Taiwan Public Television Service Foundation (PTS Foundation/Public Television Service Foundation, ), also called Public Television Service (PTS, ), is the first independent
public broadcasting
Public broadcasting (or public service broadcasting) is radio, television, and other electronic media outlets whose primary mission is public service with a commitment to avoiding political and commercial influence. Public broadcasters receive f ...
institution in
Taiwan
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, which broadcasts the Public Television Service Taiwan. Although first proposed in 1980, it was not until 1984 that the executive-level
Government Information Office
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Histo ...
(GIO), which regulates mass media activities and serves as the government press bureau, attempted to create a separate entity that would produce public interest programs for broadcast on the then-existing three terrestrial networks. Nevertheless, the
Executive Yuan
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(one of Taiwan's
five branches of government or ''yuans'', and the one responsible for the GIO) later shifted the responsibility to the preexisting Chinese Public Television Broadcasting Development Fund. It was not until the early 1990s, following the lifting of
martial law
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, that legislative efforts striving to create a public television station emerged in earnest. After much political wrangling and outcries over public and private resources used in lobbying and advocacy efforts, the final statutes creating PTS were enacted in 1997.
A Part of TBS
Taiwan PTS is operated by the Public Television Service Foundation, which is a nonprofit, as an independent public service broadcaster.
History
In 2006, The Legislative Yuan completed the third reading and approved the Statute Regarding the Disposition of Government Shareholdings in the Terrestrial Television Industry, paving the road for
Taiwan Broadcasting System
Taiwan Broadcasting System (TBS; ), founded 1 July 2006, is a public broadcasting group that operates 8 television channels in Taiwan
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(TBS). After Liming Foundation donated
Chinese Television System
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(CTS) shares to the PTS Foundation, TBS was formed as a result. In 2007, Taiwan Indigenous Television (TITV), Hakka TV, and Taiwan Macroview Television (MACTV) join Taiwan Broadcasting System, completed the structure of TBS.
In 2020 the Taiwanese
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announced that they would be providing PTS with funding to produce English language programming.
The following year, PTS launched ''PTS World Taiwan'' as "an international YouTube channel that offers an incredible variety of programmes for viewers worldwide";
the channel features content mainly in Mandarin and Taiwanese with English subtitles.
PTS Channels
*PTS
*
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 ...
*
PTS XS (formerly called HiHD/PTS HD, the first
high-definition channel in Taiwan; and PTS3)
See also
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List of Taiwanese television series
Here is a partial list of Taiwanese television shows:
News
* ''CTS News'' (華視新聞) - CTS
* ''CTV News'' (中視新聞) - CTV
* ''FTV News'' (民視新聞) - FTV
* ''PTS News'' (公視新聞) - PTS
* ''TTV News'' (台視新聞) - TTV
...
*
Taiwan Indigenous Television (TITV)
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Censorship in Taiwan
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Press Freedom Index
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References
External links
* Taiwan Public Television Service Foundation page:
Official EnglishChinese*
Official Youtube page*
PTS WORLD TAIWAN(with English subtitles)
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Television stations in Taiwan
Chinese-language television stations
Television channels and stations established in 1998
Publicly funded broadcasters
Taiwan Broadcasting System
2006 mergers and acquisitions
Commercial-free television networks