Chinese-language television
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Chinese-language TV channels
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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.

Digital television launched terrestrially throughout Taiwan on 1 July 2004, using the EuropeanDVB-T system. After years of simulcasting, Taiwan replaced American analogue broadcasting systemNTSC 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 providedNT$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]

High-definition television broadcast was introduced to Taiwanese audiences with the trial run ofHiHD, provided byPublic Television Service.^[3]

Cable television was legalized in 1993.^[4]

Cable television is prevalent in Taiwan, as a result of cheap subscription rates (typically aroundNT$550, or US$15 a month) and the paucity of free-to-air television, which comprises four channels. Programming is mostly inMandarin andTaiwanese, with someEnglish,Japanese and other foreign-language channels. Miniseries, calledTaiwanese drama, are popular and are being exported to markets mainly in East and Southeast Asia, and Latin America, with some dramas available onOTT platforms such asNetflix,YouTube, orViki. There is a dedicated station for Taiwan'sHakka minority as well as the arrival in 2005 of anaboriginal channel. Almost all programs are in the original language withtraditional Chinese subtitles.

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

• Chung T'ien Television
• Gala Television
• Sanlih E-Television
• TVBS
• Era Television
• Eastern Broadcasting Company
• JET TV
• Unique Business News
• Videoland Television Network
• Star Chinese Channel (defunct)

Taiwanterminated 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 threefree-to-airanalogueterrestrial television stations, using the AmericanNTSC system, were launched during the 1960s and 1970s:

• 10 October 1962 at 19:00TST: the first free-to-air terrestrial television stationTaiwan Television (TTV) was officially launched.
• 31 October 1969 at 18:30 TST: the second free-to-air terrestrial television stationChina Television (CTV) was officially launched.
• 31 October 1971 at 16:00 TST: the third free-to-air terrestrial television stationChinese Television System (CTS) was officially launched.

These three are collectively known as theOld Three stations.

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.
• Public Television Service (PTS), on 1 July 1998 at 19:00 TST.

• Media in Taiwan
• List of Taiwanese television series
• List of Taiwanese dramas
• Censorship in Taiwan
• Press Freedom Index

• Television in Taiwan
• 1962 establishments in Taiwan
• Television by country

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