Taipei Times
Date: Sep 29, 2017
By: Shelley Shan / Staff reporter
Much-anticipated draft amendments to the three main media laws could be
National Communications Commission Chairwoman Nicole Chan takes part in a question-and-answer session at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: Liao Chen-huei, Taipei Times
announced next month or in November, the National Communications Commission (NCC) said yesterday, adding that they would address problems caused by rules barring the government, political parties and the military from investing in media outlets.
NCC Chairperson Nicole Chan (詹婷怡) told a question-and-answer session at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei that the regulations barring investments from political parties, the government and the military are difficult to enforce.
The commission established a taskforce to review the three laws — the Radio and Television Act (廣播電視法), Satellite Broadcasting Act (衛星廣播電視法) and Cable Radio and Television Act (有線廣播電視法) — “which are separate and different tools that should be handled differently,” she said.
The commission is considering allowing investments by the three, but their shareholdings would likely be capped at a certain percentage, and neither politicians nor government or military officials would be allowed to control media companies, she said. [FULL STORY]
