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
Luk Hon-tak, former director-general of the pro-establishment Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB), started his job Monday as managing editor of TVB News. His appoin ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-02
Several reporters and editors at TVB News have left or will leave their jobs in the near future, Metro Daily reported Thursday. Chief reporter Lam Tsz-Ho left the broadcaster Monday, as reported Wedne ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-26
Calling 2014 a "catastrophic" year for millions of people around the world, Amnesty International in its latest report also expressed concern over the threat to freedom of speech and assembly in Hong ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-26
All four known bidders for a 10.75 percent stake in troubled Asia Television Ltd. (ATV) have strong ties with Beijing, Apple Daily reported Friday, citing sources with knowledge of the deal. They are ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-06
Television Broadcasts Ltd. (TVB, 00511.HK) is selling a 53 percent stake in its wholly owned Taiwan arm Television Broadcasts Satellite (TVBS) for about HK$1.15 billion (US$150 million), the Hong Kong ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-30
Dominant Hong Kong television broadcaster TVB is facing demands for compensation from employees caught out by its surprise decision to close its British and European operations. They are demanding pay ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-14
Last month was the 53rd anniversary of the completion of Chungking Mansions. Many mainland Chinese know it from Chungking Express, a movie by Hong Kong film director Wong Kar-wai which explores the pa ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-05
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
