TVB denies banning artists from using Weibo (Asian Twitter)

(Dispite the rumors, these artists aren't afraid to continue with Weibo)

Hong Kong artists recently have been engaged in the "Weibo Madness", where many TVB artists are tweeting daily of what they are up to with fans. The young group like Bosco Wong and Joyce Cheng tweeted a few times every day chasing after the most hit Ah Jeh Liza Wang's Weibo. Everytime Liza records for , the latest pictures of that episode would be uploaded first thing on Weibo. suddenly there is news spreading that TVB ordered their artists to stop tweeting on Weibo, banning them from being on Weibo. Rumors say that after the orders were passed, Bosco stopped tweeting, but Myolie Wu and Joyce has no fear, they continued with their Weibos. TVB Executive Virgina Lok responded to the rumors yesterday.

Weibo (The Asian Twitter) is the most popular sites now, besides helping artists do promotions, they can also interact with fans more. Gigi Leung provided an explanation for her break up with foreign blood boyfriend on Weibo; Miriam Yeung clarified her pregnancy rumors on Weibo. These are the two most popular Weibo-ers, besides ranking top 20, they also have more than 60,000 fans subscribed.

Artists are attracting more fans and fulfilling fans request on getting up to date status on their current work schedule. Earlier when Bosco Wong was filming for his new series , he tweeted everyday updating each scene he was filming and uploaded photos and clips to share with fans.

Reporters contacted TVB exeuctive Virgina Lok regarding the artist Weibo ban? Virgina Lok replied through a text message. She expressed that she has never heard about TVB wanting to ban artists from using Weibo. Many TVB artists have a Weibo account, they are using it to communicate with fans and chat with other artists on Weibo.

Besides Myolie Wu and Bosco wong having rumors on Weibo, so does Sammul Chan and Elanne Kong who started their rumors because of Weibo. Michael Tse and Charmaine Sheh also loves using Weibo, however in their Weibos, it is not possible to know their whereabouts.

Source: Mingpao
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU