"HUTCHVISION ACCEPTED THE LICENCE IN FULL UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WAS ENTAILED, AND IN FACT
LICENCE WAS GRANTED PARTLY ON THE BASIS OF THEIR STATEMENTS CONCERNING THE LARGE ENGLISH-SPEAKING TELEVISION AUDIENCE THROUGHOUT ASIA AND THE VIABILITY OF FUNDING TROUGH REGIONAL ADVERTISING REVENUE.
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"THE RESTRICTIONS AIMED NOT ONLY TO PROTECT HKCC BUT ALSO AND TVB WHO ACCEPTED THEIR CURRENT LICENCES AGAINST THE BACKGROUND OF A SITUATION WHICH DID NOT INCLUDE A FOURTH CANTONESE LANGUAGE BROADCASTER, IN ADDITION TO VABLE TELEVISION, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE RECREATION AND CULTURE BRANCH RECEIVED HUTCHVISION'S APPLICATION LAST FRIDAY (JULY 25) FOR A REVIEW OF THE RESTRICTIONS CANTONESE LANGUAGE PROGRAMMING AND SUBSCRIPTION RESPECTIVELY.
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THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD NOT INDICATED THAT IT WOULD BE PREPARED TO RELAX THE RESTRICTION ON CANTONESE LANGUAGE BROADCASTING THREE MONTHS AFTER THE COLLAPSE OF HKCC.
"FOLLOWING THE COLLAPSE OF HKCC, THE GOVERNMENT HAS DECIDED TO REVIEW THE WHOLE QUESTION OF SUBSCRIPTION TV. THAT REVIEW IS NOW UNDERWAY AND WILL BE COMPLETED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. WHEN IT IS COMPLETED, WE WILL BE INVITING APPLICATIONS TO PROVIDE SUBSCRIPTION TV IN HONG KONG," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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