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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.
Channel 52 approvals expected this month
CTS OR TTV NEWS: Lawmakers asked why the NCC had approved some applications, but others were still pending, despite having been submitted at about the same time
By Shelley Shan / Staff reporter
TTV News could be broadcasting on channel 52 soon, with a review of applications from 15 cable operators to be completed by the end of this month, National Communications Commission (NCC) Chairman Chen Yaw-shyang (陳耀祥) said yesterday.
The commission on March 31 approved applications from Homeplus Digital and three other cable operators to broadcast CTS News and Info on channel 52.
CTS News and Info has since April 19 been available to 1.25 million subscribers over 15 cable systems across Taiwan, with 12 systems owned by Homeplus Digital and the other three operators.
Under scrutiny over Channel 52, CTS predicts financial losses of NT$260m
By Shelley Shan / Staff reporter
Chinese Television System (CTS) is expecting financial losses of NT$260 million (US$9.14 million) this year, general manager Leon Chuang (莊豐嘉) told the Legislative Yuan’s Education and Culture Committee yesterday.
CTS aims to generate profits three years after it starts broadcasting its news channel on cable television, Chuang added.
The Ministry of Culture was scheduled to brief the committee on progress in drafting a public media act.
Chinese Television System general manager Leon Chuang speaks at a news conference in Taipei on Friday last week.
CTS News to begin broadcasting on channel 52 next week
04/13/2021 08:58 PM
CTS headquarters in Taipei. CNA file photo
Taipei, April 13 (CNA) Customers of several cable television providers will be able to watch Chinese Television System (CTS) News and Info on channel 52 from April 19, several months after the spot was left vacant following a controversial decision by the National Communications Commission (NCC).
Twelve subsidiaries of cable TV giant Homeplus Digital Co. and three independent operators had applied to the NCC to move CTS News and Info from its current spot on channel 130 into the vacant channel slot.
The NCC approved the applications on March 31, although formal notification was only sent to the 15 operators on Tuesday.