To survive, TVB will come out with a lot more JV series with mainland China. Most of its stars will welcome it as it will expose them to the huge mainland China. The production budget will probably be higher but TVB will alienate its core viewers in the long run. Hong Kong people will not like it and their overseas market like Astro will also lose interest.

What made TVB popular in the first place was their good actors and actresses. Even though, their production budget was low, their script and storyline were good. You'll never see a series like The Greed of Man again as such stories will never get through China censorship board. The golden age of TVB was the 1980's, 1990's and early 2000. This is the period where they created stars like Andy Lau, Chow Yuen Fatt, Steven Chow, etc.