written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . march 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message tom group limited sehk 2383 is a chinese language media company in the greater china region with business interests across markets in mainland china taiwan and hong kong . its business covers four media sectors internet tom online outdoor tom outdoor media group publishing and television and entertainment . in 2008 tom group was crowned in house of the year media & entertainment in house team of the year at the 2008 alb hong kong law awards . 1 contents 1 history 2 stock history 3 operations 4 technology 5 outdoor media 6 publishing 7 tv & entertainment 8 competition 9 external links history edit the tom group was founded in october 1999 as a joint venture between hutchison whampoa cheung kong holdings and other strategic investors principally solina chau . in march 2000 it was listed on the growth enterprise market as hkex 8001 . the group subsequently transferred its listing to the main board of the stock exchange of hong kong stock code 2383 . stock history edit the tom group s initial ipo on the growth enterprise market the second board in hong kong caused a minor rush by the public for applications to purchase the stock at an offer price of 1.48 1.78 hk in march 2000 . by january 2012 the stock closed at 4.71 hk on the hong kong main board far outperforming its competitors sohu.com and sina.com s growth rates on the nasdaq . operations edit headquartered in hong kong the group has regional offices in beijing shanghai and taipei and operating bases in about twenty cities . the group generated revenues of hk 2 728 million in 2008 a 2 % growth over 2007 . sing wang has been the ceo up to end of 2005 the then cfo tommei tong was promoted to ceo in january 2006 . tommei tong resigned in early 2008 and ken yeung was appointed as the ceo of tom group since 26 march 2008 . angela mak soek fun was also appointed as the cfo . technology edit tom group s internet arm targets the young trendy and technology savvy demographic serving around 300 million online users . the portal has been upgraded and is transitioning to a tool and user centric widgetised open platform . tom s wireless division serves a wireless user base of some 400 million people offering a range of products and services including sms mms wap ivr rbt and java me . tom has acquired the exclusive rights to operate the official nba websites in mainland china taiwan and hong kong . the nba official site in the mainland was launched in october 2008 with live broadcast of games and various social networking features for sports fans to communicate interact and share . in addition through tom skype a joint venture with skype the company offers peer to peer software that allows mainland chinese users to communicate using im voice and video . at the end of 2008 tom skype had 80 million registered users . also under the internet division is a c2c e commerce platform tom eachnet . by integrating the internet technologies into the online products and services the company is working towards a direction to deliver a seamless online to mobile experience . in june 2014 tom group also invested in a leading chinese fintech player welab . welab operates online lending platforms in hong kong and china . outdoor media edit as an outdoor advertising expert in mainland china tom outdoor media group omg operates an extensive advertising billboard and unipole network with media assets space over 300 000 square meters covering nearly 60 cities . capitalizing on its innovative media and comprehensive network omg has 15 subsidiaries located in major cities including beijing shanghai shenzhen and chengdu to provide clients with tailor made services and one stop shop solutions . to capture cross strait opportunities the company has acquired assets in second tier cities underpinned by the acquisition of over 140 units of media assets including billboards unipoles and light boxes in fuzhou airport totalling over 3 500 square metres . publishing edit tom group publishing arm has developed into a unique publishing platform in greater china . through the formation of joint ventures tom group is able to substantially increase its presence in the publishing market on the mainland . in taiwan a total of 40 publishers are consolidated under cite publishing holding group the top ranked magazines and books publishing group in the region . in hong kong the cup magazine is very popular among young business executives . over 60 magazine titles with annual printing volume exceeding 29 million copies ; a total of 5 new magazines on computer digital related and lifestyle genres were launched . more than 2 000 new book titles ; and the annual printing volume reached to 19 million copies ; a total catalogue of 14 000 titles out of which 400 more were licensed for local production by publishers in mainland china . tv & entertainment edit tom group is the majority shareholder of china entertainment television cetv a 24 hour putonghua general entertainment channel providing the latest asian and international entertainment programming as well as bringing pioneering and innovative original productions to mainland china audiences . cetv was the first of the 6 foreign satellite television channels to have been granted landing rights into the cable systems of guangdong and has also secured nationwide distribution via the central platform covering hotels and foreign apartment compounds . in aggregate with distribution via the asiasat 3s and sinosat platforms it is estimated that cetv now reaches approximately 21 million households throughout mainland china . hit programming for the channel include the renowned korean dramas jewel in the palace and the legendary doctor hur jun as well as original productions super search warrant and scent of a woman . original programming of cetv is now being syndicated to hunan fujian henan and other local networks . competition edit other publishing rivals include sing tao holdings ltd. hong kong standard next media and apple daily scmp group http www.legalbusinessonline.com.au external links edit official website leung h. forms snapped up in two hours ; stampede as tom.com goes public hong kong standard 19 february 2000 . v t e ck hutchison holdings a.s. watson group cheung kong infrastructure holdings ck life sciences hutchison 3g husky energy hutchison asia telecom group hutchison port holdings hutchison telecommunications hong kong holdings power assets holdings tom group tom online retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title tom group & oldid 738132810 categories ck hutchison holdingscompanies listed on the hong kong stock exchangepublishing companies of hong konginternet companies of hong konghidden categories articles with a promotional tone from march 2010all articles with a promotional toneofficial website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 7 september 2016 at 02 45 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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