After trying for more than five years to secure a television license in Hong Kong with no success, HKTV (01137.HK) chose to broadcast its production on the internet. The group booked a loss of HK$237 ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-27
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
In February 2012, then chief executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen was accused of traveling abroad several times on a luxury yacht and a private jet with local business tycoons and renting a luxury apartmen ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-09
Hong Kong Television Network Ltd. (HKTV) (01137.HK) has opened an online mall which it hopes will be the biggest in Hong Kong. HKTV distributed HK$100 in spending money to more than 1.23 million regis ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-03
Someone in Beijing must be a fan of HKTV chairman Ricky Wong. Shortly after the debut of his latest TV drama To Be, Or Not To Be” (literally “I don’t want to be a Hongkonger”), we were told that many ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-13
Commercial viability remains a key challenge for small online media firms as well as traditional media outlets who are trying out digital operations as a new business. The aggregator website House New ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-30
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
French premium skincare brand L’Occitane International SA (0973.HK) is tapping HKTV and Alibaba's TMall to boost online sales in Hong Kong and mainland China. “We have signed an agreement with HKTV, w ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-25
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
Television Broadcasts Ltd., Hong Kong's leading broadcaster, put up its largest variety show to mark its 47th anniversary on Wednesday. But although the city's most popular television stars attended t ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-21
The outlook on Hong Kong Television Network Ltd. (HKTV, 01137.HK) is hazy as the new business model that its chairman Ricky Wong Wai-kay is pursuing is yet to inspire confidence, columnist T Y Ko wrot ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-21
Who cares about a marriage proposal made for television? Apparently, a lot of Hong Kong people do. So, when actor-comedian Wong Cho-lam went on bended knee to ask for his beauty queen girlfriend's han ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-20
Ricky Wong Wai-kay, chairman of Hong Kong Television Network Ltd. (01137.HK, HKTN), expects his newly launched online channel to turn a profit soon, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reported Thursday. T ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-20
TVB is celebrating its 47th birthday today. HKTV chairman Ricky Wong Wai-kay chose the same day to launch his new television service, making it clear to everyone that he is throwing down the gauntlet ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-19
Ricky Wong Wai-kay, chairman of Hong Kong Television Network (HKTV, 01137.HK), said he will continue to fight for a free-to-air TV broadcast license in the city after a rebuff from the government last ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-18
Hong Kong Television Network (HKTV), which is set to start broadcasting TV programs over the internet on Wednesday, is looking at extending the so-called prime time label to as long as 20 hours a day. ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-17
Hong Kong Television Network (HKTV), which is set to start broadcasting TV programs over the internet on Nov. 19, may need a second round of trials after multiple issues were found in the first round. ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-10
Ricky Wong Wai-kay finally has something to really cheer about. After being thwarted in his bid to secure a free-to-air television license in Hong Kong last year, the boss of Hong Kong Television Net ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-06
Hong Kong Television Network (HKTV) has struck a deal with Chinese internet giant Tencent that could hugely expand the new station's viewership. HKTV, which will start broadcasting TV programs over th ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-06
