Perhaps it is a bit of an exaggeration to use the term "global village." Yet as Asia's first media dedicated to the Chinese area, it is hard to avoid having people getting rather high hopes about Star TV being able to bolster a little the ability of Asia's Chinese to come together.
用「地球村」這個名詞來形容衛視帶來的影響可能過於誇大，但作為亞洲第一個中文區域媒介，也難免有人對它寄望深厚一點，希望它能為亞洲華人盡一點統合的心力。