[matthieu1221]

I can't be the only one who thinks HK Open TV (and the logo) was much nicer than HOYTV?

The new studio looks much nicer than the old one. A shame the content won't be the same as previously given the muzzling of any investigative reporting as we saw for example with the China Beat team being laid off.

Odd choice imo for iCable to have moved their news channel onto FTA DTT, given how many channels they've lost on their paid packages. It was pretty much the only thing left worth paying for.

Also, I wonder when PCCW/ViuTV/nowTV decide to move their news channel onto FTA DTT. There are many more reasons people would subscribe to now other than the news and business channels.

Edit: here's a video showing how essentially the new channel is a mix of simulcasts from iCable's current pay-package channels
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On OpenTV/HoyTV - You're not the only one...

On the new studio - Yeah, it's a shame the old news team never get the opportunity to have their own FTA channel and a better studio. There're definitely gems hiding behind the paywalls. Alas...

Also the old one was to coincide with the News Channels moving to HD in 2015 (!) - way past its prime to be honest.
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On i-Cable - it's speculated on local forums that the company is moving beyond cable packages to FTA or even OTT, but I'm not holding my breath here. Really a weird choice to invest more on OTA though, when everyone is switching to streaming.

And on ViuTV - there hasn't been any news on that, but I'd personally welcome anyone coming to the stage than TVB (or worse, CCTV)!

Would be nice imo if ViuTV could bring over the now news channel but revamp it, would fit with Viu's modernity. News presentation in HK is like how it was on 24/7 news channels 20 years ago. Like many things in HK, it's stuck in the early 2000s. The 30 min news loop gets very tedious very easily.

Also- HK has such a wonderful skyline but barely anybody uses it! (now does in the evenings so does TVB's News Channel only in their flash set). HK EPC forum users have been commenting on how the backdrop is the same grey globe 24/7. A real shame when the new screens are much nicer.

Cable just can't seem to get it right with HOYTV. It's been through three names in a little more than 5 years! (Fantastic TV, HK Open TV and now HOYTV). It's also never really taken off in the ratings, and the programming is lackluster. It's not called ATV 2.0 for no reason!

Cable launching OTT seems unlikely. Even TVB pretty much gave up iirc? Only Viu has been getting things right. A shame though that Viu's (yellow Viu logo, the intl OTT service) shows aren't shown on the local ViuTV (blue logo) and vice versa. There's a lot of refreshing blue Viu TV shows that intl viewers are missing out on, and yellow Viu (K dramas primarily would be worth showing) that aren't shown locally. It's mind-boggling. For once the shows work, but aren't shown on both!