tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5765116522593136045.post4215218702651881283..comments2024-02-15T06:33:28.234-08:00Comments on LL's Musings 小賢角落: News Article: CRHK CEO Stephen Chan cancels Eileen Cha’s radio show; Elaine Ng chosen as replacementUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5765116522593136045.post-2154033281981226972012-08-15T17:54:00.765-07:002012-08-15T17:54:00.765-07:00@sport3888: Well, first off, all the record compan...@sport3888: Well, first off, all the record companies need to be on board because as much as we may not like it, the reality is that all of the record companies (especially the 'big name' ones) have huge influence on the radio stations and TV stations in HK. This is where the biggest difficult lies because to be honest, the record companies are never going to unite together to push for a combined awards ceremony because it's not in their best interests. One combined awards ceremony means several things: 1) the "rules" for choosing who wins what award would change big time, since currently each radio station has their own way of determining this and the standards are different for each -- getting all the stations to agree on 1 criteria will be extremely difficult, especially given that they all seem to play by a different set of rules; 2) one award ceremony means fewer awards (for example, there would only be 1 album of the year type award and 1 winner versus 4-5 similar awards with each of the stations and possibly 4-5 different winners. Fewer awards to go around means fewer artists will get awards which also means that the record companies will get less money, since an award usually brings some type of profit to the artist and company in some way, shape, or form (be it more performance opportunities, commercials, higher salaries, or just plain more noteriety, etc.); 3) the record companies can no longer enjoy the 'privilege' they have now of influencing the awards ceremonies by giving certain favors / benefits, etc. behind-the-scenes / under the table in 'exchange' for awards (despite what the record companies and radio/TV stations might say, it's obvious that these types of 'bribes' and such does happen, it's just done in a way that is borderline legal so that they can't get in trouble for it)....the leverage that these record companies 'enjoy' is definitely not something that they would be willing to give up that easily....<br /><br />Personally, with the way the entertainment industry is right now, a combined awards ceremony will never happen because the HK music industry isn't united enough and probably won't be in the future -- everyone is looking out for their best interests only and could care less what happens to others. The whole 'unity' thing is actually one of the things that many of the veteran singers have 'complained' about consistently -- many of them lament that the HK music industry isn't as united as it was back in like the 80s and 90s because more and more, everyone is looking at making a profit as more important than making music for music's sake (plus the HK music industry lost many of the 'big name' artists who really had the ability to influence everyone to come together and unite for a cause --there are very few of these types of artists left in the industry and by themselves, they can only do so much...)llwy12https://www.blogger.com/profile/02401832364832078932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5765116522593136045.post-12894172530864158972012-08-14T04:12:08.225-07:002012-08-14T04:12:08.225-07:00I also feel there's a conspiracy going on betw...I also feel there's a conspiracy going on between SC and TVB. It'd be really sad to see how SC would mess with 903 awards. That's what I'm most worried about because 903 has the best music award production, and are almost always the first to award those who are talented in music before everyone else.sport3888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5765116522593136045.post-80436425218768459082012-08-14T04:07:02.279-07:002012-08-14T04:07:02.279-07:00Then how come other places can have joint award of...Then how come other places can have joint award of radio stations but no in HK? What do you think is needed for that to happen?sport3888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5765116522593136045.post-66239073356221223282012-08-13T17:56:48.455-07:002012-08-13T17:56:48.455-07:00@sport3888: I'm sorry, but I can't help th...@sport3888: I'm sorry, but I can't help thinking that somehow, Stephen Chan is still in 'cahoots' with TVB behind-the-scenes (though in what capacity I can't really pinpoint for sure)....yea, call me a conspiracy theorist if you'd like, but it just seems like too much of a 'coincidence' that some of the people he got rid of are showing up at TVB....<br /><br />And I really don't buy the whole thing about Eileen Cha not being unhappy about the changes and that she had actually wanted to do something different -- I mean, her program has been on for 15 years...if she really didn't want to do her program anymore and was "desperate" to work with TVB on a talk show (as some news sources reported), why wait until now to do it? The timing just seems like too much of a coincidence (SC becomes CEO of CRHK and the minute he starts making major changes, Eileen suddenly "doesn't want to do the show anymore"....hmmmm).<br /><br />I also agree with you in that I don't believe SC will keep his hands off of 903 music....at the pace he's going now, I would be surprised if we didn't see any changes to the music department within the next couple months.<br /><br />I also highly doubt that SC would push for a 3 radio station joint award show because when he was at TVB, he was opposed to this idea when it came up a few years ago, so it doesn't make sense that he would change his mind now all of a sudden. I actually don't think any of the radio stations or TV stations in HK will ever take this step because honestly speaking, it's the least profitable option from a business point of view -- unless the station truly has the goal of developing music for music's sake and doesn't care about profit (which as of right now, none of the stations would ever choose to take this route). I don't think we'll ever see such a concept (joint award show from the 3 radio stations) in HK in our lifetime!llwy12https://www.blogger.com/profile/02401832364832078932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5765116522593136045.post-72279415471931920742012-08-12T14:32:38.167-07:002012-08-12T14:32:38.167-07:00hmm..."I have no intention of changing 903’s ...hmm..."I have no intention of changing 903’s musical direction, as 903 already has its own position and niche."<br /><br />Will see about that, who know whether SC will turn 903 awards into another JSG rigged awards (Oh the horror of that!)<br /><br />On the other hand if SC is willing to push for a 3 radio station joint awards then it'd be awesome. Sorry I don't consider TVB to be one they are a tv station not radio station and have no ways of calculating results credibly not to mention the huge favoritism for their own actors and EEG singers.sport3888noreply@blogger.com