The National Communications Commission (NCC) could adopt the criteria used for the approval of Mirror News (鏡電視) to evaluate the performance of cable news channels, NCC Chairman Chen Yaw-shyang (陳耀祥) said yesterday.
Mirror Media was last month granted approval to establish the news channel after it was reviewed by the commission for two years.
However, NCC commissioners Lin Li-yun (林麗雲) and Wang Wei-ching (王維菁) wrote a letter of dissent regarding the ruling, saying that the commission should not review applications for the establishment of news channels as if they are judging an essay competition.
The commission should review its policies governing the
Mirror Media’s two-year drive to secure a broadcasting license and a coveted spot in the cable news block ended last month, but critics say its arduous path revealed issues in the National Communications Commission’s (NCC) review process.
Unlike other networks in the channel 49 to channel 58 cable news block, Mirror News would not air political talk shows during prime-time viewing hours, its management told the NCC. Instead, it said it would use the coveted time slots to broadcast self-produced investigative features.
The channel’s management also promised to recruit retired National Chengchi University journalism professor Weng Shieu-chi (翁秀琪) as a full-time ombudsman
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