Hong Kong's Executive Council (Exco) has decided not to renew ATV's free-to-air television broadcast license which will expire in November this year, a top government official said on Wednesday. Grego ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-01
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
PCCW Ltd. (00008.HK) is looking for acquisition opportunities in India, Europe and the United States to grow its overseas business, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reported Wednesday. BG Srinivas, who ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-18
More than 640,000 Hongkongers chose to watch Hong Kong Television Network on Wednesday. The birth of Ricky Wong Wai-kay's new online TV platform sends a strong signal that the government's regulatory ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-21
A homegrown manager is set to take the helm of a 1.8 billion pound (US$2.86 billion) London-listed hotel group with over 100 properties worldwide. Starting March next year, Aloysius Lee Tse-sang will ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-10
Hong Kong Television Network Ltd. (01137.HK, HKTV) is outpacing i-Cable Communications Ltd. (01097.HK) and PCCW Ltd. (00008.HK) with the launch of its new television service set for Nov. 19, the Hong ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-27
A delegation of Hong Kong business tycoons and professionals led by former Hong Kong chief executive Tung Chee-hwa started a three-day visit to Beijing on Sunday. The delegation includes Cheung Kong’s ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-22
Former chief secretary Rafael Hui Si-yan said he was invited to be the financial secretary in 2001 by then chief executive Tung Chee-hwa, but he declined the offer, am730 newspaper reported on Thursda ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-18
As hype builds for the iPhone 6, telecommunications carriers in Hong Kong and mainland China are going all out to attract customers. SmarTone Telecommunications Holdings Ltd. (00315.HK), Hutchison Wha ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-04
The Hong Kong Economic Journal Co. Ltd. (HKEJ), the parent publication of ejinsight.com, is now fully owned by a trust company of Richard Li Tzar-kai, the chairman of PCCW (00008.HK), after Lam Shan-m ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-02
PCCW mobile phone customers will be stung with tariff increases of up to 50 percent following the completion of stage one of HKT Trust and HKT Ltd.'s (06823.HK) brand integration for PCCW-HKT and one2 ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-08
In Hong Kong, a city obsessed with money and stocks, a good number is all that matters -- whether it's a car plate or a mobile number or a share code. Everyone wants a lucky number, but not everyone c ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-16
State-owned China Mobile (00941.HK), one of the world's largest wireless telecom operators, is trying to lower a psychological barrier that may be preventing it from gaining a bigger share of Hong Kon ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-23
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
Richard Li, chairman of Pacific Century Premium Developments (PCPD, 00432.HK), said on Wednesday that he has no plan to inject the privately-held FWD Group into PCPD at the moment. Speaking after a sh ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-08
Pacific Century Premium Developments Ltd. (PCPD, 00432.HK) and PCCW Ltd. (00008.HK) said in a joint regulatory filing Tuesday that they have agreed to sell their equity interests in Beijing's Pacific ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-09
Following is a summary of major news and comments in the Hong Kong Economic Journal, the parent publication of EJ Insight, on Wednesday, April 9: TOP STORIES Developers may follow SHKP to cut new home ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-09
Hong Kong's Communications Authority has sent over the document drafts for free-to-air television licensing to the Department of Justice, with a public consultation on the terms and conditions coming ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-03
Hong Kong Television Network's (HKTV, 01137.HK) stalled mobile TV offering offers a stark reminder that the city's legal and regulatory framework has not kept pace with the march of technology. In an ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-17
Hong Kong telco SmarTone Mobile Communications Ltd. (00315.HK) has called for tough downstream regulation of HKT (06823.HK) as its takeover of rival CSL New World Mobility Limited (CSLNW) stands to ma ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-05
