The Chinese Television System (CTS) News and Info channel was fined NT$1 million (US$33,625) for erroneously running multiple news tickers that were created for disaster drills by the New Taipei City Fire Department, the National Communications Commission (NCC) said yesterday.
The channel at 7am on April 20 began broadcasting 11 different tickers, saying that New Taipei City was being attacked by Chinese guided missiles and several natural disasters were happening in the city, the commission said.
The channel’s news program at 9am also ran three news tickers announcing a volcanic eruption on Taipei’s Datunshan (大屯山), a hailstorm in the capital
Fifteen smartphones attained information security certification from the National Communications Commission (NCC), including 10 manufactured by five Chinese smartphone makers.
NCC Deputy Chairman and spokesman Wong Po-tsung (翁柏宗) said that the commission tested 15 smartphones from the third quarter of last year to the first quarter of this year.
The commission selected China-made smartphones and some of the best-selling smartphones during the first half of last year, Wong said.
Only Apple’s iPhone 12 received information security certification in the first test, the NCC said.
The remaining smartphones, which obtained certification following a second test, were the Asus Zenfone 7 and HTC
By Shelley Shan / Staff reporterFifteen smartphones attained information security certification from the National Communications Commission （NCC）, including 10 manufactured by five Chinese smartphone makers.
Errors by Chinese Television System’s (CTS) news channel could hurt the network’s chances of broadcasting on channel 52 on cable systems that are yet to find a replacement for the vacant spot in the news block, the National Communications Commission (NCC) said yesterday.
“CTS is to undergo a three-yearly performance evaluation in August, and several cable systems have applied to have CTS News and Info air on channel 52,” NCC Deputy Chairman and spokesman Wong Po-tsung (翁柏宗) told reporters at the commission’s weekly news conference. “We would examine the commitments that CTS had made when reviewing the applications filed by cable
Large over-the-top (OTT) television operators would be required to register with the government and subject to other special obligations under a new draft act regulating Internet audiovisual services (網際網路視聽服務法草案), the National Communications Commission (NCC) said yesterday.
The agency unveiled the legal framework of the new draft after an old draft, which was created in 2020 following a controversy involving Chinese streaming service operator iQiyi, was criticized for requiring operators to divulge what might be considered sensitive business information and for not incentivizing operators to generate new content.
Some criticized the government’s failure to effectively tackle rampant copyright infringement on some online streaming