Forever Top
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Forever Top (Asia) Limited (Chinese: 永升(亞洲)有限公司) is a company based in Hong Kong founded by David Chiu [zh], the current head of Far East Consortium. The company initially applied for a free-to-air television broadcast license under the name of New Asia Network (NAN; Chinese: 新亞電視台). The company later withdrew the application, and acquired I-Cable Communications.
Background
David Chiu is a son of Deacon Chiu Te-ken, the founder of Far East Consortium. Deacon Chiu bought Rediffusion Television (RTV) in 1982 and renamed it Asia Television (ATV) before he sold the broadcaster in 1989. Forever Top's free-to-air television bid, New Asia Network, was named in memory of ATV.
New Asia Network
In 2015, Forever Top applied for a free-to-air television broadcast license under the name of New Asia Network. One of the company's goals was to acquire the assets of ATV, whose license would be revoked after 1 April 2016.
Channel name[1][2] | Channel content | Transmission | Picture format | Proposed launch date |
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New Asia Network (新亞高清台) |
Chinese channel targeting a general audience[1] | Terrestrial[1] | HDTV[1] | Within 6 months after licence approval, if station manages to take over assets owned by Asia Television, or within 9 months after licence approval, by hiring another studio[1] |
New Asia International (新亞國際台) |
English channel targeting the non-Chinese speaking audience[1] | SDTV[1] | ||
New Asia Sports (新亞體育台) |
Sports channel, to be broadcast in Chinese[1] | Within another 3 months after New Asia Network and New Asia International's start of broadcasting[1] |
Forever Top later withdrew the application and in 2017, the company acquired I-Cable Communications, the parent company of Hong Kong Cable Television and Fantastic Television.
i-Cable Communications
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