TVBS
| Country | Republic of China (Taiwan) |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Taipei |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | TVBS Media Inc. |
TVBS Media Inc. began its broadcast through satellite DTH and local cable systems on September 28, 1993.[citation needed] As the first privately owned broadcaster, it broke the decades-long oligopoly of the three state-owned terrestrial television stations in the Taiwan market. TVBS currently[when?] operates five television channels, which are TVBS’ 56 Channel, TVBS News, TVBS Entertainment, TVSB-Asia (overseas), TVB8 (MOD).
“Innovation and Justice” are the core values of TVBS Media Inc.. It established of Taiwan’s first entertainment variety channel, TVBS-G,[citation needed] and the country’s first 24-hour news channel, TVBS-News.
TVBS Media Inc. was the first network to go full HD, from filming to production to broadcast. It was the first to introduce 4K cameras paired with movie-quality lenses to film and produce its dramas, programs, and news special reports.
TVBS Media Inc. has won several Golden Bell awards.[citation needed] TVBS News’ ratings consistently lead other networks.[citation needed]
TVBS channels
TVBS operates four channels:
Controversy
- Government Information Office (GIO) Taiwan head Pasuya Yao claims TVBS violated Taiwan media ownership laws, requiring that a foreign juristic person should not directly own majority shares of local satellite channels. On November 1, 2005, the announced a fine of NT$1 million against TVBS and ordered that it comply with the ownership rules in a practical timeframe, and afterwards TVBS appealed to Executive Yuan against Yao's decision. TVBS stated that TVB held majority ownership of the company by a local juristic person. Executive Yuan announced that TVBS's ownership models is legal and GIO are required to return the fine.
- Bitumen duck incident (瀝青鴨事件): happened on December 29, 2006. Although TVBS apologized, the incident had already caused damage to the duck industry.[1]
- Zhou Zheng-bao Video Tape incident (周政保影帶事件): happened on March 26, 2007.[2][3][4] On March 30, the NCC fined TVBS a total of two million New Taiwan dollars and required TVBS to replace the general manager.[5]
See also
References
- ^ Template:Zh icon T台醜聞／綠營率鴨農向TVBS提出賠償 至少求償3.5億元, ETtoday, 2007-04-17.
- ^ Template:Zh icon 【TVBS聲明】影帶事件隱瞞實情 TVBS主動舉發, TVBS official website, 2007-03-28.
- ^ Template:Zh icon 自由電子報 - 嗆聲影帶/ 高層不起訴 代表T台清白 檢︰不能這樣說.
- ^ TVBS reporters fired over video - The China Post.
- ^ Template:Zh icon 自由電子報 - TVBS影帶恐嚇案事件簿.
External links
- Template:Zh icon TVBS Official Site
- Template:En icon TVBi
- Template:En icon Chuang, Jimmy; Shan, Shelley (29 Mar 2007). "Gangster footage shot by TVBS reporter". Taipei Times. p. 1.
- Template:En icon The Star: “Taiwan reporters fired over TV gangster video”, 2007-03-29
- Template:En icon ic Wales: “Taiwanese gangster threatens to kill rival”, 2007-03-27
- Template:En icon Earthtimes: “Man's TV threat proves costly”, 2007-03-29