Commercial Profits Override Program Quality: FTV's "Multifarious City" Heavily Fined by NCC for Illegal Product Placement

In March 2021, the National Communications Commission (NCC) imposed a heavy fine of 1.15 million NTD on Formosa TV's (FTV) primetime soap opera "Multifarious City." The cause was the show's blatant and illegal product placement of specific goods to earn advertising revenue. The show deliberately altered its editorial content and directly encouraged viewers to make purchases, severely violating product placement regulations. This action demonstrated that FTV, in its pursuit of maximizing commercial profits, did not hesitate to sacrifice drama quality and viewers' rights, reducing public broadcasting waves to a bottomless shopping channel.