PCCW’s free television station Hong Kong Television Entertainment (HKTVE) will be launching next year. On April 1, 2015 the Hong Kong government granted HKTVE a free-to-air television license, which will last for 12 years until 2031. PCCW, an informations and communications technology owned by Richard Li (李澤楷), also owns the cable channel Now TV. HKTVE is expected to replace ATV, Hong Kong’s second free-to-air television station after TVB. ATV will broadcast until April 1, 2016, when its license ends. To not be confused with Ricky Wong’s (王維基) HKTV, sources say HKTVE is in the midst of undergoing a name change. HKTVE’s slogan is “No need battles. Only move forward.” Further details will be revealed on October 20. TVB and HKTVE will not be the only two competitors in Hong Kong’s TV market. The two free-to-air stations will also be competing in the web television market once Netflix, Fox, and China’s LeTV launch in Hong Kong next year. The war of television has been heating up Hong Kong since October 2013, when HKTVE and i-Cable’s Fantastic Television successfully applied for entry in Hong Kong’s free television market. HKTV was rejected, but the High Court ruled in April 2015 that the rejection was unlawful and urged the government to reconsider. Creds: ihktv
There's only 2 TV stations in HK? Yeah TVB is def the monopoly there....seriously keep ATV and bring on HKTV.
i will not be surprised that TVB has people lobbying in the government to prevent HKTV from getting a license. The reason why I say that is the controversy that surrounded HKTV and their method of prying artists away from TVB and them going on a rant on how bad of a company TVB is... as far as HKTVE, I have not heard of such controversy. That being said, I think it's quite possible that TVB played a huge role in getting HKTV's license being blocked
I think TVB will need to touch up there scripts now otherwise they will get destroyed by all the other players.
HKTVE diff to HKTV, hktve is pccw which is on good terms with TVB i thought... that's why no controversy and no objections. HK needs more free to air stations that produce good local things... not a station that just 'buys' shite shows from other countries to air
TBH, no one really watches TV anymore. It's only the housewives that does anyways. All young adults and teen prefer to watch stuff online anyways. And with that, HKTV still failed to grasp the interest of those people. You can make the argument that housewives didn't get the chance to give HKTV a chance, but it is what it is. And with K-Drama being so popular, free TV licensing isn't as big as a deal IMO. The only thing that matters is local/world news really, TV dramas isn't really important.
