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During the early 1990s, tens of thousands of Taipei residents subscribed to an illegal cable service named “Shinganxian” (新幹線). With over 140 employees, it was the largest among more than 40 similar operations in the capital.
For a relatively cheap price, people could sign up for up to 37 channels ranging from Buddhist seminars to WWE wrestling to X-rated movies. Otherwise they were limited to the government-approved “old three channels” (老三台): Taiwan Television, (TTV), China Television (CTV) and Chinese Television System (CTS), which were established between 1962 and 1971.
According to a 1991 Commonwealth Magazine (天下雜誌) article, an
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The best print media will survive
By Cheng Tzu-leong 鄭自隆
On Monday, the print version of the Taiwanese edition of the Apple Daily flew off the presses for the last time.
The Chinese-language newspaper, owned by Hong Kong-based Next Digital Ltd, began publishing in Taiwan on May 2, 2003. At the time, Taiwan had just been through the SARS epidemic and the nation was still in a state of shock; today the newspaper has pulled the plug on its print edition just as Taiwan is battling a resurgence of COVID-19.
Born out of one coronavirus outbreak and finished off by another, the demise of the print edition of the Apple Daily is a sad event.
TTV News touts abilities as it vies for Channel 52
By Shelley Shan / Staff reporter
Taiwan Television (TTV) News is qualified to broadcast on Channel 52 with its sufficiently staffed news department and high percentage of self-produced content, the news channel’s management told the National Communications Commission (NCC) yesterday.
The broadcast media regulator yesterday for the first time reviewed applications to move TTV News to Channel 52 from 15 cable operators: five cable systems run by TFN Media Co, nine owned or invested in by media tycoon Lien Tai-shen (練台生) and one independent cable operator.
Apart from representatives from cable systems, TTV general manager Chou Fa-shun (周法勳) and TTV News manager Tsuo Yen-ni (左燕妮) also attended the review meeting, NCC Vice Chairman and spokesperson Wong Po-tsung (翁柏宗) said.