“Future of television: from passive to interactive” talk by Mr Robert Chua Wah-peng

We would like to invite you to cover the following event:

Event: “Future of television: from passive to interactive” talk by Mr Robert Chua Wah-peng

Date: 15 January 2009 (Thursday)

Time: 3:15pm – Presenting the new programme: Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Digital Media Broadcasting)

4:30pm - The talk

Venue: LT12, 4/F, Academic Building, City University of Hong Kong

The School of Creative Media of City University of Hong Kong (CityU) will launch a new programme, Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Digital Media Broadcasting, in the school year 2009/10. The school has created a talk series entitled “Future of TV” to inform staff, students and the public about the development of broadcasting media.

The guest speaker of the first talk is Mr Robert Chua Wah-peng. He will talk about his 45 years of experience in the TV industry and the evolution of TV from passive broadcasting to interactive media.

Mr Chua has witnessed the massive changes in the industry from the days of black-and-white TV to the era of digital broadcasting. He helped to launch TVB and created some classic shows such as “Enjoy Yourself Tonight” (EYT) and “Miss Hong Kong Pageant”. He founded the world’s first cross-media interactive channel and the satellite channel CETV.

Before the talk, Chair Professor Horace Ip Ho-shing, Acting Dean of School of Creative Media, and Ms Cheung Suk-yee, Assistant Professor of the school, will give a briefing about CityU’s new programme in digital media broadcasting.

For media enquiries, please contact Zoey Tsang (2788 9411 / 9550 1503) of the Communications and Public Relations Office, CityU.