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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

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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

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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
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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References

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