For students at the Hong Kong Baptist University, going to the Kowloon Tong MTR station means a lot of hassle even though the rail facility is just 300 meters away from the campus. First, the students ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-27
Lawmakers have expressed concern over the move of the controlling shareholder of Television Broadcasts Ltd. (TVB, 00511.HK), Hong Kong's top television broadcaster, to bring in a mainland partner. The ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-23
As the government unveiled its political reform proposal to the Legislative Council for approval on Wednesday, the schism between the youth and their elders once again comes to the fore. Late last yea ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-22
China is generally considered a technology follower rather than a leader, but new data shows an exciting trend that could result in the country finally emerging as a global innovator in internet-conne ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-15
Hong Kong Television Network Ltd. (HKTV, 01137.HK) said it had proposed to Asia Television Ltd. broadcasting 1,000 hours of HKTV programs on ATV's channels until the end of the year, Ming Pao Daily re ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-14
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
