Taiwan Public Television Service Foundation (PTS Foundation/Public Television Service Foundation, ), also called Public Television Service (PTS, ), is the first independent

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institution in

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, which broadcasts the Public Television Service Taiwan. Although first proposed in 1980, it was not until 1984 that the executive-level

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(GIO), which regulates mass media activities and serves as the government press bureau, attempted to create a separate entity that would produce public interest programs for broadcast on the then-existing three terrestrial networks. Nevertheless, the

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(one of Taiwan's five branches of government or ''yuans'', and the one responsible for the GIO) later shifted the responsibility to the preexisting Chinese Public Television Broadcasting Development Fund. It was not until the early 1990s, following the lifting of

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, that legislative efforts striving to create a public television station emerged in earnest. After much political wrangling and outcries over public and private resources used in lobbying and advocacy efforts, the final statutes creating PTS were enacted in 1997.

A Part of TBS

Taiwan PTS is operated by the Public Television Service Foundation, which is a nonprofit, as an independent public service broadcaster.

History

In 2006, The Legislative Yuan completed the third reading and approved the Statute Regarding the Disposition of Government Shareholdings in the Terrestrial Television Industry, paving the road for

Taiwan Broadcasting System Taiwan Broadcasting System (TBS; ), founded 1 July 2006, is a public broadcasting group that operates 8 television channels in Taiwan. It also owns 2 (CTS and PTS) of the five major Taiwan television networks (the other are TTV, CTV and FTV). ...

(TBS). After Liming Foundation donates

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(CTS) shares to the PTS Foundation, TBS was formed as a result. In 2007, Taiwan Indigenous Television (TITV), Hakka TV, and Taiwan Macroview Television (MACTV) join Taiwan Broadcasting System, completed the structure of TBS. In 2020 the Taiwanese Ministry of Culture announced that they would be providing PTS with funding to produce English language programming. The following year, PTS launched ''PTS World Taiwan'' as "an international YouTube channel that offers an incredible variety of programmes for viewers worldwide"; the channel features content mainly in Mandarin and Taiwanese with English subtitles.

PTS Channels

* PTS *

PTS Taigi PTS Taigi (Hàn-jī: 公視台語台; Taiwanese POJ: ''Kong-sī Tâi-gí-tâi''; Tâi-lô: ''Kong-sī Tâi-gí-tâi''; lit. PTS Taiwanese) is a digital television channel operated by Taiwan Public Television Service Foundation (PTS) in Taiwan ...

* PTS3 (formerly called HiHD, PTS HD, the first high-definition channel in Taiwan)

References

External links

* Taiwan Public Television Service Foundation page:
Official English

Chinese
*
Official Youtube page
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PTS WORLD TAIWAN
(with English subtitles)

* ttp://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2017/02/15/2003665020 Legislature to broadcast sessions live from Friday - Taipei Times {{Television in the Republic of China Television stations in Taiwan Chinese-language television stations Television channels and stations established in 1998 Publicly funded broadcasters Taiwan Broadcasting System 2006 mergers and acquisitions

A Part of TBS

History

PTS Channels

See also

References

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