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ATV - Asia Television Limited

Deacon Chiu Te-ken, Chairman of Asia Television Ltd (ATV), displays an advertising package for the Seoul Olympic Games in 1987. Photo: SCMP

TV shows and streaming video

TV gold? When TVB battled ATV to screen the 1988 Seoul Olympics

TVB obtained a High Court injunction to stop ATV’s monopoly on screening the 1988 Olympics in Hong Kong – but a multimillion-dollar deal allowed both to broadcast the games

8 Aug 2024 - 8:15AM

Hong Kong culture

When series about vampires, ghosts and aliens ruled Hong Kong TV

31 Jul 2024 - 6:15PM

TV shows and streaming video

With 19 productions in the works, ATV reboots as content creator AMM

8 Mar 2021 - 11:01AM

Fame and celebrity

More than her star dad’s daughter: Bowie Tsang as she turns 47

Bowie Tsang may have a prominent father, Hong Kong actor Eric Tsang, but she is famous in her own right for being a well-respected TV host, singer, actress and author. We look back on her career.

21 Feb 2020 - 3:30AMvideocam

Tsang, who celebrates her 47th birthday today, is known for being a versatile television host, Mandopop singer, actress and author. Photo: Imaginechina

Consumers

Online ad spending expected to double TV’s within five years

6 Sep 2017 - 10:51PM

‘White knight’ helps troubled ATV with HK$2.2 billion debts

In a new twist to the sorry drama of Hong Kong’s now-defunct ATV, the company is likely to avoid going into liquidation as a mainland China-based “white knight” has successfully acquired its majority stake and resolved its major debts totalling about HK$2.2 billion.

25 Apr 2017 - 10:50PM

Mainland investor convicted for not paying ATV staff on time

13 Apr 2017 - 10:57PM

Si Rongbin pleaded not guilty to 44 summonses over his role in ATV’s failure to pay staff wages and termination payments worth a total of HK$730,000 within the legal seven-day limit. Photo: David Wong

Television Broadcasts (TVB)

Analysis | Size matters: Hong Kong’s TV pays price for small market

18 Mar 2017 - 10:46AM

Hong Kong court allows controlling stake in ATV to be sold to mainland investor

13 Aug 2016 - 12:08AM

ATV wage saga: 600 former staff of Hong Kong broadcaster have now been paid

10 Jul 2016 - 11:09PM

Unionists and former ATV staff stage a protest outside the High Court in Admiralty in April. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Celebrity children

Wife and daughter of late Hong Kong tycoon spared jail despite contempt of court conviction

18 May 2016 - 3:25PM

The High Court in Admiralty. Photo: Nora Tam

ATV investor in new rescue plan to avoid liquidation as HK$88 million in wages and pensions hang in balance

3 May 2016 - 4:58PM

Occupy Central

Police testify in Ken Tsang assault trial, say they were splashed with liquid that smelled ‘like urine’

29 Apr 2016 - 10:09PM

Netflix

Just Saying | Dolce Vita or Daredevil: With options like Netflix, does Hong Kong really need traditional TV?

29 Apr 2016 - 5:38PM

Investors line up to purchase what remains of ATV

18 Apr 2016 - 5:02PM

People taking pictures outside ATV Headquarters in Tai Po. Photo: David Wong

Mystery investor in talks to save off-air Hong Kong broadcaster ATV

13 Apr 2016 - 3:14PM

Hong Kong broadcaster ATV owes HK$8m in fees and penalties even after it stopped broadcasting

12 Apr 2016 - 8:00AM

Occupy Central

Police assault trial of Occupy protester Ken Tsang kicks off in Hong Kong court

11 Apr 2016 - 4:48PM

Pro-democracy activist and Occupy protester Ken Tsang arriving at Kowloon City Court on Monday. Photo: David Wong

Another ATV? Hong Kong mall staff at Kai Tak Cruise Terminal allegedly owed months of salary

9 Apr 2016 - 8:00AM

‘I’m a risk-taker’: head of Hong Kong’s new free-to-air TV station pledges creative programming

3 Apr 2016 - 8:49PM

City Beat

City Beat | Now ATV has faded from Hong Kong screens, the entire industry needs some fresh thinking

4 Apr 2016 - 1:27AM

ATV staff say goodbye to media and fans after the station closed down at midnight on April 1. Photo: Edward Wong

ATV staff fire a parting shot over botched farewell

3 Apr 2016 - 1:14AM

Fans take souvenir photos outside ATV’s headquarters in Tai Po. Photo: Edward Wong

The demise of ATV brings sadness and nostalgia, and also the promise of something new

2 Apr 2016 - 2:06AM

59 years in the making: how Hong Kong’s Asia Television went from a pioneering broadcaster to final death

2 Apr 2016 - 2:55PM

Not with a bang but a whimper: Hong Kong’s oldest television station, ATV, finally pulls the plug

2 Apr 2016 - 10:10AM

A woman takes a selfie outside the ATV headquarters in Tai Po hours before the 59-year-old broadcaster went off air. Photo: David Wong

US Politics

ATV’s last trump card – what happens to its rights to broadcast in mainland China?

16 Apr 2016 - 12:20PM

Former ATV executive director Ip Ka-po says the landing rights are valuable but he is unsure of developments since he left the company in December. Photo: K.Y. Cheng

ATV staff lay blame for Hong Kong station’s demise with mainland investor Wong Ching

1 Apr 2016 - 3:17PM

Countdown to final ATV show begins as former stars share feelings on station’s demise

31 Mar 2016 - 9:47PM

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ATV - Asia Television Limited

Asia Television was one of Hong Kong's two free television broadcasters. Established in 1957, it was the world's first Chinese television station but surpassed by its major rival Television Broadcasts in both company size and viewership. ATV’s reputation was badly damaged after its false report of former leader Jiang Zemin’s death on July 6, 2011. Its broadcasting licence expired on April 1, 2016.

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14 August, 2024