Mirror Media’s two-year drive to secure a broadcasting license and a coveted spot in the cable news block ended last month, but critics say its arduous path revealed issues in the National Communications Commission’s (NCC) review process.
Unlike other networks in the channel 49 to channel 58 cable news block, Mirror News would not air political talk shows during prime-time viewing hours, its management told the NCC. Instead, it said it would use the coveted time slots to broadcast self-produced investigative features.
The channel’s management also promised to recruit retired National Chengchi University journalism professor Weng Shieu-chi (翁秀琪) as a full-time ombudsman
NCC head denies boosting Mirror Media channel bid
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NCC denies report that chairman tried to influence review
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