By Shelley Shan / Staff reporterThe National Communications Commission （NCC） yesterday said news media outlets should receive their fair share of profits from digital platforms for letting them publish news content to generate advertisement revenue.
A National Communications Commission (NCC) proposal that TV channels should be numbered using three digits has drawn mixed reactions from channel operators: While some say it would further dilute their revenues, others say it would help level the playing field.
The policy was proposed as the current two-digit system has led to congestion in certain channel blocks and rising disputes between channels and cable systems. It has also hindered new channels entering the cable service market.
In addition to the new numbering system, the policy would divide channels into eight blocks.
Channels with “1” as the first digit would be “must-carry” or family
Fred Chin fumbles with the combination lock on an old metal gate, the bright turquoise marred by rust spots and grime. On the other side is a long dark corridor and rows of cells. It was here that Chin was detained, tried and sentenced to 12 years in an offshore jail by the totalitarian regime that ruled Taiwan for almost 40 years.
“In one-and-a-half years I left this room four times,” the now 72-year-old said, gesturing to the whitewashed walls. “Three times for court, and the last time when I was sent to Green Island (綠島). Three-hundred sixty-five days a year,
Taiwan should see its ties with the US improve further after a referendum advocating a ban on imports of pork containing the feed additive ractopamine failed to pass on Saturday, academics said.
Taiwan Institute of Economic Research president Chang Chien-yi (張建一) was among those who were upbeat about bilateral ties following the vote, saying that economic cooperation should continue and Washington could lend more support for Taiwan’s bid to participate in international organizations.
The referendum on reinstating a ban on imports of ractopamine was one of four held on Saturday. “No” votes slightly outnumbered “yes” votes on all four questions, and turnout
Defense experts called on the Ministry of Defense to create a standard code for maintaining discipline, after local media on Saturday reported that nine officers were reprimanded for administering inappropriate punishments to a conscript in Kinmen.
Earlier last week, a boot camp recruit surnamed Chung (鍾) was stripped of his shirt and had icepacks placed against his armpits and crotch as a punishment for napping during physical training, the Kinmen Defense Command confirmed on Saturday.
The command cadre of the battalion, including the battalion commander, the political warfare officer and the sergeant who ordered the drill have been transferred and could face