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
Ten cable service operators have withdrawn their applications to have Taiwan Television (TTV) broadcast on Channel 52, the National Communications Commission (NCC) said yesterday.
Channel 52 became a much-coveted spot on the nation’s cable system after the commission in 2020 rejected CTi News’ license renewal application. CTi News had occupied the spot until then.
After the commission in March last year approved HomePlus Digital’s application to have the Chinese Television System (CTS) broadcast on Channel 52, three other multiple service operators Kbro Co, Taiwan Fixed Network Media Co and Taiwan Optical Platform also applied to have CTS air on the
Media tycoon Lin Kun-hai (林崑海), founder of Sanlih Entertainment Television (SET) and an emerging political faction in the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), died of head and neck cancer at Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital on Monday night. He was 68.
Lin, who “left peacefully and finished the journey of his life,” is survived by his wife, Chang Hsiu (張秀), and his children and grandchildren, the media group said in a statement.
Lin, whose influence has spanned politics, business and media, was widely considered the spiritual leader of Taiwan Forward, also known in the party as the Hai faction.
In the past few years, the
The National Communications Commission (NCC) yesterday rejected Golden TV’s (靖洋傳媒) application to establish a military news channel, saying that its news department would be significantly understaffed.
It was the first time that the commission received an application to establish a news channel dedicated to the coverage of military news.
The network said in its business plan that it plans to hire only four full-time employees for the channel, which NCC commissioners said would be inadequate to carry out its business plan, NCC Vice Chairman and spokesman Wong Pot-tsung (翁柏宗) said.
The commission said in a statement that the planned channel would cover