Simon Lo Man-kit is a familiar face to many Hong Kong television viewers. He used to be one of the hosts of Flash Fax, TVB's highly popular children's program. He currently appears in several local dr ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-18
Glen Lee Lam-yan, the only son of Hong Kong's former security secretary Ambrose Lee Siu-kwong, pleaded guilty at a local court Thursday to a charge of drunk driving, Ming Pao Daily reported. Lee, 35, ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-17
Television Broadcasts Ltd. (TVB, 00511.HK), Hong Kong's biggest free-to-air television broadcaster, has come under fire in the recent past for giving prime-time slots to mainland China-produced drama ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-15
The Jockey Club said live broadcasts of horse racing and Mark Six draws will switch from Asia Television (ATV) to Television Broadcasts Ltd. (TVB) starting Aug. 1, Metro Daily reported Tuesday. It sai ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-14
Civic Party member Ken Tsang Kin-chiu has been granted a judicial review of the refusal of police to name the seven officers who he says beat him up in Tamar Park during an Occupy protest in October. ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-13
AsiaWorld-Expo Management Ltd., which operates the AsiaWorld-Expo convention and exhibition center in Hong Kong, has announced that two color-themed events that were due to be held at the venue have b ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-09
The Hong Kong Museum of Art, which is located near the waterfront in Tsim Sha Tsui, will be closed from August 3 for a major renovation and expansion project. Under a HK$930 million project, the museu ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-08
Ng Hiu-tung, a former reporter with Television Broadcasts Ltd. (TVB), plans to launch a newswire in Hong Kong through a crowd-funding initiative. The venture, called FactWire, will focus on investigat ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-02
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
Competition in this year's Miss Hong Kong pageant has been taken to a higher level after a well-qualified young musician took the media spotlight. Enter Ada Pong Cheuk-yan (龐卓欣), a Manhattan School of ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-24
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
TVB, Hong Kong’s largest television broadcaster, has won another broadcast journalism award for its exclusive news video footage of police officers apparently beating a pro-democracy protester during ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-23
The Hong Kong media sector is once again catching the eye of investors. Owners of traditional media like newspapers, magazines and free television stations are struggling for survival amid the challen ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-18
Hong Kong stormed to the top of its group in the World Cup Asian qualifiers, crushing Maldives, 2-0, Tuesday for its second straight win. The local side had been heavily favored to beat Maldives after ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-17
She is not the first person you would think of when asked to name a pan-democrat. She looks like a world-famous politician, but her face is often blocked from view by her party's other members. So, ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-17
A television host with Hong Kong-based Phoenix TV has been given a suspended jail sentence and fined HK$5,500 (US$709) for cigarette smuggling. Ma Bin, a former presenter with state broadcaster CCTV, ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-16
It's said that beauty and brains don't often go together. That's why those who possess those qualities are celebrated or disparaged by lesser mortals, depending on their point of view. Is that also wh ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-15
Hong Kong's television industry is attracting mainland investors because of its relatively high degree of freedom. Allan Zeman, an independent non-executive director of Television Broadcasts Ltd. (TVB ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-15
It's amazing that a rerun of TVB’s The Greed of Man has become a hit again in Hong Kong. The stock market-themed drama series has attracted lots of late-night viewers. Some viewers say The Greed of Ma ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-08
The online world is a free-for-all when it comes to dissemination of crazy ideas and rumors. This week some netizens displayed unusual creativity as they circulated rumors that Manulife Financial has ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-05
