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'''Forever Top (Asia) Limited''' ({{Lang-zh|永升（亞洲）有限公司}}) is a company based in Hong Kong founded by {{Interlanguage link|David Chiu (businessman)|zh|邱達昌|lt=David Chiu|vertical-align=sup}}, the current head of Far East Consortium. The company initially applied for a free-to-air television broadcast license under the name of '''New Asia Network''' (NAN; {{Lang-zh|新亞電視台}}). The company later withdrew the application, and acquired I-Cable Communications.
==Background== David Chiu is a son of Deacon Chiu Te-ken, the founder of Far East Consortium. Deacon Chiu bought Rediffusion Television (RTV) in 1982 and renamed it Asia Television (ATV) 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 license under the name of New Asia Network. One of the company's goals was to acquire the assets of ATV, whose license would be revoked after 1 April 2016.
{| class="wikitable" |- ! Channel name<ref name="ENnewasiaapp">http://www.gov.hk/en/residents/government/publication/consultation/docs/2015/DFTV.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref><ref name="ZHnewasiaapp">http://www.gov.hk/tc/residents/government/publication/consultation/docs/2015/DFTV.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref> !! Channel content !! Transmission !! Picture format !! Proposed launch date |- |New Asia Network<br />({{Lang|zh|新亞高清台}}) |Chinese channel targeting a general audience<ref name="ENnewasiaapp"/> |rowspan="3"|Terrestrial<ref name="ENnewasiaapp"/> |HDTV<ref name="ENnewasiaapp"/> |rowspan="2"|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<ref name="ENnewasiaapp"/> |- |New Asia International<br />({{Lang|zh|新亞國際台}}) |English channel targeting the non-Chinese speaking audience<ref name="ENnewasiaapp"/> |rowspan="2"|SDTV<ref name="ENnewasiaapp"/> |- |New Asia Sports<br />({{Lang|zh|新亞體育台}}) |Sports channel, to be broadcast in Chinese<ref name="ENnewasiaapp"/> |Within another 3 months after New Asia Network and New Asia International's start of broadcasting<ref name="ENnewasiaapp"/> |}
Forever Top later withdrew the application and in 2017, the company acquired I-Cable Communications, the parent company of Hong Kong Cable Television and Fantastic Television.
==i-Cable Communications==
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==References== {{Reflist}}
Category:2015 establishments in Hong Kong Category:Mass media companies established in 2015 Category:Television stations in Hong Kong Category:2017 mergers and acquisitions
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