The National Communications Commission (NCC) yesterday granted a license to Next TV Network (壹電視) to set up a movie channel, adding that it will continue to review applications for four other channels.
Last year, the commission rejected the network’s applications for the establishment of news and information channels because it planned to present animated news focused largely on the coverage of crime and sexually oriented news.
The commission also said it would continue to review the applications for entertainment, sports and movie channels as doubts remained over the network’s plans, particularly for entertainment and sports news.
Chu Wen-bin (朱文彬), chief of the NCC’s satellite television section, yesterday said the special taskforce that conducted the preliminary review of Next TV’s applications recommended that approval of the movie channel license would be less controversial than the four other channels the network applied to operate.
“The network’s proposed plan for a movie channel also showed it adhered to regulations laid down in the Satellite Broadcasting Act (衛星廣播電視法),” Chu said.
The movie channel will broadcast mostly Chinese-language movies and can be seen on Chunghwa Telecom’s (中華電信) multimedia-on-demand (MOD) system, said Chu, adding that the channel must be up and running within six months of being awarded the license.
The ruling potentially disrupted Next TV’s plan to launch all five of the new channels next month.
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