TVBS Media Inc. (), formerly Liann Yee Production Co., Ltd. (), is a Taiwanese commercial television broadcasting company. It was originally established as a joint venture between
TVB
Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) is a television broadcasting company based in Hong Kong SAR. The Company operates five free-to-air terrestrial television channels in Hong Kong, with TVB Jade as its main Cantonese language service, and TVB ...
in
Hong Kong
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and
Era Group in Taiwan, but TVB took over Era's shares in the company in 2005. Later, TVB sold all of its shares in the company to HTC Corporation Chairwoman
Cher Wang
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. As of 2019, TVBS operates four domestic channels and one international channel: TVBS, the flagship channel; TVBS News, 24-hour news channel; TVBS Entertainment, which shows variety and drama series; TVBS E! (formerly TVB8), an alternative channel available on
CHT MOD
CHT MOD (Multimedia On Demand of Chunghwa Telecom, zh, 中華電信MOD) is a Taiwan-based consumer IPTV service, operated by Chunghwa Telecom. Up to now, The current number of customers reached 1.48 million.
History
In January 2003, Chunghwa Tel ...
IPTV platform; and TVBS Asia, available outside Taiwan.
History
The company's flagship channel, TVBS, began its broadcast through satellite DTH and local cable systems on 28 September 1993. The name originally stood for "TVB Superchannel", while its Chinese name was ''Wuhsien Weihsing Tienshiht'ai'' (). It was originally a part of the so-called "Gang of Five", which was a consortium that was set up to compete against
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across Asia. (The others in the group were
CNN International
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,
HBO
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,
ESPN International
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Operating regions
Latin America
Spanish-speaking countries
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]) The consortium's channels were initially transmitted via Palapa satellite, but were later also added to Apstar satellite. TVBS later launched an international version named TVBS Asia in 1997, and TVB launched separate satellite channels that targeted East and Southeast Asia in 1998.
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 Media was the first Taiwanese broadcasting company 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 channels
TVBS operates four channels:
* TVBS
TVBS Media Inc. (), formerly Liann Yee Production Co., Ltd. (), is a Taiwanese commercial television broadcasting company. It was originally established as a joint venture between TVB in Hong Kong and Era Group in Taiwan, but TVB took over Er ...
* TVBS Entertainment Channel
TVBS Entertainment Channel (formerly TVBS-G) is a satellite television channel in Taiwan, launched on 12 September 1994.
TVBS Entertainment Channel rebroadcasts Hong Kong dramas from TVB, yet also produces its own dramas since 2003.
Programs
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* TVBS-NEWS
TVBS News or (TVBS-N) is a Taiwanese pay television channel. Launched in 1995, it is the first 24-hour nationwide news channel in the country.
Newscasts
Current news sections are named as follows. (All time HKT)
* Morning News (Weekdays: 09:00 ...
* TVBS-Asia
TVBS-Asia is a satellite cable channel operated by TVBS in Taiwan
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Controversy
* Government Information Office
The Government Information Office, Executive Yuan (GIO; ) was a cabinet-level agency of the Executive Yuan of Taiwan (the Republic of China) in charge of promoting government policies and regulating domestic media.
History
In April 1947, the R ...
(GIO) Taiwan
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head Pasuya Yao
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Political career
Yao, a form ...
claims TVBS violated Taiwan media ownership laws, requiring that a foreign juristic person
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should not ''directly'' own majority shares of local satellite channels. On 1 November 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
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...
against Yao's decision. TVBS stated that TVB
Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) is a television broadcasting company based in Hong Kong SAR. The Company operates five free-to-air terrestrial television channels in Hong Kong, with TVB Jade as its main Cantonese language service, and TVB ...
, a television broadcasting company in Hong Kong, held majority ownership of the company by a local juristic person
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. Executive Yuan
The Executive Yuan () is the executive branch of the government of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Its leader is the Premier, who is appointed by the President of the Republic of China, and requires confirmation by the Legislative Yuan.
...
announced that TVBS's ownership models is legal and GIO are required to return the fine.
* Bitumen duck incident
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(瀝青鴨事件): happened on 29 December 2006. Although TVBS apologized, the incident had already caused damage to the duck farming industry.
* Chou Cheng-pao Video Tape incident
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* CHOU (AM), a multicultural radio station (1450 AM) in Montreal, Quebec, in Canada, also known as Middle East Radio
* Chou role, the clown role in Chinese opera
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(周政保影帶事件): happened on 26 March 2007. On March 30, the NCC fined TVBS a total of two million New Taiwan dollar
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s and required TVBS to replace the general manager.[自由電子報 - TVBS影帶恐嚇案事件簿]
See also
* Taiwan Major League
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* TVB
Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) is a television broadcasting company based in Hong Kong SAR. The Company operates five free-to-air terrestrial television channels in Hong Kong, with TVB Jade as its main Cantonese language service, and TVB ...
* List of Taiwanese television series
Here is a partial list of Taiwanese television shows:
News
* ''CTS News'' (華視新聞) - CTS
* ''CTV News'' (中視新聞) - CTV
* ''FTV News'' (民視新聞) - FTV
* ''PTS News'' (公視新聞) - PTS
* ''TTV News'' (台視新聞) - TTV
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References
External links
*
TVBS Official Site
*
TVBi
*
* ''The Star
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“Taiwan reporters fired over TV gangster video”
2007-03-29
* '' ic Wales''
“Taiwanese gangster threatens to kill rival”
2007-03-27
* ''Earthtimes''
“Man's TV threat proves costly”
2007-03-29
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Television channels and stations established in 1993
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1993 establishments in Taiwan