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Fox Networks to close 5 TV channels in Taiwan by end September
04/29/2021 04:18 PM
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Taipei, April 29 (CNA) The Taiwan branch of Fox Networks Group said on Wednesday that it plans to close five of its TV channels at the end of September, although the Disney Channel and Star Chinese Movies will not be affected by the change.
The announcement by Fox Networks, which was acquired by Disney in March 2019, came after it terminated three of its sports channels in Taiwan Fox Sports, Fox Sports 2 and Fox Sports 3 starting Jan. 1 this year.
The five soon-to-be-axed channels will include Fox Crime, Fox Family Movies, FX, Channel V and Nat Geo People, which are currently available through Chunghwa Telecom Co. s multimedia-on-demand (MOD) service or via local cable TV providers.
Disney Group set to close five cable channels in Taiwan
By Shelley Shan / Staff reporter
Disney Group is set to cancel five cable channels in Taiwan as part of its plans to close 18 TV channels in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong, Fox Network Group’s branch in Taiwan said yesterday.
The news follows the group’s termination on Jan. 1 of its broadcast of Fox Sports 1, 2 and 3 channels in Taiwan.
A story published on Tuesday by US entertainment news site Variety said that the 18 channels include Fox, Fox Crime, Fox Life and FX; movie channels Fox Action Movies, Fox Family Movies, Fox Movies and Star Movies China; sports channels Fox Sports, Fox Sports 2, Fox Sports 3, Star Sports 1, Star Sports 2; kids’ channels Disney Channel and Disney Junior; and factual services Nat Geo and SCM Legend.
CTiTV asks to broadcast news on Variety channel
BUSINESS PLAN: The NCC asked the network how the variety channel would be different from a news channel if news programs were part of its broadcast
By Yang Mien-chieh / Staff reporter
CTiTV has submitted a new business plan to broadcast news programs on its CTi Variety channel, National Communications Commission (NCC) officials have said.
The network’s application came after the operating license for its CTi News channel expired in December last year following a unanimous decision by NCC commissioners on Nov. 18 not to renew the license.
NCC officials said they received the business plan for CTi Variety before the Lunar New Year holiday in February, to add morning, midday and evening news hours to the channel’s programming.
Complaints lodged over derailment news coverage
By Shelley Shan / Staff reporter
The National Communications Commission (NCC) yesterday said that it has received six to seven complaints since Friday last week from the public about media coverage of the derailment of Taroko Express No. 408, and an independent panel is examining footage to see if broadcasting regulations have been breached.
Lee Yi-hsiang (李義祥), a worker at a construction site, has been linked to a crane truck that slid down a slope onto the railway tracks, leading to the fatal crash.
Some complaints said that TV news shows accused him of lying about going to the construction site alone by showing a photograph of him standing next to other people, without verifying whether those people were workers or passengers from the crashed train, the commission said.