Posts Tagged "HKTVN"


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 ­–...

Read More

November 20, 2015 (Hong Kong Free Press) — Asia Television Limited (ATV) and its former executive director James Shing Pan-yu have been ordered to pay Ricky Wong Wai-kay HK$1.3 million in damages by the High Court, following a defamation lawsuit. In 2012, as Ricky Wong was applying for a free-to-air licence for Hong Kong Television Network Limited (HKTV), Shing accused Wong of stealing confidential documents from ATV during...

Read More

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...

Read More

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...

Read More