INTERFERENCE? The committee reviewing the acquisition of TBC was told that an investor looking to manage a cable TV network from overseas was a risk, FTV said
Taipei Times
Date: May 05, 2018
By: Tseng Te-jung and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer
Formosa TV (FTV, 民視) has accused Hon Hai Group (鴻海集團) chairman Terry Gou
A screen grab from cable TV provider Taiwan Broadband Communications yesterday shows no signal from the Formosa News channel with an announcement that it has temporarily been unable to obtain broadcast authorization from the channel. Photo: CNA
(郭台銘) of politically motivated censorship of the media after Taiwan Broadband Communications (TBC, 台灣寬頻通訊) cut access to FTV-owned channels yesterday morning.
TBC said it removed the channels Formosa News, Formosa Taiwan and Follow Me TV from its service because FTV had not authorized TBC to use its channels.
FTV last year packaged the three channels in one deal, but TBC only wished to broadcast Formosa News.
An inability to arrive at a solution necessitated National Communication Commission (NCC) intervention. The NCC ordered FTV to grant TBC temporary access to its channels until May 15. [FULL STORY]
