Hong Kong Technology Venture
Hong Kong Technology Venture Company Limited (HKTV, Chinese: 香港科技探索有限公司) is a Hong Kong-based technology company primarily known for its e-commerce platform and once had plans to become a television station. HKTV currently provides an over-the-top shopping and entertainment ("shoppertainment") platform named HKTVMall.
| Company type | Public |
|---|---|
Traded as | SEHK: 1137 |
| Industry | e-Commerce (formerly broadcasting) |
| Founded | 19 May 1992 |
| Headquarters | HKTV Multimedia and Ecommerce Centre, 1 Chun Cheong Street, Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate, Tseung Kwan O |
Area served | Hong Kong |
Key people | Ricky Wong |
| Services | HKTVMall |
| Website | www.hktv.com.hk www |
In 2009, HKTV (then-City Telecom) applied for domestic free-to-air television programme service licence, but was rejected by the Hong Kong government in October 2013. Later, HKTV acquired a mobile TV licence and planned to launch the first 2 channels but this plan was foiled again. It commenced live and video on demand broadcasting through internet on 19 November 2014, while refiling an application for a free-to-air licence. HKTV had fought a series of legal battles against the government, until it withdrew its application for free-to-air licence and surrendered its mobile television licenses to the Communications Authority in March 2018.
On 13 July 2021, the company changed its name from Hong Kong Television Network to Hong Kong Technology Venture.