CTS News to begin broadcasting on channel 52 next week
04/13/2021 08:58 PM
CTS headquarters in Taipei. CNA file photo
Taipei, April 13 (CNA) Customers of several cable television providers will be able to watch Chinese Television System (CTS) News and Info on channel 52 from April 19, several months after the spot was left vacant following a controversial decision by the National Communications Commission (NCC).
Twelve subsidiaries of cable TV giant Homeplus Digital Co. and three independent operators had applied to the NCC to move CTS News and Info from its current spot on channel 130 into the vacant channel slot.
The NCC approved the applications on March 31, although formal notification was only sent to the 15 operators on Tuesday.
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