https://www.scmp.com/rss/281263/feed Digital Broadcasting Corporation is Hong Kong’s first digital radio broadcaster which fully operated in May 2012. On August 3, 2012, company’s chairman and major shareholder Beijing-loyalist Wong Cho-bau announced he would withhold an investment of HK50 million, ultimately lead to the stop of official programme. Station’s co-founder and host Albert Cheng Kong-hon claims DBC’s troubles are result of suppression of freedom of speech. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Former chief executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen’s trial started Tuesday, a year after he became Hong Kong’s highest-ranking retired official to be charged with misconduct and bribery. The Court of First Instance – located just a kilometre from the office where Tsang served as the city’s leader between 2005 and 2012 – is to hear accusations centring on a majority shareholder of a digital radio station, an interior designer and a three-storey rental penthouse over the border in Shenzhen. Appearing... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2058676/criminal-case-against-former-hong-kong-leader-donald-tsang?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2058676/criminal-case-against-former-hong-kong-leader-donald-tsang?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 03 Jan 2017 00:02:24 +0000 A year after his first court appearance, former Hong Kong leader Donald Tsang Yam-kuen was on Tuesday slapped with a third charge over redecorating a three-storey rental penthouse in Shenzhen that he failed to disclose when he was chief executive. The High Court – approving the prosecutors’ request – ruled that Tsang should face an extra count of “chief executive accepting an advantage”. The new charge under the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance, in addition to two counts of misconduct that Tsang... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2026965/former-hong-kong-leader-donald-tsang-face-additional?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2026965/former-hong-kong-leader-donald-tsang-face-additional?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 11 Oct 2016 02:45:15 +0000 Given the mass media environment has become increasingly challenging, the Digital Broadcasting Corporation’s decision to shut down does not come as a surprise. Be that as it may, the government should review its policy and spell out the future for digital audio broadcasting, if any. With 113 staff members set to lose their jobs, the news does not augur well for the prospects of the media industry. DBC is the second to surrender its licence, leaving only two digital audio broadcasters in the... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2002105/government-policy-alone-cannot-rescue-digital-audio?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2002105/government-policy-alone-cannot-rescue-digital-audio?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 Aug 2016 20:06:32 +0000 Three digital broadcasters have been given only another year to produce an electronic programme guide, although they had asked for an indefinite extension. The Communications Authority ordered the three to comply with their licence requirements by September 21, 2014. It said it did not consider their request for an indefinite postponement justifiable. Digital Broadcasting Corporation (DBC), Metro Broadcast Corporation, Phoenix U Radio and RTHK were required by their licences to launch the guide,... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1231844/broadcasters-get-one-year-produce-electronic-guide?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1231844/broadcasters-get-one-year-produce-electronic-guide?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 06 May 2013 16:00:00 +0000 A shareholders' dispute over Digital Broadcasting Corporation has ended after the two feuding shareholders reached an out-of-court settlement. The Court of First Instance heard that Beijing loyalist Bill Wong Cho-bau and Albert Cheng King-hon signed a "global settlement agreement" on January 4. The revelation came as lawyers for Cheng, the station president, and Wong applied in court to drop four court cases that go back as far as August last year. Cheng told the media earlier this month that... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1130419/feuding-dbc-parties-call-truce?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1130419/feuding-dbc-parties-call-truce?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Twelve trapped inside HK Disneyland ride Twelve people were trapped inside the Space Mountain amusement ride at Hong Kong Disneyland for 45 minutes around 6pm yesterday. A spokeswoman said that a tourist  did not fasten the seatbelt and stood up during the ride. The staff halted the ride as a safety measure. Twelve people on a cart behind it were trapped for 45 minutes before firemen escorted them to safety.  C. Y. to brief leaders while in Beijing Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying  is slated to... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1107164/city-digest-december-18-2012?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1107164/city-digest-december-18-2012?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 17 Dec 2012 16:00:00 +0000 Political adviser cleared of vote-rigging A Guangzhou political adviser was acquitted of vote-rigging by a magistrate who said he believed the defendant did not know it was illegal to register using his secretary's address. Fong Kei-wah, 49, a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference of Guangzhou, voted in the Lok Hong constituency of Eastern District in last November's district council elections, registering under his secretary's address in Chai Wan. Not guilty plea over... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1096752/city-digest-december-4-2012?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1096752/city-digest-december-4-2012?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 03 Dec 2012 16:00:00 +0000 New round of protests in Bangkok Tens of thousands of people are expected to rally at the Royal Plaza in Bangkok in a demonstration organised by the royalist group Pitak Siam, which opposes Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's government. Thailand has invoked a special security law to cope with the political rally in the capital, the scene of several outbreaks of violent unrest in recent years. Nearly 17,000 police will be deployed for the rally - the first major street protest against... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1089464/talking-points?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1089464/talking-points?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 23 Nov 2012 16:00:00 +0000 The Communications Authority has fined the embattled Digital Broadcasting Corporation HK$80,000 over its five-day shutdown. The authority said yesterday that DBC has breached the conditions of its sound-broadcasting licence by interrupting its service between 8pm on October 10 and 7am on October 15. The authority said DBC by its licence was required to broadcast seven 24-hour sound broadcasting service channels of specified genres every day. It criticised the interruption of service as a... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1086302/dbc-fined-hk80000-five-day-shutdown?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1086302/dbc-fined-hk80000-five-day-shutdown?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 19 Nov 2012 16:00:00 +0000 The embattled Digital Broadcasting Corporation has breached its licensing terms by halting scheduled broadcasts for more than four days last month, the communications watchdog says in a provisional ruling. A sanction would be imposed on the radio broadcaster, the Office of the Communications Authority said. "The service cessation amounted to a contravention of DBC's sound broadcasting licence condition," the authority said last night. Conditions attached to the licence state that the station... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1075759/digital-broadcasting-corporation-faces-sanction-over-4-day-shutdown?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1075759/digital-broadcasting-corporation-faces-sanction-over-4-day-shutdown?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 05 Nov 2012 16:00:00 +0000 Lawmakers vote down investigation into DBC Pro-establishment lawmakers on Legco's House Committee have snubbed the decision of pan-democrats in a lower body to investigate the troubled Digital Broadcasting Corporation. The mainly pan-democratic panel on information technology and broadcasting had earlier passed a motion to set up a select committee that will check claims of Beijing's interference in DBC. The motion was voted down yesterday in the House Committee by 36 lawmakers, including the... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1074775/city-digest-november-3-2012?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1074775/city-digest-november-3-2012?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 02 Nov 2012 16:00:00 +0000 Guide killed in Turkey by falling material A Hong Thai Travel Services tour guide was killed by falling building material at a hotel in the tourist spot of Cappadocia in Turkey yesterday. A spokeswoman said he was hit while organising a bus for his 22-member group outside the Suhan Hotel Cappadocia. Another guide had taken over and the tour would continue.   No room to change age plan, says Carrie Lam There was no room to amend details of the old-age allowance to be tabled in Legco, Chief... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1068183/city-digest-october-24-2012?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1068183/city-digest-october-24-2012?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 23 Oct 2012 16:00:00 +0000 The embattled Digital Broadcasting Corporation must answer to the communications watchdog after stopping scheduled broadcasts and playing non-stop music on all its stations from Sunday night. Accounting firm Deloitte, which has been tasked with assessing the finances of the city's first digital radio broadcaster, said yesterday that the move to air music was due to a "lack of funding". Meanwhile, the Office of the Communications Authority (OFCA) said it was seeking clarification from DBC on its... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1067606/communications-watchdog-asks-dbc-explain-switch-programming?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1067606/communications-watchdog-asks-dbc-explain-switch-programming?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 22 Oct 2012 16:00:00 +0000 DBC ceased to broadcast original programming last night despite a huge crowd that turned out to protest over allegations of political interference at the troubled radio station. Digital Broadcasting Corporation, which pledged to continue airing music for as long as it could, estimated the crowd at 70,000 as its three-day sit-in outside the government headquarters in Admiralty came to a close. The police said far fewer people attended, about 4,100. The station is running short of cash and facing... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1066778/protest-rally-denounces-digital-radio-stations-closure?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1066778/protest-rally-denounces-digital-radio-stations-closure?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 21 Oct 2012 16:00:00 +0000 A leaked tape seen as proof that troubled radio station DBC was a victim of political interference from Beijing has sparked renewed controversy over the broadcaster's future. The tape, understood to be records of conversations between the shareholders of Digital Broadcasting Corporation, was posted on YouTube last night and received more than 11,000 clicks. It was also played by station staff at a rally at government headquarters in Tamar, Admiralty. The clip, which lasts for just over 4½... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1066084/tape-proves-broadcaster-dbc-victim-bejing-meddling-co-host-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1066084/tape-proves-broadcaster-dbc-victim-bejing-meddling-co-host-says?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 20 Oct 2012 16:00:00 +0000 Activists and hosts of the city's first digital radio broadcaster began a three day sit-in yesterday in front of the government headquarters. Digital Broadcasting Corporation was forced to go off air after a shareholders' row, with host Albert Cheng Kin-hon calling the dispute "politically motivated". Speakers at the protest said the station's imminent closure was a result of political suppression. "This is not an internal row," said co-host Peter Lam Yuk-wah. The station was not in financial... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1065299/political-interference-alleged-protest-over-shutdown-dbc?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1065299/political-interference-alleged-protest-over-shutdown-dbc?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 19 Oct 2012 16:00:00 +0000 Activists and radio hosts of the cash-strapped Digital Broadcasting Corporation on Friday began a three-day sit-in in front of the government headquarters in Admiralty. The broadcaster was forced off the air following a row among shareholders, with iconic host Albert Cheng Kin-hon branding the dispute as “politically motivated." Those speaking on the stage described the station's imminent closure as a result of political suppression. Lam Yuk-wah, a co-host with Albert Cheng said: “This is not an... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1065214/dbc-hosts-protest-politically-motivated-closure-radio-station?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1065214/dbc-hosts-protest-politically-motivated-closure-radio-station?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 19 Oct 2012 13:01:21 +0000 DBC Radio's special week-long broadcast, initiated by its former hosts and staff after its official closure last week, might come to an end sooner than expected following an application to the High Court by some shareholders to put the company into liquidation. On Wednesday, the court approved an application by major shareholder Wong Cho-bau to appoint two accountants from Deloitte to act as an administrator. But the fight to stay on air continues. Some former employees and supporters have... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1064142/government-should-investigate-dbc-radio-saga?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1064142/government-should-investigate-dbc-radio-saga?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 18 Oct 2012 16:00:00 +0000 The High Court yesterday granted an application by Digital Broadcasting Corporation's major shareholder, Bill Wong Cho-bau, to appoint two accountants to take over the radio station. Court of First Instance judge Mr Justice Jonathan Harris issued the order after Wong said he would convene a general meeting on November 14 to allow shareholders to vote on his proposal to add or remove members to the board of directors. Wong proposed appointing two accountants from accounting firm Deloitte to take... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1063421/court-grants-broadcaster-dbc-right-appoint-accountants?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1063421/court-grants-broadcaster-dbc-right-appoint-accountants?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 17 Oct 2012 16:00:00 +0000 The broadcasting watchdog said troubled Digital Broadcasting Corporation may have breached its licensing conditions for failing to broadcast its seven channels 24 hours a day. This comes as the radio station bounced back for a seven-day "voluntarily broadcasting campaign" after announcing it was going off the air last week. A spokesman for the Office of the Communications Authority (OFCA) said the station's licence required it to provide seven channels and to broadcast 24 hours a day. "There is... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1061916/watchdog-says-dbc-shutdown-may-have-breached-licence?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1061916/watchdog-says-dbc-shutdown-may-have-breached-licence?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 15 Oct 2012 16:00:00 +0000 After announcing it was going off the air last week, Digital Broadcasting Corporation has bounced back for a seven-day “revival campaign”, co-founder Albert Cheng King-hon said on Monday morning. Cheng was in a combative mood on Monday morning – the first day of the campaign – hitting back against a letter from the government asking him to explain the campaign. “Our politically appointed officials do not know what loyalty is. So they do not understand this campaign,” Cheng said. “We will follow... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1061588/dbc-radio-begins-revival-campaign-after-announcing-closure?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1061588/dbc-radio-begins-revival-campaign-after-announcing-closure?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 15 Oct 2012 05:25:30 +0000 Troubled digital radio broadcaster Digital Broadcasting Corporation will stop airing programmes on Wednesday night as it is no longer financially viable. Speaking on a DBC programme on Tuesday, founder and host Albert Cheng King-hon said regular programming would stop at 5pm. From 5pm to 8pm, hosts of weekend programmes will go on air to bid farewell to listeners. The decision was made after shareholders failed to reach a consensus over funding of the four-month-old station. Chief executive and... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1057203/dbc-announces-closure-after-investors-pull-out?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1057203/dbc-announces-closure-after-investors-pull-out?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 09 Oct 2012 13:19:08 +0000 The Digital Broadcasting Corporation will today begin a 100-hour countdown to closure - unless shareholders agree a last-ditch deal for a change of ownership The broadcaster's co-founder, Albert Cheng King-hon, said yesterday that he had made a formal proposal to major shareholder Bill Wong Cho-bau that would see Cheng buy Wong's stake at a 50 per cent discount, or vice versa. The city's first digital broadcaster is running out of cash after Wong allegedly went back on an agreement to pump in an... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1047197/dbc-brink-closing-unless-founders-albert-cheng-and-bill-wong-can?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1047197/dbc-brink-closing-unless-founders-albert-cheng-and-bill-wong-can?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 25 Sep 2012 16:00:00 +0000 The Digital Broadcasting Corporation will today begin a 100-hour countdown to closure - unless shareholders agree a last-ditch deal for a change of ownership The broadcaster's co-founder, Albert Cheng King-hon, said yesterday he had made a proposal to major shareholder Bill Wong Cho-bau that would see Cheng buy Wong's stake at a 50 per cent discount, or vice versa. The city's first digital broadcaster is running out of cash after Wong allegedly went back on an agreement to pump in an additional... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1047370/dbcs-albert-cheng-says-only-last-ditch-deal-co-founder-bill-wong-can?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1047370/dbcs-albert-cheng-says-only-last-ditch-deal-co-founder-bill-wong-can?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 25 Sep 2012 16:00:00 +0000 Taiwan's jailed ex-president back to hospital Former Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian will be transferred to the Taipei Veterans General Hospital a medical check-up. Local media, quoting a physician, reported that Chen is suffering from brain damage and could develop dementia within six months if he is not treated properly. Chen, Taiwan's president for eight years until May 2008, has been serving a term for corruption since September 2009.   Activists face verdict over June 4 rally Eight... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1041865/talking-points?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1041865/talking-points?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 20 Sep 2012 16:00:00 +0000 A major shareholder of Digital Broadcasting Corporation will get access to the radio station's records after reaching an agreement with its management. The two sides had agreed that station chairman Bill Wong Cho-bau was entitled to view the accounts and employment records, the Court of First Instance heard yesterday. Mr Justice Jonathan Harris then issued an order allowing Wong access to the information. Wong brought the legal action against the company, saying that he had received an... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1033606/albert-cheng-agrees-open-dbcs-accounts-bill-wong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1033606/albert-cheng-agrees-open-dbcs-accounts-bill-wong?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 10 Sep 2012 16:00:00 +0000 Bill Wong Cho-bau, major shareholder of Digital Broadcasting Corporation, has asked the High Court to declare that he was not in breach of a shareholder agreement when he refused to inject HK$50 million into the financially troubled company. Wong, chairman of the station, states in a writ made public yesterday that the financing was requested by the station's president, Albert Cheng King-hon - named Cheng Jinghan in the document - and the station's chief executive officer, Morris Ho... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1031818/bill-wong-cho-bau-takes-dbc-fight-court?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1031818/bill-wong-cho-bau-takes-dbc-fight-court?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 07 Sep 2012 16:00:00 +0000 Troubled radio station Digital Broadcasting Corporation will not accept any more funding from tycoons and affluent corporations, co-founder "Taipan" Albert Cheng King-hon says. Speaking on his morning radio show yesterday, Cheng said the station would rely on income from commercials and donations from the public. He rejected speculation that media tycoon Jimmy Lai Chee-ying might inject funds. Lai, whose Next Media publishes the Apple Daily newspaper, appeared on the programme as a guest... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1031050/dbc-radio-wont-rely-tycoons-money-says-co-founder-albert-cheng?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1031050/dbc-radio-wont-rely-tycoons-money-says-co-founder-albert-cheng?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 06 Sep 2012 16:00:00 +0000 Troubled radio station Digital Broadcasting Corporation (DBC) will remain on air this month, with hosts willing to take a 50 per cent pay cut, co-founder Albert Cheng King-hon said last night. Cheng also said he and chief executive Morris Ho Kwok-fai would forgo their salaries from the station. Cheng said last month that DBC had to shut down because a major shareholder, Beijing-loyalist businessman Wong Cho-bau, refused to top up his investment due to political reasons. Wong filed a High Court... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1027399/dbc-radio-station-vows-stay-air-presenters-take-50pc-pay-cut?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1027399/dbc-radio-station-vows-stay-air-presenters-take-50pc-pay-cut?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 31 Aug 2012 16:00:00 +0000 The rift between media veteran Albert Cheng King-hon's radio station Digital Broadcasting Corporation (DBC) and its major shareholder Bill Wong Cho-bau has widened after Wong filed a High Court writ against the company, of which he is chairman. A furious Cheng said on air last night that the row had caused some staff salaries to go unpaid, and called on shareholders to sign documents enabling funds to be released to employees. The writ, which concerns DBC's book-keeping, is scheduled for a... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1025896/chairman-takes-albert-chengs-digital-broadcasting-court?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1025896/chairman-takes-albert-chengs-digital-broadcasting-court?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 29 Aug 2012 16:00:00 +0000