Henry Cheng Kar-shun, who is the chairman of property development group New World Development, has taken control of I-Cable, Hong Kong’s largest cable TV network operator and the territory’s second…
Cheng-owned company Celestial Pioneer disclosed that it had struck deals that give it 72% ownership of Forever Top, a company that owns a 43% stake in I-Cable.
Celestial said that it was buying 40.5% of Forever Top from two existing investors. But it disclosed neither the identity of the exiting investors, nor the value of the transaction. It is understood that prior to the deal David Chiu Tat-cheong held 24.5%, property developer Li Sze Lim 16% and Hony Capital’sI-Cable provides broadband internet and pay-TV services across Hong Kong and claimed 754,000 subscribers at the end of June.
The company, which has a concession until 2029, has struggled in recent years as digital competitors have emerged. It was sold by previous owner Wharf Holdings in 2017, after I-Cable had lost money for ten consecutive years. Forever Top stepped in with a capital injection of HK$700 million , but since then I-Cable has been back to its investors four times for further top-ups.
Adrian Cheng, CEO of New World Development, is also invested in the city’s media and entertainment scene. Among his projects is aThe Hong Kong media scene remains low-margin, fluid and politically influenced. In recent years, key media assets including TVB, the city’s leading free-to-air channel, and the South China Morning Post and Sing Tao newspaper groups, have been acquired by mainland Chinese owners, possibly at the behest of Chinese government.
The political winds may now be shifting and, given the central government pushback against influence by Chinese tech giants
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