The Role of the State in Shaping Taiwan’s Cable Television Industry

Chen, Ping Hung

doi:10.1080/01296612.2002.11726661

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“…Hence start-up costs were minimal. With a larger amount and variety of programs and information when compared with the mainstream channels, and offered at an affordable rate of around US$lO per month, this liberalizing media soon penetrated into most of the households in Taiwan, despite its illegal status (Chen, 2002a;Cheng, 2002). It was estimated that the fourth channel reached at least 1.2 million viewers in the 1980s.…”

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“…For instance, 80% of the candidates ran their campaign advertisement on the then illegal cable channel in the 1992 legislative elections (Chiu & Chan-Olmsted, 1999). Furthermore, the critical role of cable television in the political arena was fortified when the media became partly, if not all, sponsored by many political figures (Chen, 2002a). By 1997, there were more than 30 politicians having invested in or connected to the cable business, most of whom were DPP members.…”

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Beyond Market Competition: The Political Economy of the Cable TV Industry in Taiwan

Lin

2007

The Journal of Comparative Asian Development

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Beyond Market Competition: The Political Economy of the Cable TV Industry in Taiwan

Lin

2007

The Journal of Comparative Asian Development

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Public Discourses on the Korean Wave in Taiwan

Lin

2011

Global Media Convergence and Cultural Transformation

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Recently, Korean dramas have won popularity in East Asia and provoked public discussions in newspaper forums in Taiwan. This chapter analyzes how the interpretive communities have formed their interpretive frameworks, what they have conceived from the Korean Wave and what policy implications have been drawn. According to the analysis, the dominant discourse is economic nationalism – while Korea has become a developed country, Taiwan should learn from Koran and catch up in this global competition. Imbedded in internal politics, different interpretative communities have learned different lessons from Korea. The pro-unification (with China) camp claimed that Taiwan should reduce local colors and open trade with China. The pro-(Taiwan) independence camp claimed that Taiwan should enhance national identity. The media reform group claimed that Taiwan should establish a strong public service broadcaster like the Korean counterparts. Based on this study, this chapter suggests that public discourses should address media problems in order to enhance communication at home and abroad.

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The Role of the State in Shaping Taiwan’s Cable Television Industry

Cited by 2 publications

References 12 publications

Beyond Market Competition: The Political Economy of the Cable TV Industry in Taiwan

Beyond Market Competition: The Political Economy of the Cable TV Industry in Taiwan

Public Discourses on the Korean Wave in Taiwan

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