Television Broadcasts Ltd. (TVB, 00511.HK) is selling a 53 percent stake in its wholly owned Taiwan arm Television Broadcasts Satellite (TVBS) for about HK$1.15 billion (US$150 million), the Hong Kong ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-30
Dominant Hong Kong television broadcaster TVB is facing demands for compensation from employees caught out by its surprise decision to close its British and European operations. They are demanding pay ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-14
Last month was the 53rd anniversary of the completion of Chungking Mansions. Many mainland Chinese know it from Chungking Express, a movie by Hong Kong film director Wong Kar-wai which explores the pa ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-05
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
A senior Hong Kong legislator in charge of security has offered to make amends with a television journalist who was arrested by the police for alleged assault during a chaotic clearing of a protest si ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-27
Vince Ng Ka-him, known as TVB's “sports prince”, is resigning from Television Broadcasts Ltd. after the broadcaster decided to squeeze the sports segment out of one of its most popular news programs. ...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
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
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
TVB Ltd., Hong Kong's largest television broadcaster, is the subject of a complaint by a village leader over a controversial crime drama. Heung Yee Kuk member Leung Fuk-yuen brought the complaint agai ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-19
Running Man, a South Korean variety show, has made a splash across Asia. Classified as an "urban action variety", the show gains much of its success from its unique format and hilarious situations. In ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-18
Entertainment tycoon Albert Yeung Sau-shing is ready to make a big acquisition -- possibly Asia Television (ATV) -- after selling his empire's magazine arm for HK$950 million. Yeung signed a memorandu ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-17
Television Broadcasts Ltd. (TVB) is said to have penalized some newsroom staff following the recent internal conflict over alleged censorship issues. Taking umbrage at a petition launched last month b ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-14
When it comes to the crunch, it is money and career that matter more than one's political beliefs. This is the message that many entertainment celebrities in Hong Kong are sending out now as they avo ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-14
Hong Kong's Communications Authority is said to be recommending that the license of the cash-strapped free-to-air broadcaster Asia Television Ltd. (ATV) not be renewed, the Hong Kong Economic Journal ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-12
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
A journalist group is ripping into Television Broadcasts Ltd. (TVB) after it demoted an assistant news editor responsible for the broadcast of a video showing Hong Kong police beating a pro-democracy ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-04
The Hong Kong section of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link (XRL) has not only overrun in its budget, its economic benefit is also now in question in view of issues pertaining to "co-l ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-03
