12
FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1989
MISS
CHUNG
SAID THERE
WERE
OVER 1.5
MILLION TELEVISION
RECEIVERS IN HONG KONG AND ABOUT 600.000 VIDEO CASSETTE RECORDERS.
AGED FOUR
PEOPLE
"FIVE MILLION PEOPLE
AND ABOVE WATCH TELEVISION EVERYDAY FOR AN AVERAGE OF THREE TO FOUR HOURS. NO WONDER MOST HAVE A LOVE-HATE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE BOX." SHE SAID.
AND ATV AND THE INNOVATIONS
SHE HAILED THE "RENEWED COMPETITION" BETWEEN TVB WAS GLAD THAT THE AUDIENCE HAD REACTED FAVOURABLY TO INTRODUCED TO SOME PROGRAMMES.
MISS
CHUNG
THE DESCRIBED
MAJOR WIRELESS TV TV OPERATOR WOULD. UNLIKE OR BUY FROM INDEPENDENT
ON CABLE TELEVISION. DIFFERENCES BETWEEN "NARROW CAST" CABLE TV AND BROADCAST AND POINTED OUT THAT THE HONG KONG CABLE HIS FOREIGN COUNTERPARTS, HAVE TO PRODUCE, PRODUCERS, A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF LOCAL PROGRAMMING.
NOT "LOCAL SUBSCRIBERS DEMAND PROGRAMMES WHICH ARE
SPECIFIC LOCAL CULTURE IN CANTONESE BUT ALSO REFLECT THE
SHE SAID. LOCAL AUDIENCE IDENTIFIES WITH.
ONLY MADE THAT THE
HONG
"THIS PARTICULAR LINGUISTIC AND CULTURAL IDENTITY OF THE
KONG-BASED PRODUCTION KONG CHINESE POPULATION HAS GIVEN RISE TO HONG
MASS APPEAL HOUSES BEING THE ONLY MAJOR PRODUCERS OF PROGRAMMES WITH IN THE TERRITORY.
LOCAL
PRODUCTION
WILL
INCREASE
WHEN 3.000
OF THE
"IT IS ESTIMATED THAT ANNUAL FROM 7,000 HOURS TO 15,000 HOURS WITHIN FIVE YEARS. THIS FIGURE. COMPARED TO TVB'S CURRENT PRODUCTION OF OVER 4.000 HOURS, ATV'S HOURS AND RTHK'S 650 HOURS, REPRESENTS A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE PRESENT OUTPUT.
THAT MISS CHUNG STRESSED
HONG
ΤΟ PROGRAMMES HAD BECOME SUPPLIERS OF WORLD.
PRODUCTION KONG-BASED
OTHER COUNTRIES AROUND THE
HOUSES
KONG HONG
HIGH-TECH
CABLE TV OPTICAL
SYSTEM WILL FIBRE NETWORK
FEATURE WHICH
A WILL
VERY ALLOW
"THE SOPHISTICATED. INTERACTIVE SERVICES," SHE SAID.
TALK "AT THE MOMENT, THE TV STATIONS TALK TO YOU BUT YOU CAN'T
IS POSSIBLE то BACK. WITH CABLE TV, WITH THE PRESS OF A BUTTON. IT
SHARE, HAVE HOME SHOPPING. HOME BANKING OR THE PURCHASE OF STOCKS AND GOLD AND FOREIGN CURRENCIES ARRANGED AT HOME."
; CHUNG
ALSO
DISCUSSED
THE PROPOSAL
ΤΟ
DEREGULATE
THE
NOT
MISS RECEPTION OF SATELLITE SIGNALS INTENDED FOR GENERAL RECEPTION BUT TO ALLOW THE RETRANSMISSION OF SUCH SIGNALS FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES.
THIS SHOULD TELEVISION
FOR HOTEL TELEVISION SHE ANNOUNCED THE CREATION OF LICENCES WHICH COULD BE FUNDED BY ADVERTISEMENTS OR PAY-PER-VIEW. LEAD TO THE EXPANSION OF THE "RELATIVELY UNDEVELOPED HOTEL INDUSTRY". SHE ADDED.
/ON RADIO,