Taiwan Public Television Service Foundation

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Public Television Service

Type	Free-to-air nationwide TV
Branding	PTS
First air date	1998-07-01
Country	Taiwan
Availability	Taiwan
Founded	1998-07-01
Owner	Taiwan Broadcasting System
Website	http://www.pts.org.tw/

Taiwan Public Television Service Foundation (PTS, Traditional Chinese: 公共電視文化事業基金會) is the first independent public broadcasting institution in the Republic of China (ROC), which broadcasts the Public Television Service Taiwan. Although first proposed in 1980, it was not until 1984 that the ROC's executive-level Government Information Office (GIO), which regulates mass media activities and serves as the government press bureau, attempted to create a separate entity that would produce public interest programs for broadcast on the ROC's then-existing three terrestrial networks. Nevertheless, the Executive Yuan (one of Taiwan's five branches of government or yuans, and the one responsible for the GIO) later shifted the responsibility to the preexisting Chinese Public Television Broadcasting Development Fund. It was not until the early 1990s, following the lifting of martial law, that legislative efforts striving to create a public television station emerged in earnest. After much political wrangling and outcries over public and private resources used in lobbying and advocacy efforts, the final statutes creating PTS were enacted in 1997.

The PTS was formally established on July 1, 1998 after the nomination and first meeting of the first board of directors and supervisors elected by a Legislative Yuan committee and passed by the Examination Yuan.

Since its creation, PTS has produced several critically acclaimed dramatic programs and mini-series despite experiencing funding difficulties. PTS is bound up in speaking for the minority, including the promotion of Hakka language and Taiwanese aboriginal programming that would have been unheard of in the martial law era and have been perceived to be hallmarks of the "Taiwanization" efforts.

PTS Main Channel
Dimo TV

(English) Official English website

Television stations broadcasting in the Chinese language

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The following channels offer at least some programming in Chinese

Canada	Fairchild TV (National) • Talentvision (National) • OMNI.2 (Toronto) • Channel M (Vancouver) • CH (Montreal)
China	CCTV (National) • BTV (Beijing) • CQTV (Chongqing) • FJTV (Fujian) • GDTV (Guangdong) • HEBTV (Hebei) • HLJTV (Harbin) • NBN (Nanjing) • SMG (Shanghai) • SZMG (Shenzhen) • TJTV (Tianjin) • XJTV (Urumqi) • XMTV (Xiamen)
	Hong Kong	ATV • Cable TV • Phoenix Television • TVB • RTHK
	Macau	TDM
	International	CCTV: CCTV-4 (CCTV International America, CCTV International Asia, CCTV International Europe), CCTV-9, CCTV-E&F
Malaysia	RTM1 • RTM2 • TV3 • ntv7 • 8TV • TV9 • Astro AEC • Astro Wah Lai Toi
Singapore	Channel 8 • Channel U
Taiwan	Free-to-air	TTV: Main • Family • Finance \| CTV: Main • News • MyLife \| FTV: Free-to-air • FMTV TBS: CTS: Main • Education and Culture • Recreation • PTS: Main • Dimo TV
	Cable TV	TBS	Hakka • TITV	SET	SET Taiwan • SET Metro • SET News
		TVBS	TVBS • TVBS-G • TVBS-NEWS	ERA	Era News • Much TV • Azio TV
		CTi	News • Variety • Entertainment	GTV	One • Entertainment • Drama • K Channel
		STAR	Chinese • Sports • Channel V • ESPN	USTV	UBN • USTV
		ETTV	News • ETTV-S • Variety • Drama • Movie • Entertainment • Shopping • Yoyo TV
		VL	Sports • Movie • General Entertainment (ONTV) • Drama • Max-TV • Kids TV
		Others	FTV News • DaAi • Good TV • Disney • Cartoon Network • Animax • JET TV • GoldSunTV • MTV
Taiwan (Abroad only)	Taiwan Macroview TV • TTV World • TVBS-Asia • ETTV Asia • CTi International • SET International • USTV International
USA	NTDTV (New York) • SinoVision (New York) • KSCI (Los Angeles) • KTSF (San Francisco) • ETTV America • Sino Television (New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tri-state area) • CCTV International America