Hong Kong Technology Venture
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Hong Kong Technology Venture Company Limited (HKTV, Chinese: 香港科技探索有限公司) is a Hong Kong-based technology company primarily known for its e-commerce platform and once had plans to become a television station. HKTV currently provides an over-the-top shopping and entertainment ("shoppertainment") platform named HKTVMall.[2]
Company type | Public |
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SEHK: 1137 | |
Industry | e-Commerce (formerly broadcasting) |
Founded | 19 May 1992; 32 years ago (1992-05-19)[1] |
Headquarters | HKTV Multimedia and Ecommerce Centre, 1 Chun Cheong Street, Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate, Tseung Kwan O |
Area served | Hong Kong |
Key people | Ricky Wong |
Services | HKTVMall |
Website | www.hktv.com.hk www |
In 2009, HKTV (then-City Telecom) applied for domestic free-to-air television programme service licence, but was rejected by the Hong Kong government in October 2013.[3] Later, HKTV acquired a mobile TV licence and planned to launch the first 2 channels but this plan was foiled again. It commenced live and video on demand broadcasting through internet on 19 November 2014, while refiling an application for a free-to-air licence. HKTV had fought a series of legal battles against the government, until it withdrew its application for free-to-air licence and surrendered its mobile television licenses to the Communications Authority in March 2018.[4]
On 13 July 2021, the company changed its name from Hong Kong Television Network to Hong Kong Technology Venture.[5]