CTS Main Channel is the main free-to-air terrestrial television channel in the Chinese television system network and is the third oldest free-to-air terrestrial television channel in the ROC after TTV Main Channel and CTV Main Channel.
The origins of the main CTS channel date back to 1956, when the ROC Minister of Education, Chang Chi-yun, proposed an educational television service to the world run by the Taiwan Ministry of Education.
Efforts to prepare such a television service began in 1958 when study space was first allocated at the Ministry of Education headquarters, and in August 1961, Minister of Education Huang Chi-lu formally established the National Television of Education. Taiwan (NETV), which first aired on February 14, 1962, almost 8 months before TTV's main channel began broadcasting.
NETV closed on February 16, 1970, after it was bought by the Taiwanese government for NT $ 1 billion, and in May 1970, Executive Yuan Order 117 proposed the formation of a third television channel to succeed NETV. . The main CTS channel was finally launched on January 31, 1971, as a joint venture between the Ministry of National Defense of Taiwan and the Ministry of Education.
On July 1, 2006, under the Taiwanese government's media reform law, the main channel of CTS was incorporated into the Taiwan Broadcasting System (TBS), the consortium of public television stations in the island state, with the Public Television Service (PTS) as another member. of the group.
The takeover requires the transfer of the main studios from Taipei station to Kaohsiung within five years. However, you will be allowed to continue to generate your income through traditional advertisements and keep your 60-40 mix of entertainment and news programming as before.
CTS's main channel is currently involved in a campaign to restore its title as "Taiwan Drama Authority", having been home to some of Taiwan's most unforgettable drama series.