History of television in Taiwan

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History of television in Taiwan. The television industry in Taiwan developed later compared to Europe and the United States.

## Timeline

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### Black and white TV

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On March 4, 1961, the Taiwan provincial government set up the Taiwan Television career preparatory committee". On April 28, 1962, Taiwan Television was formally established.

### Color TV

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In 1967, President Chiang Kai-shek directed the integration of the above 12-second television applications, by the Broadcasting Corporation of China (BCC) combined with 28 private radio stations and some interested in the cause of television business and cultural circles raised funds to set up the second TV station, named "China Television Company".

### Digital TV

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Early forays to digital television started on Taiwan on July 1, 2004. The main channels started to use SDTV format with analog signal which had been carried out for decades. Taiwan's first HDTV channel HiHD (which belonged to PTS) started on February 1, 2008 with test transmissions throughout the country, mainly in the northern region. Official broadcast began on May 15, 2008 and it spread its signals to Taipei and Kaohsiung. Its official launch would occur on July 24, 2012.[1]

National Communications Commission terminated analog terrestrial television on June 30, 2012. By that time the main networks CTV, TTV, CTS, FTV and PTS fully transitioned to digital and with that ended 50 years of the analog signal in the country in the free-to-air frequency. On December 29, 2014 TTV upgraded its HD signal. Cable television would transition to digital by 2017.[2]

### Cable TV era

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### Vicious competition

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## Program classification system

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See also: Television content rating system

The second generation (current) of the TV program classification mark (June 13, 2017).
from left to right order: general level, protection level, auxiliary 12, auxiliary 15, limit level. The first generation of TV program grading signs.
Top left: General level – Top right: Protection level – Lower left: Counseling level – Lower right: limited – {system} – level

## References

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1. ^ Chung, Oscar (August 1, 2011). "Review: The Great Conversion". Taiwan Today. Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
2. ^ "TTV Main official statement". TTV. December 29, 2014. Retrieved December 21, 2018.

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Television in Taiwan

Free-to-air /
Terrestrial|

| TTV|

* TTV Main Channel
* TTV Finance
* TTV Variety
* TTV News Channel

Defunct
TTV Family
TTV World

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CTV|

* CTV Main Channel
* CTV News Channel
* CTV Classic
* CTV Bravo

TBS|

| CTS|

* CTS Main Channel
* CTS Education, Sports and Culture
* CTS News and Info

Defunct
CTS Recreation
CTS Variety

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PTS|

* PTS Main Channel
* PTS Taigi
* PTS XS
* Hakka TV
* TaiwanPlus

FTV|

* FTV Main Channel
* FTV Taiwan
* FTV News
* FTV One

Others|

Taiwan Indigenous Television (DTT carriage handled by PTS)

On multichannel
television
platforms|

| CTi|

* CTi Variety
* CTi Entertainment
* CTi International

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GTV|

* GTV One
* GTV Variety Show
* GTV Drama
* GTV Channel K

SET|

* SET International
* SET Taiwan
* SET News
* SET Metro
* SET iNews
* SET Drama
* MTV Taiwan

TVBS|

* TVBS
* TVBS Entertainment Channel
* TVBS News
* TVBS-Asia

Era|

* Era News
* Much TV
* Azio TV
* JET TV

| Next TV|

* NTV News
* NTV Variety

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EBC|

* EBC Variety
* EBC News
* EBC Financial News
* EBC Drama
* EBC Movies
* EBC Foreign Movies
* EBC Yoyo TV
* EBC Super TV
* EBC Asia
* ETMall
* ETTV China
* ETTV Global

Videoland|

* VL General (On-TV)
* VL Drama
* VL Movies
* VL Max-TV
* VL Sports
* VL Japan

Others|

* CNN International
* HBO Asia
* Discovery Networks International
* Cartoon Network Asia
* Unique Business News
* AXN Asia
* Animax Asia
* TVN Asia
* DAZN Taiwan
* ELTA TV

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