... antonese, TVB reported on July 10. The whole channel is likely to change to Putonghua for all programs. Related stories: Cantonese gaining popularity in Shanghai Guangdong TV News to switch to Puton ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-15
A slip of the tongue brought one woman in for online ridicule Sunday when she confused television viewers about which side the Occupy Central line she stood on. The unidentified woman told a TVB repor ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-14
The Guangdong Television News Channel will make the full switch from Cantonese to Putonghua in September, sparking speculation that Cantonese will soon be marginalized, TVB reported Thursday. Hourly n ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-11
I was in Guangzhou and Foshan over the weekend, and I never felt farther from Hong Kong, which is just two hours away. Of course, I could still watch TVB Jade and TVB Pearl in South China, but half of ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-07
Hong Kong's role as an offshore renminbi center is at risk from a planned civil disobedience campaign by Occupy Central, according to a TVB report on Wednesday, citing China's top economic authorities ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-03
... ' Centre, TVB reported. – Contact us at [email protected] JH/JP/RC ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-02
... the first TVB International Chinese New Talent Singing Championship in 1982 and made it to the final round only to withdraw to accept the offer of a government job. Young was in elite singing company ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-25
... watching TVB's match highlights, the report said. But even this option is not available to “Long Hair” at the Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre -- he had demanded a cell in solitary without a TV. Leung is ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-18
... y for the TVB feed. President Xi Jinping is on record as a football fan so the South China Sea disputes and the anti-corruption drive could go on the back burner for the next month. With China not in ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-12
... e July 1, TVB reported on Tuesday, citing Ambrose So, chief executive of SJM, the city’s biggest gambling company by market share. "We do not know how many gamblers use this means to get cash… but we ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-10
... le Daily, TVB and Yahoo because they are well-positioned in the mass market while new media are still in their infancy. Tsang also said advertisers can be deterred by outlets taking a strong stand on ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-10
... n various TVB shows. It's likely Hong Kong Disney hired him for his dancing skills which come with the ability to organize people, put on a show and demonstrate a sense of timing. As for his talent to ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-06
... a former TVB producer and former program director of Commercial Radio Channel 1, said Ho had a deep impact on television. She said many of TVB's soap dramas were inspired by 18/F Flat C and that the ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-06
... h airs on TVB Jade on Saturday and Sunday mornings. At the same time, the city’s print media, especially newspapers, are almost all under the control of businessmen with close links to Beijing. The ex ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-04
... ying in a TVB report Monday. Living in exile for about 25 years in the United States, Yan is still optimistic about a redress, the report said. While the politically sensitive date draws near, routine ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-03
... ebuted on TVB in 1985. Hongkongers of a certain age might remember him as Siu Chi-keung, the obsessive football player who, with his friend Ozora Tsubasa (Tai Chi-wai), mesmerized young viewers with " ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-27
... of former TVB actress Eugina Lau and singer Peter Cheung died on February 19, 2005, one day after birth, due to head injury, brain hemorrhage and organ failure. Lau said she felt like her baby was the ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-26
... kend that TVB owner Charles Chan has sold Shaw Brothers studio, which is part of the TV City complex, to Fosun International, a Shanghai-based conglomerate. The price tag was reported to be HK$1.5 bil ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-19
Internet TV set-top boxes like the Xiaomi Box are mounting unfair competition and eating in the pay-TV business of Television Broadcasts Ltd. (TVB, 00511.HK) by offering a treasure trove of pirated co ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-16
... he former TVB studio in Clear Water Bay which Kuok plans to redevelop into luxury apartments with Shaw Brothers. The site was stated as HK$1.5 billion but some estimates put its value at HK$3 billion. ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-12