Chinese Taipei - Current situation - History
19.08.2010
The Broadcasting Corporation of China (BCC), a private network with nationwide coverage, operates three FM and three AM channels as well as a digital audio broadcasting system.
In July 2010, the Government of Chinese Taipei announced plans for digital convergence by 2015. During the first stage of the program, from 2010 through 2012, a number of bills will be formulated and sent to the legislature for passage, including a radio and TV broadcast law.
Chinese Taipei has been a supporter of DAB and DAB+ broadcasting and planned for a full implementation of digital broadcasting (both TV and radio) by 2010. Lack of marketing, promotion and consumer awareness has slowed this digital expansion. The new laws currently being developed should set a firm timeline in place for digital conversion of all media and telecoms.
09.08.2010
In July 2010, the Government of Chinese Taipei announced plans for digital convergence by 2015. During the first stage of the program, from 2010 through 2012, a number of bills will be formulated and sent to the legislature for passage, including a radio and TV broadcast law.
Chinese Taipei has been a supporter of DAB and DAB+ broadcasting and planned for a full implementation of digital broadcasting (both TV and radio) by 2010. Lack of marketing, promotion and consumer awareness has slowed this digital expansion. The new laws currently being developed should set a firm timeline in place for digital conversion of all media and telecoms.
13.10.2009
The Government Information Office (GIO) and Directorate General of Telecommunications (DGT) awarded six licences to public and commercial broadcasters on national and regional levels in 2005. Regulation is managed by the National Communications Commission (NCC). NCC issued licences in 2005 and stipulated that each broadcaster must supply at least one free service per multiplex (others can be subscription). Also broadcasters must supply one public information service and at least 50% of the bandwidth must be assigned for audio services.
Six commercial broadcasters have been granted licences; three national DAB licence holders: BCC, Formosa and PC Radio and three regional licence holders (with more planned in the future): Taiyi and SuperFM in the north plus Best Radio in the south. Taiyi will shortly start a DAB commercial service. Although RTI, the public broadcaster, did not receive a licence, it transmits DRM regionally and leases DAB transmitting equipments to other licensed broadcasters.The first commercial broadcaster to launch DAB/DMB services in Chinese Taipei is SuperFM.
The regulator has yet to publish the regulations with regard to mobile TV.