FEATURE: CTS seeks Channel 52 approval, despite flakBy Shelley Shan / Staff reporterOn Nov. 18 last year, when National Communications Commission (NCC) Chairman Chen Yaw-shyang (陳耀祥) urged cable operators to consider “giving Taiwan Broadcasting System [TBS] a chance” to take over Channel 52, it was widely perceived as an unprecedented and inappropriate move. Critics said that the cable channel lineup is based on negotiations between cable system operators and channel operators, not the NCC. Bolstered by the NCC’s endorsement, the management of Chinese Television System (CTS) — the only TBS network that has a news channel license — in December last year announced a plan to move CTS News and Info to Channel 52. “However, most people can see from subsequent developments that the umpire has a preferred candidate to occupy Channel 52 and is clearing all hurdles for it,” he said. “Those who say we will definitely lose money if we take over Channel 52 are mistaking the effect for the cause,” he said.

Source: Taipei Times February 20, 2021 15:56 UTC