CTS News and Info () is a
digital television
Digital television (DTV) is the transmission of television signals using digital encoding, in contrast to the earlier analog television technology which used analog signals. At the time of its development it was considered an innovative adva ...
24-hour news channel operated by
Chinese Television System
The Chinese Television System Inc. () is a terrestrial television station in Taiwan and was founded in 1971. Recent milestones of the network are in sports events, including having the distinction to offer exclusive coverage of the 2017 Un ...
(CTS) in
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...
. It used to be CTS Recreation () until September 10, 2012.
On April 19, 2021, CTS News and Info Channel took over Taiwan's Cable Channel 52 replaced the rival
CTi News
CTi News () is a Taiwanese 24-hour online news outlet and, until December 2020, cable television channel, operated by Chung T'ien Television.
CTi News was known for its support of Kuomintang politician Han Kuo-yu, who attracted a huge wave of s ...
, owned by the
Want Want China Times Group after the
National Communications Commission
The National Communications Commission (NCC; ) is an independent statutory agency of Executive Yuan of the Republic of China (Taiwan) responsible for regulating the development of the telecommunication and broadcasting industries, promoting compe ...
approved CTS News and Info Channel's transfer from cable channel 130 to cable channel 52.
Opening and Closing times
CTS Main Channel is on air 24 hours each day.
Except for the last Thursday of every month at 4 AM, it will be closed for one hour for system testing, and then the broadcast will resume at 5 AM.
References
Television stations in Taiwan
Television channels and stations established in 2006
Taiwan Broadcasting System
24-hour television news channels in Taiwan
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