Asia Television Limited

Asia Television Limited is one of the two free television broadcasters in Hong Kong. It was established in 1957, the first Chinese television station in the world. However, ATV was surpassed by its major rival Television Broadcasts Limited both in terms of 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.

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14 Nov 2012

On ATV protesting over new free-to-air licences:

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Protecting free-to-air TV not the answer

13 Nov 2012

ATV rallied its staff outside the Admiralty government headquarters yesterday for a live broadcast to oppose a "disastrous" pledge by the former administration to issue new licences for television...

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ATV makes a song and dance about licences

12 Nov 2012

ATV rallied its staff outside the Admiralty government headquarters yesterday for a live broadcast to oppose a “disastrous” pledge by the former administration to issue new licences for free...

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City Telecom delays schedule for TV launch until mid-2013

13 Sep 2012

City Telecom has set back its target launch date for its free-to-air television station to the middle of next year, saying it is confident it will win a licence despite years of waiting.

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10,000 complain over ATV programme calling Scholarism a 'pawn'

5 Sep 2012

An ATV news commentary attracted a record high of more than 10,000 complaints for claiming opponents of national education were manipulated by "destructive" politicians who had the backing of...

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City Digest

31 Aug 2012

ATV legal bid to gag report on management

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Opinion

The last straw for Terry Wong?

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Alex Lo

Survey exposes racism's shameful face

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Miss Hong Kong votes debacle sparks calls for more free-to-air competition

The epic failure of TVB's first public vote for its Miss Hong Kong pageant has brought a call for speedier introduction of competitors into the free-to-air television market.

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Joint bids the future, TVB says

Hong Kong's broadcasters can no longer afford to bid for major international events, and it is in their and the city's best interest to make joint bids, a senior TVB executive says.

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Film

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Legal drama behind late deal for free Olympic TV

Broadcaster iCable last night withdrew a breach-of-contract lawsuit it had filed against rivals ATV and TVB just hours before a governmentbrokered deal to ensure free coverage of the Olympics was...

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Deal for Olympic coverage clears the final hurdle

Hongkongers will be able to watch the London Olympics for free after a last-ditch agreement was reached between rights holder iCable and free-to-air broadcasters ATV and TVB, with the help of...

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TVB starts direct talks with Olympic bosses

Olympic broadcast rights holder iCable faces being shut out of a deal to bring 200 hours of footage of the London Games on free-to-air television, after TVB started direct negotiations with the...

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