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'''Television in Taiwan''' is primarily in Chinese and English. It is delivered through analog and digital, cable, IPTV, and the Internet.
Television channels in the '''[[Republic of China]]''' (ROC), informally known as [[Taiwan]].


== Digital television ==
== Digital television ==
[[Digital television]] launched terrestrially throughout Taiwan on 1 July 2004, using the [[DVB-T]] system. After years of simulcasting, Taiwan replaced analogue broadcasting with a digital system by 2014.<ref name="NCC resolves">{{cite news|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2009/02/11/2003435796|title=NCC resolves to promote transition to digital TV|last=Shan|first=Shelley|date=2009-02-11|work=Taipei Times|access-date=2009-03-20}}</ref> 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 [[New Taiwan dollar|NT]]$300 million in aid to purchase converters or for the purchase of new digital televisions.<ref name="Cabinet launches move">{{cite web |url=http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=36099 |title=Cabinet launches move to digital TV |access-date=2007-11-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080617034015/http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=36099 |archive-date=2008-06-17 }}</ref> 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.<ref name="NCC resolves"/>
[[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.<ref name="NCC resolves">{{cite news|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2009/02/11/2003435796|title=NCC resolves to promote transition to digital TV|last=Shan|first=Shelley|date=2009-02-11|work=Taipei Times|access-date=2009-03-20}}</ref> 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 [[New Taiwan dollar|NT]]$300 million in aid to purchase converters or for the purchase of new digital televisions.<ref name="Cabinet launches move">{{cite web |url=http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=36099 |title=Cabinet launches move to digital TV |access-date=2007-11-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080617034015/http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=36099 |archive-date=2008-06-17 }}</ref> 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.<ref name="NCC resolves"/>


=== HDTV ===
=== HDTV ===
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== Cable television ==
== Cable television ==
Cable television was legalized in 1993.<ref>{{cite news |title=Taiwan's cable TV industry tries to change image |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/biztimes19940427-1.2.15.5 |access-date=23 December 2023 |work=Business Times |date=27 April 1994}}</ref>
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Cable television is prevalent in Taiwan, as a result of cheap subscription rates (typically around [[New Taiwan Dollar|NT$]]550, or US$15 a month) and the paucity of free-to-air television, which comprises four channels. Programming is mostly in [[Standard Mandarin|Mandarin]] and [[Taiwanese Minnan|Taiwanese]], with some [[English language|English]], [[Japanese language|Japanese]] and other foreign-language channels. Miniseries, called [[Taiwanese drama]], are popular and are being exported to markets mainly in East and Southeast Asia, and Latin America, with some dramas available on [[Over-the-top media service|OTT]] platforms such as [[Netflix]], [[YouTube]], or [[Viki (streaming service)|Viki]]. There is a dedicated station for Taiwan's [[Hakka people|Hakka]] minority as well as the arrival in 2005 of an [[Taiwanese aborigines|aboriginal]] channel. Almost all programs are in the original language with [[traditional Chinese]] subtitles.


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Cable television is prevalent in Taiwan, as a result of cheap subscription rates (typically around [[New Taiwan Dollar|NT$]]550, or US$15 a month) and the paucity of free-to-air television, which comprises four channels. Programming is mostly in [[Standard Mandarin|Mandarin]] and [[Taiwanese Minnan|Taiwanese]], with some [[English language|English]], [[Japanese language|Japanese]] and other foreign-language channels. Miniseries, called [[Taiwanese drama]], are popular and are being exported to markets mainly in East and Southeast Asia, and Latin America, with some dramas available on [[Over-the-top media service|OTT]] platforms such as [[Netflix]], [[YouTube]], or [[Viki (streaming service)|Viki]]. There is a dedicated station for Taiwan's [[Hakka people|Hakka]] minority as well as the arrival in 2005 of an [[Taiwanese aborigines|aboriginal]] channel. Almost all programs are in the original language with [[traditional Chinese]] subtitles.


==List of channels==
==List of channels==
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
|-
| Name
! Name
| Free-to-air Channels
! Free-to-air channels
| Owner
! Owner
| [[UHF]]-Channels<br>([[DVB-T]])
! [[UHF]] channels<br>([[DVB-T]])
! Launched
| Launch Date (Analog)
|-
|-
|[[China Television]] (CTV)<br>中國電視 (中視)
|[[China Television]] (CTV)<br>中國電視 (中視)
|[[CTV Main Channel]] (CTV HD), [[CTV News Channel (Taiwanese TV channel)|CTV News]], [[CTV Classic]], CTV Bravo
|[[CTV Main Channel]] (CTV HD), [[CTV News Channel (Taiwanese TV channel)|CTV News]], [[CTV Classic]], CTV Bravo
|[[China Television]] (CTV)<br>中國電視公司 (中視)
|[[China Television]] (CTV)<br>中國電視公司 (中視)
|24 (498 MHz)
|24 (533 MHz)
|{{start date|1969|10|31|df=yes}}
|{{start date|1969|10|31|df=yes}}
|-
|-
|[[Public Television Service]] (PTS)<br>公共電視 (公視)
|[[Public Television Service]] (PTS)<br>公共電視 (公視)
|PTS Main Channel (PTS HD), [[PTS Taigi]]
|PTS Main Channel (PTS HD), [[PTS Taigi]], [[TaiwanPlus]]
|Taiwan Broadcasting System (TBS)<br>台灣公共廣播電視集團<br>公共電視文化事業基金會
|Taiwan Broadcasting System (TBS)<br>台灣公共廣播電視集團<br>公共電視文化事業基金會
|26 (514 MHz)
|26 (545 MHz)
|{{start date|1998|07|01|df=yes}}
|{{start date|1998|07|01|df=yes}}
|-
|-
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|FTV Main Channel (FTV HD), [[FTV One|FTV1]], [[FTV News]], FTV Taiwan
|FTV Main Channel (FTV HD), [[FTV One|FTV1]], [[FTV News]], FTV Taiwan
|Formosa Television (FTV)<br>民間全民電視股份有限公司<br>民視電視公司<br>民間全民電視公司
|Formosa Television (FTV)<br>民間全民電視股份有限公司<br>民視電視公司<br>民間全民電視公司
|28 (530 MHz)
|28 (557 MHz)
|{{start date|1997|06|11|df=yes}}
|{{start date|1997|06|11|df=yes}}
|-
|-
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|PTS3, Hakka TV, [[Taiwan Indigenous Television|TITV]]
|PTS3, Hakka TV, [[Taiwan Indigenous Television|TITV]]
|Taiwan Broadcasting System (TBS)<br>台灣公共廣播電視集團<br>公共電視文化事業基金會<br>Indigenous Peoples Cultural Foundation (IPCF)<br>原住民族文化事業基金會<br>公共電視文化事業基金會
|Taiwan Broadcasting System (TBS)<br>台灣公共廣播電視集團<br>公共電視文化事業基金會<br>Indigenous Peoples Cultural Foundation (IPCF)<br>原住民族文化事業基金會<br>公共電視文化事業基金會
|30 (546 MHz)
|30 (569 MHz)
|{{start date|2003|07|01|df=yes}}
|{{start date|2003|07|01|df=yes}}
|-
|-
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|[[TTV Main Channel]] (TTV HD), TTV News, [[TTV Finance]], TTV Variety
|[[TTV Main Channel]] (TTV HD), TTV News, [[TTV Finance]], TTV Variety
|[[Taiwan Television]] (TTV)<br>臺灣電視公司 (台視)
|[[Taiwan Television]] (TTV)<br>臺灣電視公司 (台視)
|32 (562 MHz)
|32 (581 MHz)
|{{start date|1962|10|10|df=yes}}
|{{start date|1962|10|10|df=yes}}
|-
|-
|[[Chinese Television System]] (CTS)<br>中華電視 (華視)
|[[Chinese Television System]] (CTS)<br>中華電視 (華視)
|[[CTS Main Channel]] (CTS HD), [[CTS News and Info|CTS News & Info]], [[CTS Education and Culture|CTS Education, Sports & Culture]], Parliament Television 1 / 2
|[[CTS Main Channel]] (CTS HD), [[CTS News and Info|CTS News & Info]], [[CTS Education and Culture|CTS Education, Sports & Culture]], Parliamentary TV 1 / 2
|Chinese Television System (CTS)<br>中華電視公司(華視)<br>台灣公共廣播電視集團
|Chinese Television System (CTS)<br>中華電視公司(華視)<br>台灣公共廣播電視集團
|34 (578 MHz)
|34 (593 MHz)
|{{start date|1971|10|31|df=yes}}
|{{start date|1971|10|31|df=yes}}
|}
|}

=== Multichannel cable television platforms ===
* [[Chung T'ien Television]]
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* [[Gala Television]]
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* [[Sanlih E-Television]]
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* [[TVBS]]
* [[Era Television]]
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* [[Eastern Broadcasting Company]]
* [[Much TV]]
* [[Azio TV]]
* [[JET TV]]
* [[Unique Business News]]


== Analog television ==
== Analog television ==
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* 31 October 1969 at 19:00 TST: second free-to-air terrestrial television station '''[[China Television]]''' ('''CTV''') on Channel 22 [[UHF]] was officially launched and initially broadcasting hours were from 19:00 until 23:00 TST a total of four hours daily based in [[Taipei]].
* 31 October 1969 at 19:00 TST: second free-to-air terrestrial television station '''[[China Television]]''' ('''CTV''') on Channel 22 [[UHF]] was officially launched and initially broadcasting hours were from 19:00 until 23:00 TST a total of four hours daily based in [[Taipei]].
* 31 October 1971 at 19:00 TST: third free-to-air terrestrial television station '''[[Chinese Television System]]''' ('''CTS''') on Channel 23 [[UHF]] was officially launched and initially broadcasting hours were from 19:00 until 23:00 TST a total of four hours daily based in [[Taipei]].
* 31 October 1971 at 19:00 TST: third free-to-air terrestrial television station '''[[Chinese Television System]]''' ('''CTS''') on Channel 23 [[UHF]] was officially launched and initially broadcasting hours were from 19:00 until 23:00 TST a total of four hours daily based in [[Taipei]].
These three are collectively known as the [[Old Three stations]].

In the late 1990s, two new free-to-air television channels were officially launched:
In the late 1990s, two new free-to-air television channels were officially launched:
* '''[[Formosa Television]]''' ('''FTV'''), on 11 June 1997 at 18:00 TST on VHF Channel 5 (82.250-MHz).
* '''[[Formosa Television]]''' ('''FTV'''), on 11 June 1997 at 18:00 TST on VHF Channel 5 (82.250-MHz).
* '''[[Public Television Service]]''' ('''PTS'''), on 1 July 1998 at 19:00 TST on [[UHF]] Channel 53 (704.250-MHz).
* '''[[Public Television Service]]''' ('''PTS'''), on 1 July 1998 at 19:00 TST on [[UHF]] Channel 53 (704.250-MHz).

==Most viewed channels==

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%"
|-
! Position !! Channel !! Share of total viewing (%)
|-
| 1 || [[TTV Main Channel|TTV]] || 6.3
|-
| 2 || [[CTV (Taiwanese TV network)|CTV]] || 5.8
|-
| 3 || [[Formosa Television|FTV]] || 5.0
|-
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| 4 || [[TVBS]] || 4.6
|-
| 5 || [[CTi Entertainment|CTi]] || 4.5
|-
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| 6 || [[Sanlih E-Television|SET Drama]] || 4.4
|-
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| 7 || [[Eastern Broadcasting Company|EBC/ETTV]] || 4.1
|-
| 8 || [[CTS Main Channel|CTS]] || 2.3
|-
| 9 || [[Era News]] || 2.4
|-
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| 10 || [[Gala Television|GTV 1]] || 2.1
|}


== See also ==
== See also ==
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National Communications
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Censorship
See also
Chinese-language TV channels

Television in Taiwan is primarily in Chinese and English. It is delivered through analog and digital, cable, IPTV, and the Internet.

Digital television[edit]

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.[1] 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.[2] 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.[1]

HDTV[edit]

High-definition television broadcast was introduced to Taiwanese audiences with the trial run of HiHD, provided by Public Television Service.[3]

Cable television[edit]

Cable television was legalized in 1993.[4]

Cable television is prevalent in Taiwan, as a result of cheap subscription rates (typically around NT$550, or US$15 a month) and the paucity of free-to-air television, which comprises four channels. Programming is mostly in Mandarin and Taiwanese, with some English, Japanese and other foreign-language channels. Miniseries, called Taiwanese drama, are popular and are being exported to markets mainly in East and Southeast Asia, and Latin America, with some dramas available on OTT platforms such as Netflix, YouTube, or Viki. There is a dedicated station for Taiwan's Hakka minority as well as the arrival in 2005 of an aboriginal channel. Almost all programs are in the original language with traditional Chinese subtitles.

List of channels[edit]

Main article: List of Chinese-language television channels § _Taiwan

Free-to-air[edit]

In Taiwan, there are six nationwide free-to-air television bouquets, as follows:

Name Free-to-air channels Owner UHF channels
(DVB-T) 		Launched
China Television (CTV)
中國電視 (中視) 		CTV Main Channel (CTV HD), CTV News, CTV Classic, CTV Bravo China Television (CTV)
中國電視公司 (中視) 		24 (533 MHz) 31 October 1969 (1969-10-31)
Public Television Service (PTS)
公共電視 (公視) 		PTS Main Channel (PTS HD), PTS Taigi, TaiwanPlus Taiwan Broadcasting System (TBS)
台灣公共廣播電視集團
公共電視文化事業基金會 		26 (545 MHz) 1 July 1998 (1998-07-01)
Formosa Television (FTV)
民間全民電視／民視電視 (民視) 		FTV Main Channel (FTV HD), FTV1, FTV News, FTV Taiwan Formosa Television (FTV)
民間全民電視股份有限公司
民視電視公司
民間全民電視公司 		28 (557 MHz) 11 June 1997 (1997-06-11)
Hakka Television Station (Hakka TV)
客家電視 (客視) 		PTS3, Hakka TV, TITV Taiwan Broadcasting System (TBS)
台灣公共廣播電視集團
公共電視文化事業基金會
Indigenous Peoples Cultural Foundation (IPCF)
原住民族文化事業基金會
公共電視文化事業基金會 		30 (569 MHz) 1 July 2003 (2003-07-01)
Taiwan Television (TTV)
台灣電視 (台視) 		TTV Main Channel (TTV HD), TTV News, TTV Finance, TTV Variety Taiwan Television (TTV)
臺灣電視公司 (台視) 		32 (581 MHz) 10 October 1962 (1962-10-10)
Chinese Television System (CTS)
中華電視 (華視) 		CTS Main Channel (CTS HD), CTS News & Info, CTS Education, Sports & Culture, Parliamentary TV 1 / 2 Chinese Television System (CTS)
中華電視公司(華視)
台灣公共廣播電視集團 		34 (593 MHz) 31 October 1971 (1971-10-31)

Multichannel cable television platforms[edit]

Analog television[edit]

Taiwan terminated over-the-air analog broadcasting on 30 June 2012, and the remainder of the analog system ended in 2014, when the analog cable television broadcasts were terminated.

The first three free-to-air analogue terrestrial television stations, using the American NTSC system, were launched during the 1960s and 1970s:

  • 10 October 1962 at 19:00 TST: first free-to-air terrestrial television station Taiwan Television (TTV) on Channel 21 UHF was officially launched and initially broadcasting hours were from 19:00 until 23:00 TST a total of four hours daily based in Taipei.
  • 31 October 1969 at 19:00 TST: second free-to-air terrestrial television station China Television (CTV) on Channel 22 UHF was officially launched and initially broadcasting hours were from 19:00 until 23:00 TST a total of four hours daily based in Taipei.
  • 31 October 1971 at 19:00 TST: third free-to-air terrestrial television station Chinese Television System (CTS) on Channel 23 UHF was officially launched and initially broadcasting hours were from 19:00 until 23:00 TST a total of four hours daily based in Taipei.

These three are collectively known as the Old Three stations.

In the late 1990s, two new free-to-air television channels were officially launched:

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Shan, Shelley (2009-02-11). "NCC resolves to promote transition to digital TV". Taipei Times. Retrieved 2009-03-20.
  2. ^ "Cabinet launches move to digital TV". Archived from the original on 2008-06-17. Retrieved 2007-11-30.
  3. ^ "Taiwan trials HiHD channel". Asia-Pacific Broadcasting. 2008-06-05. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
  4. ^ "Taiwan's cable TV industry tries to change image". Business Times. 27 April 1994. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
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