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HK's oldest free broadcaster ATV goes off air

Hong Kong's embattled Asia Television (ATV) shut down midnight Friday, ending its 59 years of broadcasting service.

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Clock ticks down on ATV’s final hours

​Hong Kongers began paying final tributes to the city’s oldest broadcaster, Friday as Asia Television ATV, prepares to fade to black at the stroke of midnight, after 58 years.

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Sony to buy Michael Jackson's stake in music publishing unit

Sony Corp said it signed an agreement with Michael Jackson's estate to buy for $750 million the deceased pop star's stake in Sony/ATV Music Publishing

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Senior ATV rep says broadcaster focusing on internet platform to stay afloat and set to air Miss Asia Pageant one last time

A senior employee at embattled broadcaster ATV said the company was now focusing on designing an internet platform to allow it to stay afloat even after its free-to-air broadcasting licence expires on April 1, as some 160 staff were struggling to keep operations going.

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​Fourth mainland firm makes ATV rescue bid

Cash-strapped Asia Television (ATV) has received two offers to provide up to HK$800 million in two days after a fourth mainland firm announced a bid to help save the city’s oldest television station just weeks away from its final free-to-air broadcast.

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HK's ATV: Plea to strip Deloitte of liquidator role

China Culture Media Group (CCM) Tuesday submitted a plea to the High Court to strip Deloitte's of its role of provisional liquidator of the cash-strapped ATV.

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Lawmaker pledges help for ex-ATV staff

Federation of Trade Unions lawmaker Bill Tang Ka-piu will be meeting laid-off ATV staffers this week in the hopes of helping them access more than two months’ unpaid dues through the Protection of Wages on Insolvency Fund.

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"Such a big mess": Confusion and anger reign as employees await their fate at doomed Hong Kong broadcaster ATV

Speaking on sidelines of annual Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference session in Beijing, station’s former chief executive and director say they don’t know how situation got so dire

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ATV's fate delayed until Thursday

Roughly 300 ATV employees will lose their jobs while another 130 jobs and the station’s final March 31 edition of the Miss Asia Pageant hang in the balance — as financiers seek to hammer out an acceptable agreement with provisional liquidator Deloitte.