Is Asia Television (ATV), the smaller of Hong Kong's free-to-air TV broadcasters, poised for an ownership change? And if so, who is the buyer and what is prompting the interest? Well, rumors regardin ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-23
An increasing number of business leaders in Hong Kong and the mainland are falling in love with the sport of long-distance running. That's not so surprising because aside from being a straightforward ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-22
Television Broadcasts Ltd. (TVB, 00511.HK), one of Hong Kong's free-to-air television broadcasters, is eliminating 50 jobs amid weak advertising revenue, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reported Wednes ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-17
When I first stayed in a house in Guangzhou in the 1980s, I found that TVB was switched on all the time. I asked the family whether they ever watched state television channels in Mandarin. The reply w ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-12
It's one thing for local media to criticize the results of this year's Miss Hong Kong pageant, but should a state-owned media's online unit join in throwing brickbats at a purely local affair? No soon ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-02
Fifty percent nomination support, four sectors, three or two candidates, one framework. Hong Kong's media have a field day reporting on Beijing's universal suffrage framework. A scan of the local pape ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-01
Li Fei, deputy secretary-general of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, faced protests as he participated in a forum in Hong Kong Monday to discuss Beijing's decision on electoral ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-01
Most Hong Kong people believe Asia Television (ATV) has completed its "historical duty" as a free TV broadcaster and should make way for other players to bring in investment and innovation to rejuvena ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-26
Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying and the Executive Council will have the final say on Asia Television Ltd.'s (ATV) broadcast license renewal. This is despite the Office of the Communications Authority ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-25
Foreign domestic helpers in Hong Kong are demanding a 12 percent increase in their basic salary, saying they can't keep up with the rising cost of living. Also, they are asking for a 74 percent increa ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-15
Hong Kong residents were ranked seventh in a happiness survey conducted among people in the 18-40 age group in ten countries and cities in Asia Pacific region, TVB News reported Sunday, citing a study ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-11
Is Hong Kong ready for the stark realities of a reality show? Maybe. Two programs about single men and women trying to find the other half have enjoyed successful runs but a mini series about seven or ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-06
Hong Kong's communications watchdog has warned government broadcaster RTHK for alleged biased reporting in a controversial television program, Ming Pao Daily reported Wednesday. The Communications Aut ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-06
It's a personal story but there's no escaping the political overtones of last Sunday's installment of the TVB drama Shades of Life. The July 27 episode, "Same Root" starring Oceane Zhu, attracted 1,50 ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-29
Baseball player Satchel Paige once said, “Work like you don't need the money. Dance like nobody's watching.” If you rearrange the words to say “Make money like you're dancing”, you get closer to the i ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-23
The official word from Foshan is that Cantonese and traditional characters are not only mostly off the air, they're off the menu. Government departments, media outlets, schools and public services in ...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
