Taipei - Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) is scheduled to hold a hearing on May 8 regarding the change of ownership of China Television (CTV) and CTiTV (CTi). The Want Want Group purchased the two stations as well as the Chinese-language daily China Times from the China Times Group last year. Statements gathered from the hearing on May 8 will serve as a reference for the NCC, which has final authority to approve the change in ownership at the stations. Based on a public notice … [Read more...] about Taiwan’s NCC to be given testimony on purchase
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StarHub Digital Cable to launch TVBS-News channel
Singapore – Singapore’s cable TV operator StarHub is launching 24-hour Mandarin language news channel TVBS-News on StarHub Digital Cable’s Chinese Entertainment Basic Group at no extra charge on March 3, 2008. TVBS-News is the first Mandarin news channel to be available on the service’s basic tier. Taiwan-based TVBS-News channel offers current affairs programming and coverage on Taiwanese, regional and global news through its correspondents and partnerships with … [Read more...] about StarHub Digital Cable to launch TVBS-News channel
StarHub Digital Cable to launch TVBS-News channel
Singapore – Singapore’s cable TV operator StarHub is launching 24-hour Mandarin language news channel TVBS-News on StarHub Digital Cable’s Chinese Entertainment Basic Group at no extra charge on March 3, 2008. TVBS-News is the first Mandarin news channel to be available on the service’s basic tier. TVBS-News channel is based in Taiwan and offers current affairs programming and coverage on Taiwanese, regional and global news through its correspondents and partnerships with … [Read more...] about StarHub Digital Cable to launch TVBS-News channel