Mirror News’ ability to raise its registered capital and start broadcasting on cable systems by the middle of May would be the focus of the National Communications Commission’s (NCC) review of the channel’s proposed management change, NCC Chairman Chen Yaw-shyang (陳耀祥) told lawmakers at a meeting of the legislature’s Transportation Committee yesterday.
The channel on Jan. 19 obtained a satellite broadcasting license after a two-year review by the commission.
However, the commission on Wednesday received the channel’s application for a management change after a board meeting on March 4.
Local media reported that Mirror News chairman Chen Jian-ping (陳建平) was removed from
The National Communications Commission (NCC) yesterday approved Mirror Media’s application to establish Mirror News (鏡電視) after reviewing the case for more than two years, provided it strictly follows 26 obligations and conditions set by the commission.
It is the first TV news license that the broadcast media regulator has issued in nearly 10 years.
Mirror Media said in a statement that it welcomed the decision and respects the conditions set by the NCC, as it aims to produce quality and diverse news content as stated in its business plan.
NCC Vice Chairman and spokesman Wong Po-tsung (翁柏宗) said that the approval
SET News and Formosa News have been asked to properly handle viewers’ complaints about their coverage of former Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) legislator Yen Kuan-heng (顏寬恒), after both news channels were accused of giving biased coverage and failing to verify the claims made by guests on political talk shows, the National Communications Commission (NCC) said yesterday.
Commission Chairman Chen Yaw-shyang (陳耀祥) attended a meeting of the legislature’s Transportation Committee to brief lawmakers on the issues related to home shopping channels.
KMT Legislator Hung Meng-kai (洪孟楷) asked Chen if the commission had noticed that some political talk shows spend almost the program focusing
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