Forever Top


Forever Top Limited is a company based in Hong Kong founded by, the current head of Far East Consortium. The company initially applied for a free-to-air television broadcast licence under the name of New Asia Network, but it later withdrew the application, and acquired I-Cable Communications instead.

Background

David Chiu is a son of Deacon Chiu Te-ken, the founder of Far East Consortium. Deacon Chiu bought the Rediffusion Television in 1982 and renamed it Asia Television 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 licence under the name of New Asia Network. One of the company's goals was to acquire the assets of ATV, whose licence would be revoked after 1 April 2016.
Channel nameChannel contentTransmissionPicture formatProposed launch date
New Asia Network
Chinese channel targeting a general audienceTerrestrialHDTVWithin 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
New Asia International
English channel targeting the non-Chinese speaking audienceTerrestrialSDTVWithin 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
New Asia Sports
Sports channel, to be broadcast in ChineseTerrestrialSDTVWithin another 3 months after New Asia Network and New Asia International's start of broadcasting

However, Forever Top later withdrew the application. In 2017, the company instead acquired I-Cable Communications, the parent company of Hong Kong Cable Television and Fantastic Television.