Posts Tagged "broadcast regulation"


May 25, 2016 (The Standard) — TVB will seek a judicial review into what it called inconsistent rulings by the Communications Authority on indirect advertising. The decision came hours after the broadcasting watchdog fined the station HK$150,000 for filming its stars eating KFC fried chicken at an anniversary show in December. A TVB spokesman said the company made a similar arrangement at its 48th Anniversary Gala in November,...

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April 6, 2016 (South China Morning Post) — Media tycoon Ricky Wong Wai-kay’s long-running battle to ­secure a share of the free-to-air television market suffered ­another setback as the Court of Appeal quashed a lower court’s decision to have his ­licence application reconsidered. The Court of Appeal overturned a Court of First Instance ruling that the Executive Council had failed to follow the pro-competition 1998 reform ­–...

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April 24, 2015 — A court has ruled that it was unlawful for the Chief Executive C.Y. Leung and his cabinet to deny a free-to-air licence to Hong Kong Television Network. The court has ordered the Executive Council to reconsider its October 2013 decision which sparked street protests by HKTV supporters and prompted the telecoms veteran to seek a judicial review. In a written judgment, Mr Justice Thomas Au ruled that when the...

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June 19, 2014 — Two television viewers were given approval to challenge the government’s denial of a free-to-air licence to Hong Kong Television Network (HKTVN). The viewers applied for judicial review into the government’s decision on the grounds that it failed to provide adequate explanation for its denial and that it interfered with their freedom to receive information, in violation of Article 16 of the Hong Kong...

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