The dispute arose when several cable operators refused to pay Eleven Sports more content authorization fees. “We tried to enrich our content and improve program quality, but we cannot even charge a reasonable content authorization fee, which has remained an unresolved issue. Many channel operators attributed the source of the dispute to multiple systems operator Taiwan Optical Platform Co’s decision to reduce the content authorization fees it pays to channel operators by 20 percent this year. They said that this would motivate other cable operators to follow suit, significantly lowering the revenues earned by channel operators. The commission on May 9 fined Taiwan Broadband Communications NT$3.3 million (US$104,606) and Formosa TV NT$200,000, when the former terminated broadcast signals for the latter after a dispute.

Source: Taipei Times May 23, 2019 16:03 UTC