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Television In Taiwan
Television in Taiwan is primarily in Chinese and English. It is delivered through analog and digital, cable, IPTV, and the Internet. Digital television Digital television launched terrestrially throughout Taiwan on 1 July 2004, using the European DVB-T system. After years of simulcasting, Taiwan replaced American analogue broadcasting system NTSC with a digital system by 2014. The Republic of China Cabinet approved a measure mandating that all new televisions are to be equipped with a digital television tuner from 2006. The rule applied to TVs measuring between 21 and 29 inches in 2007, and to sets of all sizes in 2008. To assist lower-income families with the switch to digital television, the government provided NT$300 million in aid to purchase converters or for the purchase of new digital televisions. In February 2009, the National Communications Commission proposed amendments to the Cable Television Act; they include mandating cable companies to provide free set-top boxes. ...
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Viki (streaming Service)
Rakuten Viki is an American over-the-top subscription video on-demand streaming service. It streams videos similar to other services, but also allows users to subtitle content available in 200 languages as well as providing original programming. Headquartered in San Mateo, California, it has offices in Singapore, Tokyo, Japan, and Seoul, South Korea. The name Viki is a portmanteau of the words video and wiki, drawing on the latter's use of volunteers for content management. The company won the Crunchie award for best international start-up company in January 2011. History 2007–2012; Early history Viki was founded in 2007 by Razmig Hovaghimian, Changseong Ho and Jiwon Moon. Funding for the company originally came from Neoteny Labs, a Singapore-based start-up fund headed by Joichi Ito, and from the co-founder of LinkedIn, Reid Hoffman. The company moved to Singapore in 2008 to take advantage of government backing and the city-state's role as a pan-Asian hub. In December 20 ...
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FTV News
FTV News () is a digital television news channel operated by Formosa Television (FTV) in Taiwan, launched on 11 June 1997. See also * Media of Taiwan The mass media in Taiwan is considered to be one of the freest and most competitive in Asia. Cable TV usage is high (around 80%) and there is also a wide selection of newspapers available covering many political viewpoints. Taiwan's media history ... External linksFTV News official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Ftv News Television channels and stations established in 1996 24-hour television news channels in Taiwan Television news in Taiwan ...
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FTV One
FTV One (), is a digital television channel operated by Formosa Television (FTV) in Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea .... It is formerly called Follow Me TV () and aimed to offer realtime traffic information to audiences, especially drivers with TV device on vehicle. External links * (official website) 2004 establishments in Taiwan Television channels and stations established in 2004 Television stations in Taiwan {{Taiwan-tv-stub ...
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Formosa Television
Formosa Television () is a television station based in New Taipei City, Taiwan. Established on March 27, 1996, FTV began broadcasting on June 11, 1997 as the first free-to-air television station established without direct relationship to a political party or the Taiwanese government. On May 24, 2004, FTV was among the first free-to-air channels in Taiwan to switch from terrestrial analog signal to digital television. Programming Because of the location of its headquarters, which is in an area where Taiwanese Hokkien speakers are populous, FTV earned the reputation for being the first station in Taiwan to use that tongue in a majority of its programs, especially on its prime time newscasts. FTV is considered to be part of the Pan-Green Coalition and was found to show "obvious political bias" in favor of the Democratic Progressive Party by a media watchdog in 2010. Around-the-clock broadcasting Midnight on January 1, 2018 marked Formosa Television's first day of 24-hou ...
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TaiwanPlus
TaiwanPlus is a public media company based in Taipei. Launched on 30 August 2021, it offers live streaming and an international television channel, delivering a variety of content, including news, lifestyle features, technology, travel shows, entertainment programming, cultural insights, food content, and documentaries. The platform provides access to its streaming services through its website, mobile app, and 24-hour TV channel. History The service was launched on 30 August 2021. It is overseen by the Ministry of Culture (MOC) and operated by the Central News Agency (CNA). The MOC first publicly expressed interest in an international streaming service in July 2020, but a proposal involving the Public Television Service (PTS) was met with backlash that led to the proposal's abandonment, over criticism that it would be a vehicle for propaganda and constitute government interference with the PTS. The decision to give the operation responsibility to the CNA was made in May 2021 an ...
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PTS Taigi
PTS Taigi (Hàn-jī: 公視台語台; Taiwanese POJ: ''Kong-sī Tâi-gí-tâi''; Tâi-lô: ''Kong-sī Tâi-gí-tâi''; lit. PTS Taiwanese) is a digital television channel operated by Taiwan Public Television Service Foundation (PTS) in Taiwan and featuring the first 24-hour channel mainly in Taiwanese Hokkien in Taiwan. The channel was launched in 2004 as Dimo TV (Digital Mobile TV), and was originally targeted toward “on-the-go” viewers via mobile TV-enabled mobile handsets or TV systems installed in vehicles. Since October 1, 2012, the channel was renamed as PTS2 (), and then be available in HD and featured mostly kids and educational programming since July 6, 2016. From July 1, 2019, PTS2 is renamed as PTS Taigi, based on the policy of establishing of public In public relations and communication science, publics are groups of individual people, and the public (a.k.a. the general public) is the totality of such groupings. This is a different concept to the sociology, ...
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CTV Classic
CTV Classic (), formerly known as CTV MyLife (), is a digital television channel operated by China Television (CTV) in Taiwan. See also * Media of Taiwan The mass media in Taiwan is considered to be one of the freest and most competitive in Asia. Cable TV usage is high (around 80%) and there is also a wide selection of newspapers available covering many political viewpoints. Taiwan's media history ... Television stations in Taiwan Television channels and stations established in 2004 2004 establishments in Taiwan {{Taiwan-tv-stub ...
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CTV News Channel (Taiwanese TV Channel)
CTV News Channel () is a digital television channel operated by China Television (CTV) in Taiwan, launched on July 1, 2004. See also * Media of Taiwan The mass media in Taiwan is considered to be one of the freest and most competitive in Asia. Cable TV usage is high (around 80%) and there is also a wide selection of newspapers available covering many political viewpoints. Taiwan's media history ... Television channels and stations established in 2004 Television stations in Taiwan 24-hour television news channels in Taiwan {{Taiwan-tv-stub ...
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CTV Main Channel
CTV (formerly known as CTV Main Channel) is a free-to-air terrestrial television channel of the China Television company and is the second-oldest free-to-air terrestrial television channel in the Republic of China (Taiwan) after TTV Main Channel. History It was established on September 3, 1968, test of transmission on October 10, 1969 and officially inaugurated by the 3rd Vice President of the Republic of China Yen Chia-kan on October 31, 1969. Appearances Test card The test card of CTV is Philips PM5544. See also * Media of Taiwan The mass media in Taiwan is considered to be one of the freest and most competitive in Asia. Cable TV usage is high (around 80%) and there is also a wide selection of newspapers available covering many political viewpoints. Taiwan's media history ... References Television stations in Taiwan Television channels and stations established in 1969 {{Taiwan-tv-stub ...
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China Television
China Television Company, Ltd. (CTV; zh, c=中國電視公司, p=Zhōngguó Diànshì Gōngsī, poj=Tiong-kok-tiān-sī-kong-si, zhu=ㄓㄨㄥ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄕˋ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄙ), formerly called Taiwan Daytime TV (TDT) from 1969 to 1975, is a Outline of television broadcasting, television broadcasting company based in Taipei, Taiwan. It was established on September 3, 1968, by the then-ruling Kuomintang (KMT). The party owned the majority stake of the network. Trial broadcast started on October 9, 1969, and the channel formally started broadcasting on October 31 the same year. CTV was the first television channel to broadcast full colour television service to the whole island. History China Television was established on September 3, 1968, and began broadcasting in 1969. On August 9, 1999, the channel was publicly listed on Taiwan Stock Exchange, becoming the first publicly listed broadcasting company on the island. In 2006, due to effects borne by the media reform ...
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Free-to-air
Free-to-air (FTA) services are television (TV) and radio services broadcast in unencrypted form, allowing any person with the appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal and view or listen to the content without requiring a subscription, other ongoing cost, or one-off fee (e.g., pay-per-view). In the traditional sense, this is carried on terrestrial radio signals and received with an antenna. FTA also refers to channels and broadcasters providing content for which no subscription is expected, even though they may be delivered to the viewer/listener by another carrier for which a subscription is required, e.g., cable television, the Internet, or satellite. These carriers may be mandated (or OPT) in some geographies to deliver FTA channels even if a premium subscription is not present (providing the necessary equipment is still available), especially where FTA channels are expected to be used for emergency broadcasts, similar to the mandatory emergency phone num ...
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