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Sanlih Entertainment Television or Sanlih E-Television (SET; ) is a Taiwanese nationwide

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network founded in May 1993. It also produces

Taiwanese drama Taiwanese drama (, also known as T.W. drama) refer to dramatic programming of television programming extended stories usually dramatizing relationships through the general range of ten to forty one-hour episodes. They are produced in Taiwan and ha ...

that are broadcast on free-to-air channels like Taiwan Television (TTV). In terms of

political Politics () is the set of activities that are associated with decision-making, making decisions in social group, groups, or other forms of power (social and political), power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of Social sta ...

orientation, Sanlih leans heavily towards the

Pan-Green Coalition The Pan-Green coalition, Pan-Green force or Pan-Green groups is a nationalist political coalition in Taiwan (Republic of China), consisting of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Taiwan Statebuilding Party (TSP), Social Democratic Party ...

History

The Sanlih media group was founded by Lin Kun-hai, his wife Lin Chang-Hsiu, and her brother Chang Rong-hua in 1983, producing videos of

Taiwanese Hokkien Taiwanese Hokkien ( , ), or simply Taiwanese, also known as Taigi ( zh, c=臺語, tl=Tâi-gí), Taiwanese Southern Min ( zh, c=臺灣閩南語, tl=Tâi-uân Bân-lâm-gí), Hoklo and Holo, is a variety of the Hokkien language spoken natively ...

music and variety programs with entertainers such as Chu Ke-liang. The network's name, literally meaning "three establishments", refers to the three cofounders of the company. Sanlih quickly became successful as broadcasting restrictions during the martial law period limited the usage of non-Mandarin languages on television. However, the introduction of cable television led to a proliferation of unlicensed operators that would broadcast Sanlih videos on their own channels without permission, leading to the group setting up its own channel in 1993. To appeal to a broader, national base, Sanlih launched the Mandarin-language City Channel in 1996 and rebranded to SET-N (standing for "national" and "news") in 1997, helping it secure funding from political advertisements during the elections held in both years as multiparty democracy became a reality in Taiwan.

SET channels

SET currently offers eight subsidiary channels: * SET International (began airing March 2000) *

SET Taiwan SET Taiwan () is a television channel of the Sanlih E-Television in Taiwan, launched in September 1993. It mainly broadcasts Taiwanese drama. Productions Drama Daily * Ah Bian and Ah Jane * Accompany Me Through Life * Nine Refers to the B ...

(began airing December 1996) *

SET News SET News (SETN; ) is a 24-hour news channel of the Sanlih E-Television in Taiwan, launched in March 1998. SET News and sister channel SET iNews are considered media outlets leaning towards the Pan-Green coalition. SET News is available on YouT ...

(began airing March 1998) *

SET Metro SET Metro () is a television channel of the Sanlih E-Television in Taiwan, launched in September 1995. It mainly broadcasts Taiwanese drama and cartoons. Productions Drama Daily 8PM *Inborn Pair *Ti Amo Chocolate *Sweet Sweet Bodyguard *L ...

(began airing September 1995) * SET Drama (began airing December 1996, relaunched June 2013) * SET iNews (began airing May 2011) * SET Variety (began airing June 2012) * MTV Taiwan (being operated by Sanlih since November 2011)

History

SET channels

Productions

See also

References

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