Chung T'ien Television

Chung T'ien Television (CTi TV; Chinese: 中天電視), is a nationwide cable TV network based in Taiwan. It belongs to Want Want China Times group, which also owns China Television (CTV).

Chung T'ien Television
TypeNationwide cable TV network
BrandingCTi
Country
Republic of China
First air date
1994 (1994)（26 years, 157 days）
AvailabilityTaiwan
OwnerWant Want China Times Group
Official website
www.ctitv.com.tw
Chung T'ien Television
Traditional Chinese中天電視
Simplified Chinese中天电视

History

Founded in 1994, CTi TV was originally called the Chinese Television Network (CTN; Chinese: 傳訊電視). CTN had two main channels, Chung Tien (Chinese: 中天頻道) and Da Di (Chinese: 大地頻道). On January 30, 1997, ownership switched from P.H. Yu (于品海), the current chairman of Nan Hai Corporation Limited (南海控股有限公司), to the Koos Group (和信企業團).

In 2000, ownership changed once again from KG Group to the Wisdom Group (象山集團), which, at the time, also operated China Television (CTV). Hsiang Shan merged CTN with CTV Satellite to form Power TV (Chinese: 勁道數位電視). As part of Power TV, CTV Satellite became Chung T'ien Entertainment, while CTN's Chung Tien split up into Power TV News (Chinese: 中天新聞臺) and Power TV Variety (Chinese: 勁報電視臺). Power News eventually changed its name to Chung T'ien Information, which then became Chung T'ien Main in January 2004. After the He Hsin-Hsiang Shan ownership transfer, Da Di was granted some degree of autonomy as Da Di Television; however, Da Di eventually became part of Videoland Television Network, and changed its name to the Videoland Drama Channel. In June 2002, ownership of Power TV changed once again from Hsiang Shan to the China Times; Power TV changed its name to present-day Chung T'ien Television (CTi TV).

In July 2019, CTiTV was fined NTD 1.6 million by the National Communications Commission for failing to verify information before broadcasting it. CTiTV has a history of failing to verify information before broadcast.[1]

In April 2019, The Nikkei reported that CTi-TV parent company received millions in subsidies from the Chinese government.[2] In November 2019, Wang Liqiang, a self-proclaimed PRC spy who defected to Australia, claimed that CTi-TV had received Chinese funding in return for airing stories unfavorable of the Taiwanese government. The Want Want China Times Group denied these allegations.[3]

In January 2020, they were fined NT$600,000 (US$20,033) for broadcasting a false statement by KMT Tainan City Councilor Hsieh Lung-chieh. The regulator found that CTiTV's journalist had failed to question or ask for evidence at the time and that CTiTV had failed to do any fact verification regarding the statement before broadcasting it.[4]

In November 2020, the National Communications Commission announced that it would not renew CTi's broadcast license for CTi News as it found multiple violations against the network for bias and disinformation.[5][6][7] CTi News ended its final cable broadcast at 23:59 on December 11, 2020.[8] however, CTi News continues to broadcast on its YouTube channel and its own app, while its sister channels CTi International (abroad only), CTi Entertainment and CTi Variety also continues to broadcast on cable and satellite.[9] CTi had also been fined a total of NT$11.53 million (US$400,932) for 25 breaches of media regulations between 2014 and 2020.[7]

Channels
CTiTV building in Taipei City

Since the closure of CTi News, CTI TV offers two main channels, as well as an International channel for viewers living outside of the island of Taiwan.

See also

Logos
  • 1994 - 1999 (CTN)
  • 2002–present

References
  1. Shan, Shelley (25 July 2019). "NCC fines CtiTV NT$1.6m for fact-checking failures". www.taipeitimes.com. Taipei Times. Archived from the original on 25 July 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  2. Kawase, Kenji (April 30, 2019). "Chinese subsidies for Foxconn and Want Want spark outcry in Taiwan". The Nikkei. Archived from the original on April 27, 2020. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
  3. Strong, Matthew. "Taiwan TV stations reject defector's allegations of China funding". Taiwan TV stations reject defector's allegations of China funding. Taiwan News. Archived from the original on 28 November 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  4. Shan, Shelley. "CtiTV News fined for airing false statement". www.taipeitimes.com. Taipei Times. Archived from the original on 15 January 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  5. Davidson, Helen (2020-11-18). "Pro-China TV station in Taiwan ordered off air over disinformation". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
  6. "NCC decides to shut down CTiTV news station, denies license renewal". Focus Taiwan CNA.
  7. "NCC rejects CTi News' license renewal". Taipei Times.
  8. "Taiwanese pro-Beijing television news channel taken off air". 12 December 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  9. 【中天亞洲台轉播】中天新聞52台停播倒數活動 2020-12-12 (in Chinese). JY TV YouTube Channel. Dec 12, 2020. Retrieved Dec 12, 2020.
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