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Note 6 - Other Receivables, Net
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Notes to Financial Statements  
Loans, Notes, Trade and Other Receivables Disclosure [Text Block]
6.
 Other receivables, net
 
    As of December 31,
    2016   2015
    US$(’000)   US$(’000)
         
Term deposit interest receivable    
34
      
48
  
Staff advances for normal business purpose    
55
      
243
  
TV advertisement deposit and prepayment receivable    
-
      
1,157
  
Overdue deposits    
870
      
1,130
  
Allowance for doubtful debts    
(870
 )    
(668
 )
Other receivables, net    
89
      
1,910
  
 
TV advertisement deposit and prepayment receivable as of
December
31,
2015
represented the uncollected portion of the deposit and prepayment made to an agent of
one
of the provincial satellite TV stations partnered with the Company. The Company terminated its cooperation with this TV station and its agent upon expiration of the
2014
contract on
December
31,
2014.
The remaining balance of this deposit and prepayment as of
December
31,
2015
was collected in
January
2016.
 
For advertising resources purchase contracts signed by the Company with its resources providers, the Company was required to make deposits, which were either applied to the contract amounts that were needed to be paid with the consent of the counterparty or to be refunded to the Company of the remaining balance upon expiration of the cooperation. Overdue deposits represented the portion of the contractual deposits, which related advertising resources purchase contracts had been completed as of each of the reporting dates with no further cooperation. Based on the assessment of the collectability of these overdue deposits as of
December
31,
2016
and
2015,
the Company provided approximately
US$870,000
and
US$668,000
allowance for doubtful accounts, respectively, which was related to the deposits of its internet advertising and TV advertising business segment. For the year ended
December
31,
2016,
approximately
US$256,000
allowance for doubtful accounts was provided. For the year ended
December
31,
2015,
approximately
US$145,000
allowance for doubtful accounts was reversed due to collection of a portion of the overdue deposit.