman and owner, had passed away this morning. He was 90. I remember him as being the only ATV chairman who made the broadcaster profitable. In 1989, ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-17
Government prosecutors are close to a decision whether to file formal charges against former Hong Kong chief executive Donald Tsang for alleged misconduct. Secretary for Justice Rimsky Yuen said the p ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-11
Media maverick Jimmy Lai Chee-ying has made another key change to his empire, promoting Chan Pui-man to chief editor of Apple Daily. Chan, a veteran journalist, is the first woman to head the newspape ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-10
A Hong Kong non-profit group has demanded a retraction and an apology from the writer and publisher of a book about the Occupy Central Movement, who accused it of being a United States-funded organiza ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-06
More allegations have surfaced of Television Broadcasts Ltd. (TVB), Hong Kong's top free-to-air television broadcaster, indulging in self-censorship amid the current politically charged environment in ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-02
