Forever Top
Forever Top Limited is a company based in Hong Kong founded by, the current head of Far East Consortium. The company initially applied for a free-to-air television broadcast licence under the name of New Asia Network, but it later withdrew the application, and acquired I-Cable Communications instead.
Background
David Chiu is a son of Deacon Chiu Te-ken, the founder of Far East Consortium. Deacon Chiu bought the Rediffusion Television in 1982 and renamed it Asia Television 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 licence under the name of New Asia Network. One of the company's goals was to acquire the assets of ATV, whose licence would be revoked after 1 April 2016.Channel name | Channel content | Transmission | Picture format | Proposed launch date |
New Asia Network | Chinese channel targeting a general audience | Terrestrial | HDTV | 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 |
New Asia International | English channel targeting the non-Chinese speaking audience | Terrestrial | SDTV | 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 |
New Asia Sports | Sports channel, to be broadcast in Chinese | Terrestrial | SDTV | Within another 3 months after New Asia Network and New Asia International's start of broadcasting |
However, Forever Top later withdrew the application. In 2017, the company instead acquired I-Cable Communications, the parent company of Hong Kong Cable Television and Fantastic Television.