TaiwanPlus

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TaiwanPlus
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Country ROC (Taiwan)
Broadcast areainternational
Programming
Language(s)English
Picture formatHDTV 1080i
Ownership
Owner Public Television Service
Key peopleMichael Yu (CEO) [1]
History
Launched30 August 2021;3 years ago (2021-08-30) (online service)
3 October 2022;2 years ago (2022-10-03) (linear TV channel)
Founder Government of the Republic of China
Availability
Terrestrial
DVB-T (Taiwan)channel 7
Streaming media
TaiwanPlus Official Website TaiwanPlus
TaiwanPlus YouTube YouTube

TaiwanPlus is a public media company based in Taipei. Launched on 30 August 2021, it offers live streaming and an international television channel, delivering a variety of content, including news, lifestyle features, technology, travel shows, entertainment programming, cultural insights, food content, and documentaries. The platform provides access to its streaming services through its website, mobile app, and 24-hour TV channel.

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History

The service was launched on 30 August 2021. [2] It is overseen by the Ministry of Culture (MOC) and operated by the Central News Agency (CNA). [3] The MOC first publicly expressed interest in an international streaming service in July 2020, but a proposal involving the Public Television Service (PTS) was met with backlash that led to the proposal's abandonment, over criticism that it would be a vehicle for propaganda and constitute government interference with the PTS. [4] The decision to give the operation responsibility to the CNA was made in May 2021 and the news agency promised to run the news on TaiwanPlus independently from its other operations. [5] Starting in June 2022, the service is under the management of PTS. [6]

The government of Taiwan has financed the service with NT$775 million ($23 million) and the aim of the service is to tell Taiwan's stories to the world through an all-English-language medium. [7]

In 2022, the documentary series Road to Legacy—about indie pop in Taiwan—was released on the service. [8] The show has received three nominations at the 57th Golden Bell Awards. In August 2022, the National Communications Commission (NCC) announced that TaiwanPlus would be made available on local television for domestic audiences following the platform’s transfer to PTS. [9] [10] The official launch took place on 3 October 2022. [11]

On 11 November 2022, TaiwanPlus's website was blocked in China and the app was removed from Apple China's App Store, and didn't provide further explanation on the blockage. [12]

On 5 November 2024, a TaiwanPlus journalist reporting on the 2024 United States presidential election referred to Donald Trump as a "convicted felon". TaiwanPlus later took down the report in response to criticisms of the report. [13] [14] On the other hand, Shin Hung Lo (羅世宏), a Taiwanese media scholar, supported the report. He criticised TaiwanPlus for its self-censorship, which he said damaged its reputation. [15]

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