TVB's GM Cheng Sin Keung attended an awards ceremony yesterday and was
asked about charging for the myTV service on TVB's official website
(tvb.com). Mr. Cheng expressed: "It's not charging. It is misleading to
use 'myTV', we will just be launching a new service. Basically similar
to the previous video renting era. Because we currently lack channels
for audience to catch classic series, so this new method can be a
convenience for audience to watch the series on their phones or computer
in the form of P2P. We will just start by serving the Hong Kong
audience first." Mr. Cheng reveals the earliest launch of this new
method to watch series will be early next year (2013). He is not worried
this may affect the current PayVision channel. TVB just hopes to offer
more choices to audience. This is not because there is not enough profit
earned from the local commercials, that the company has to seek a new
source of revenue.
As for the government's issue of three
free-to-air TV licenses, ATV has already declared for a judicial review.
TVB Group GM (Lee Bo On) also expressed a few days ago at the
Director's meeting his consideration to take legal action on behalf of
the company. Mr. Cheng expressed: "We don't have a concrete plan. We are
just reacting on the situation to the government and hope the
government will cautiously make considerations on the license issue
arrangements."
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