TITV

Taiwan Indigenous Television 原住民族電視台
Launched	2005-07-01
Network	none since January, 2014
Slogan	Seeing indigenous vision. (看見原視界)
Country	Taiwan
Broadcast area	Taiwan
Website	http://www.titv.org.tw/
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital	Channel 30 LCN: 13
Cable
CATV (Taiwan)	Channel 16
IPTV
Chunghwa Telecom MOD (Taiwan)	Channel 16

The Taiwan Indigenous Television (TITV; Chinese: 原住民族電視台; pinyin: Yuánzhù Mínzú Diànshìtái) is a satellite cable channel operated by Taiwan Broadcasting System (TBS) in Taiwan, launched on July 1, 2005.

In January 2007, TITV joined the operation of Taiwan Broadcasting System (TBS) and transformed into a non-commercial public media platform.

In 1962, Taiwan Television(TTV) started broadcasting at a time when broadcasting regulations did not specifically protect minorities. The operational guidelines of the Government Information Office(GIO) stipulated that the allocation, control, and use of broadcasting resources “should give consideration to the rights and benefits of minorities and disadvantaged groups.”

Since the 1980s, social activism brought about major changes in Taiwan, and as native peoples became aware of their own identities and rights, they wanted to have more programs in their mother tongue.

In 1984, the indigenous radio program Green Mountain and Jade Hill, produced by Fu Hsing Broadcasting Station, was broadcast.

In 1985, the indigenous TV program Spring in the Green Mountains was produced by Public Television Video Production (公共電視節目製播組), a subordinate unit of the Broadcasting Development Foundation (BDF).

In 1990, the Council for Cultural Affairs(CCA) of the Executive Yuan and GIO began subsidizing the production of indigenous and Hakka programs.

In 1992, broadcasting channels were opened to public access. With five new TV stations, 35 medium power stations, and 46 low power stations, there were around 200 stations in Taiwan, only one of which, Lanan, covered indigenous peoples’ issues.

In September 1994 the PTS Preparation Committee recruited 24 indigenous people for training as professionals in the visual production industry, 11 of whom were selected for their outstanding performance to work as journalists at PTS. This has helped more indigenous people become a formal part of the media industry since that time.

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