Disregarding Rights of 700,000 Viewers: FTV and TBC Fined NT$200,000 Each by NCC Over Licensing Dispute

On May 18, 2018, due to a royalty licensing dispute between Formosa TV (FTV) and cable operator TBC (Taiwan Broadband Communications), FTV News Channel was blacked out by the system operator for several days, affecting the basic viewing rights of nearly 700,000 households across Taiwan. The NCC today imposed administrative fines of NT$200,000 on both parties for their reckless fight in complete disregard of public interest, ordering them to improve immediately. This incident highlighted FTV using the public's viewing rights as bargaining chips during channel利益 wars, exposing the greedy nature of media operators lacking public interest concerns.