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List Of Hong Kong Music Awards
This is a partial list of award ceremonies that recognize achievements in Hong Kong's popular music industry. In January 2001, IFPI Hong Kong had considered for a music award that would have similar categories to American Grammy Awards and British Brit Awards, but the event has yet to be held as of 2014. The Four Major Awards Each year Hong Kong's four main media outlets; RTHK, TVB, Commercial Radio Hong Kong, CRHK, and Metro Broadcast Corporation, Metro Radio; hold their own music award ceremonies. These are the four music awards that are given the most attention by the media, fans, and record companies. Metro Radio Music Awards Metro Radio Music Awards (:zh:新城勁爆頒獎禮, 新城勁爆頒獎禮) is usually the first of the four major music award ceremonies and is considered "music's first report card". The awards ceremony always takes place on December 26, Boxing Day. Metro Radio is known for giving out the most number of awards, with the number of awards increasing almost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Grammy Award
The Grammy Awards, stylized as GRAMMY, and often referred to as The Grammys, are awards presented by The Recording Academy of the United States to recognize outstanding achievements in music. They are regarded by many as the most prestigious and significant awards in the music industry in the United States, and thus the show is frequently called "music's biggest night". The trophy depicts a gilded gramophone, and the original idea was to call them the "Gramophone Awards". The Grammys are the first of the Big Three networks' major music awards held annually, and are considered one of the four major annual American entertainment awards with the Academy Awards (for films), the Emmy Awards (for television), and the Tony Awards (for theater). The first Grammy Awards ceremony was held on May 4, 1959, to honor the musical accomplishments of performers for the year 1958. After the 2011 ceremony, the Recording Academy overhauled many Grammy Award categories for 2012. The 67th Ann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
TVB City
TVB City () is the headquarters of Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) developed by Sun Hung Kai Properties located at 77 Chun Choi Street in the Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate, Tseung Kwan O, New Territories, Hong Kong. The HK$2.2 billion facility officially opened on 12 October 2003, with Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa Tung Chee-hwa (; born May 29, 1937) is a Hong Kong businessman and retired politician who served as the first Chief Executive of Hong Kong between 1997 and 2005, upon the transfer of sovereignty on 1 July. He served as a vice chairman of th ... and TVB chairman Raymond Chow in attendance. The facility, which replaced TV City, was designed to allow for future developments such as digital television production. The facilities include an 11-story broadcasting centre, workshops, a newsroom, a satellite antenna farm, two outdoor shooting sites and 22 production studios, of which "Studio 1" is one of the largest studio amongst all commercial television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Music Of Asia
Asian music encompass numerous musical styles, traditions, and forms originating in Asian countries. Asian music traditions include: * ** Music of China ** Music of Hong Kong ** Music of Japan ** Traditional music of Korea *** Music of North Korea *** Music of South Korea ** Music of Macau ** Music of Mongolia ** Music of Taiwan ** Music of Tibet * Music of Southeast Asia ** Music of Brunei ** Music of Cambodia ** Music of Indonesia *** Music of Sunda *** Music of Java *** Music of Bali ** Music of Laos ** Music of Malaysia ** Music of Myanmar ** Music of the Philippines ** Music of Singapore ** Music of Thailand ** Music of Timor-Leste ** Music of Vietnam * Music of South Asia ** Asian Underground ** Music of Afghanistan ** Music of Bangladesh ** Music of Bhutan ** Music of India ** Ravanahatha ** Music of the Maldives ** Music of Nepal ** Music of Pakistan ** Music of Sri Lanka * Music of Central Asia ** Music of Afghanistan (when included in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
RoadShow
RoadShow () is the first "Multi-Media on-Board" (MMOB) service system on transit vehicles in Hong Kong. It was launched by The Kowloon Motor Bus Holdings Limited (renamed as Transport International Holdings Limited (TIH)) in December 2000. The MMOB business was taken over by RoadShow Holdings Limited in 2001 prior to its listing on the Stock Exchange. The Corporation RoadShow Holdings Ltd (路訊通控股有限公司) was listed on the Stock Exchange on 28 June 2001 ) and is currently a member of the TIH Group. RoadShow Holdings Limited is owned as to approximately 73% by TIH and the remaining 27% goes to public investors. There are four major wholly owned subsidiaries under RoadShow Holdings Limited. They are RoadShow Media Limited, Bus Power Limited, Leader Force Limited and RoadShow Creations Limited. At the same time, the group holds 60% shareholding interest in its subsidiary – Bus Focus Limited. Subsidiaries of RoadShow were assigned to different business aspects. Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
International Federation Of The Phonographic Industry
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) is the organisation that represents the interests of the recording industry worldwide. It is a non-profit members' organisation registered in Switzerland and founded in Italy in 1933 by Francesco Braga. It operates a secretariat based in London, with regional offices in Brussels, Hong Kong, Miami, Abu Dhabi, Singapore and Nairobi. Function IFPI's mission is to promote the value of recorded music, campaign for record producer rights, and expand the commercial uses of recorded music. Its services to members include a legal policy programme, litigation, content protection, sales reporting for the recorded music market, insight and analysis and work in the areas of performance rights, technology and trade. Structure IFPI is governed by its Main Board, a group including representatives from across the organisation's members (including major and independent record labels), representatives from certain IFPI National Gro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Composers And Authors Society Of Hong Kong
Composers and Authors Society of Hong Kong Ltd. (; CASH) is a copyright collection society in Hong Kong established in 1977 which aims to administer and enforce collectively the rights of composers and authors (lyricists) of musical works subsisting under the copyright law of Hong Kong. CASH has established the CASH Music Fund to promote a higher standard of local music composition and to encourage and develop songwriting talent by sponsoring a wide range of musical activities in Hong Kong. CASH at present represents over 2 million songwriters including local members and, by means of reciprocal representation agreements, members from more than 200 countries and 80 overseas affiliated societies. All licence fees received after deduction of its administrative costs are distributed to local Members and overseas affiliated societies. History Composers and Authors Society of Hong Kong Limited was incorporated on 23 September 1977. It was established by a group of local composers to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards
Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Awards () is one of the main C-pop music award in Hong Kong. The award is sponsored by RTHK. Beginning in 1978, it is the oldest major award in Hong Kong, even earlier than the Jade Solid Gold Awards. The ceremony is usually held in January following the end of the previous music season. It usually takes place at the Hong Kong Coliseum, sometimes at the Sha Tin Racecourse. Award format The standard format is that the top 10 songs of each year are presented. Also a "Golden Needle" award is presented in some ceremonies as lifetime achievements. 1970s awards 1978 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards, 1978, 1979 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards, 1979 1980s awards 1980 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards, 1980, 1981 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards, 1981, 1982 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards, 1982, 1983 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards, 1983, 1984 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards, 1984, 1985 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards, 1985, 1986 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards, 1986, 1987 RTHK To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
