Ricky Wong, the CEO of Hong Kong Television Network Limited, is not giving up on his dream of getting a free to air licence for HKTV from the Hong Kong government. It has been confirmed that Ricky Wong has filed an application for a judicial review. The decision for not giving HKTV an FTA licence was announced on October 15, 2013
While City Telecom’s Hong Kong Television Network (HKTV) wasn’t given a licence, I-Cable’s Fantastic TV and Hong Kong Television Entertainment (HKTVE) backed by pay TV giant, PCCW have been given in-principle licences. At the time when the decision was announced, there was strong support from both the industry and the public who took to the streets protesting the government’s decision.
HKTV meanwhile has announced other plans to keep afloat as it tries for FTA licence. The company has announced that it will be soon launching a new online platform and that it will be similar to Hulu and Netflix. Ricky Wong has noted that it will be anywhere between three and five channels launched through that platform.
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