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HKTV

The latest news, analysis and opinion on HKTV. In-depth analysis, industry insights and expert opinion.

Chairman / President

CHEUNG Chi Kin, Paul

CEO / Managing Director

WONG Wai Kay, Ricky

CFO / Finance Director

WONG Nga Lai, Alice

Industry

Comms, Publishing & Media

Website

hktv.com.hk

Headquarters address

1 Hoi Shing Road, Tsuen Wan, New Territories, Hong Kong

Stock Code

SEHK:1137

Year founded

2012

Tony Lam, 22, at his family’s Lam Kee Grocery Shop in Kowloon City. Photo: Connor Mycroft

Hong Kong society

Hongkonger fights to save 60-year-old shop amid Kowloon City redevelopment

Instead of chasing a professional career, Tony Lam, 22, chooses to preserve his family’s business amid changes in old Kowloon City neighbourhood.

25 Oct 2025 - 6:27PMvideocam

Hong Kong’s e-commerce market has become too crowded for industry giant Alibaba

28 Jul 2022 - 8:30AM

Television Broadcasts (TVB)

Letters | Follow Japan in bidding fond farewell to analogue TV service

8 Nov 2020 - 1:00PM

Television Broadcasts (TVB)

Opinion | Hong Kong still lags in providing the connections for a digital lifestyle

A long overdue move to liberalise the archaic broadcasting rules must be only the first step to more investment and innovation. Hong Kong needs an ecosystem that supports a digital lifestyle, where people can seamlessly socialise, shop and be entertained.

8 Oct 2020 - 7:07AMvideocam

TVB group chief executive Mark Lee Po-on announces plans for myTV Super, a paid over-the-top platform targeting local audiences, in March 2016. Photo: Sam Tsang

Coronavirus pandemic

Online shopping surge fuelled by Hongkongers staying home to avoid Covid-19

Predicted doubling of HKTV Mall’s internet shopping orders to HK$1.2 billion is attributed to self-isolating trend during the pandemic.

26 Mar 2020 - 11:21PM

Television Broadcasts (TVB)

Tycoon Ricky Wong quits free-to-air TV dream and exits sector

Tycoon says he has waited eight years for licence grant from government, as company HKTV announces HK$204.9 million in losses.

28 Mar 2018 - 12:24AM

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Fox+ hopes to steal the show with Andy Lau’s Trading Floor

2 Nov 2017 - 10:47PM

Zubin Gandevia, president of Fox Networks Group Asia, says he will provide high-quality content on the Fox+ streaming service. Photo: Nora Tam

Media maverick Ricky Wong sells HKTV stake to affiliated company

20 Aug 2017 - 9:26PM

Hong Kong media mogul may give up on free-to-air TV dream

19 Aug 2017 - 9:01AM

Victory for media maverick Ricky Wong in mobile TV battle

14 Jul 2017 - 5:49PM

Ricky Wong’s application for a free-to-air television licence was turned down in 2013 due to an unknown “basket of factors”. Photo: Felix Wong

Commerce minister nearly shed tears over HKTV licence rejection

20 Jun 2017 - 4:29PM

Greg So says he tried his best to convince the members at the Executive Council meeting, but he also had to respect the collective decision on HKTV. Photo: David Wong

No guts and no commitment to Hong Kong – media boss Ricky Wong’s damning verdict on new TV channel

29 May 2016 - 6:00PM

Court of Appeal quashes lower court’s ruling that HKTV’s licence application be reconsidered

7 Apr 2016 - 12:16AM

More than 200pc jump in losses, warns Hong Kong Television Network

15 Mar 2016 - 1:26PM

HKTV is blaming the spike in losses to the impairment loss on assets resulting from the uncertainties in the media business. Photo: Nora Tam

Pause button: Hong Kong judge puts HKTV licence ruling on hold ahead of government's appeal

23 Oct 2015 - 12:00AM

HKTV first applied for a licence in 2009.Photo: Jonathan Wong

HKTV chief Ricky Wong gives first hint he voted for CY Leung in 2012 Hong Kong chief executive election

Technology and media entrepreneur Ricky Wong Wai-kay yesterday dropped a strong hint that he voted for Leung Chun-ying when he served on the Election Committee that chose the chief executive in 2012.

11 Aug 2015 - 8:54AM

Warning for TVB over talks with HKTV

TVB could be in breach of telecoms laws if it refuses to lease transmission stations to Hong Kong Television Network for its mobile TV broadcasts, the Communications Authority has warned.

17 Feb 2014 - 8:22AM

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Consultant in TV licence row was right to quit

It should come as no surprise that Jenny Ng Pui-ying, the consultant who said the government had misquoted her company's assessment of the TV market during the row over free-to-air licences last year, has finally done the honourable thing and quit her job.

11 Feb 2014 - 5:03PM

HKTV chairman Ricky Wong Wai-kay. Photo: Felix Wong

Mr. Shangkong | Hong Kong's top ranking for economic freedom feels a good laugh

Did the Heritage Foundation ever send its experts into the streets of Hong Kong to meet ordinary people and ask them how free the city's economy has become in recent years?

20 Jan 2014 - 9:17AM

China Mobile launches investigation into HKTV deal

China Mobile has launched an investigation into its Hong Kong subsidiary's mobile television deal with Ricky Wong Wai-kay's Hong Kong Television Network, saying it might violate mainland rules.

6 Jan 2014 - 11:12AM

New | HKTV’s Ricky Wong wins big in annual Icon of the Year poll

20 Jun 2018 - 5:23PM

(Left to right) Alliance for True Democracy's Joseph Cheng Yu-shek, lawmaker Albert Ho Chun-yan, HKTV chairman Ricky Wong Wai-kay and Fung Wai-tong,head of RTHK’s Radio 2. Photo: Felix Wong

Opinion | Can politics be separated from TV station ownership?

Business and politics are inevitably intertwined. But is this the case with Ricky Wong Wai-kei and his dramatic bid for a licence to fulfil his TV dream?

30 Dec 2013 - 6:37AM

Ricky Wong has internet plans

Ricky Wong abandons free-TV dream for digital one with HKTV relaunch

Hong Kong Television Network chairman Ricky Wong Wai-kay says the company will press ahead with its broadcasting plans, despite the rejection of its bid for a free-to-air licence, by launching TV services that can be viewed through the internet from July 1.

21 Dec 2013 - 7:31AMvideocam

What price freedom of expression?

Let's not misuse our right to freedom of expression to protest against or attack others purely for self-interest; we need to think of the people's interest first. Clearly, the dispute between TVB and Next Media is not about "freedom of the press" or "freedom of expression". It is merely a company's decision against an unfriendly rival that is threatening its business.

4 Dec 2013 - 5:15AM

Commerce minister Greg So hits back in row over TV licences

3 Dec 2013 - 9:00AM

Louie King-bun, ATV's new executive director, said the station would focus on non-drama and current affairs shows. Photo: Nora Tam

Due process flouted in TV licence saga

In his letter ("No need for HKTV to hire 500 staff before licences were awarded", November 14), Tony Harding writes that, "when HKTV applied for a licence it knew the process, and so did Legco".

22 Nov 2013 - 2:16AM

Due process flouted in TV licence saga

Exco must engage with public

When the controversy over Hong Kong Television Network (HKTV) not being granted a free-to-air TV licence started, Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying said secrecy in Executive Council policy decisions was part of Hong Kong's system of governance under the "one country, two systems" principle.

20 Nov 2013 - 3:21AM

Consultancy says TV licence decision is unfair and it must speak up

The consultancy that wrote the report on free-to-air television licences said it did not mind burning its bridges with the government because the decision to reject Hong Kong Television Network's bid was unjust.

19 Nov 2013 - 6:35AM

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