TVB - 20100928

The biggest shareholder of TVB is rumoured to be transferred, from Sir Run Run Shaw to one of the estate moguls.

If the deal is sealed, would there be any improvement in the local TV market? It is well recognized that the development of TV broadcast in HK is stagnant. TVB sticks to manufacture soap operas with unbearably low quality. ATV keeps on buying overseas programmes, most notably from South Korea. Anybody who does fear the contamination of the duet has to bear the high cost of paid TV, NOW and Cable, for over $200 in every month, at the very least.

It is quite naive to yearn for quality programmes, if the transaction is realized. TVB has been making good profit from those silly things for so long. There is no way to argue with success. The change of biggest shareholder would not change the essence of a company, that is, to generate profit. Thus, superficial dramas would go on.

However, it is even more silly for artists to predict any salary raise. Many TVB artists have said openly in media of that wish. Actually, this kind of "wild guess" is base on sheer sentiment. Normally, while new boss arrives, "fire and hire" is the predetermined act. Instead of protecting the job, those naive artists ask for the opposite.

Funny.