TAIWAN Vision & Mission
01 Vision & Mission 01 Vision
01 Mission Statement
01 3-year Target 02 Message from the Chairperson Establish a public service media platform 03 Message from the President Envision a better future for Taiwan 04 Highlights of the Year 04 New Crafts in Storytelling: Viewing the World via 4K
06 New Platform for Storytelling: Anytime and Anywhere, My PTS
07 New Perspectives on Storytelling: Cross-border Magic of The Teenage Psychic
08 Story Treasure Box: 2017 Program Spotlight
12 International Awards
14 Stepping Out from the TV Framework 14 Linking with the New Generation via Movie Theatres Mission Statement
15 Atypical Forum Focuses on Public Issues 1. To be prosumer-orientated and provide multi-platform dissemination 2. To drive the film and television industry through the spirit of experimental innovation 16 Targeting the Campus - Best of INPUT Soars to New Heights 3. To provide trustworthy information, combined with quality entertainment content Realizing Dreams – Diverse Image Creation Training 17 4. To form a “Brand Taiwan” based on cultural diversity and voice out to the international 18 All-Round Support Fundamental to PTS Achievements community 5. To promote the development of civic society and provide a space for lifelong learning 19 Statistics and Figures 19 Program Statistics 3-year Target 20 Financial Statement 1. Complete amendment to the Public Television Act and expand scope of budget 21 2017 Balance Sheet 2. Assist CTS break even and expedite its process to become a public station 3. Finish organizational restructuring and strengthen operational efficiency 22 General Information 4. Complete a revision of PTS’s media production process 22 Board of Directors and Supervisors 5. Connect with public resources and establish a new brand with youth participation 22 Organizational Chart 6. Produce outstanding programs to promote on the international stage 23 Milestone ─ From PTS to TBS 7. Achieve a quarterly flagship drama and bolster arts and culture programs
24 TBS Channels (Ratified by the 8th Board of Directors, March 16, 2017)
01 Message from the Chairperson Message from the President Transformational Power Brimming with to Break the Shell Youthful Vitality Integrating the Latest Technology Witnessing the Key Moments to Build a New Vision of Social Change in Taiwan
PTS has always been a bellwether of Taiwan’s film and television In this season, the spectacular sea of azaleas and cherry blossoms industry. In 2017, after several years of tireless effort and an injection of covering the hills heralds the start of spring. As PTS approaches 20 funds from the Ministry of Culture, PTS completed its gradual installment years old, it too is brimming with youthful vitality and forward growth, of the latest 4K technology. With the aim of staying at the vanguard of introducing new technological advancements towards 4K Ultra HD international audiovisual trends, PTS began launching mature 4K Ultra quality and new types of viewing experiences through OTT (over-the- HD TV programs and live 4K broadcast services, successfully arousing top). a hot discussion on 4K and guiding Taiwan into a new Ultra HD era. New equipment, new experimentation, new ideas, and new content In addition to upgrading production equipment, PTS has made are the gifts of PTS to society. Aside from the cutting-edge media considerable progress in broadcasting methods. In 2017, PTS further platform PTS+ and integrated globalized news, PTS has also delivered expanded the scope of new media services and enhanced the PTS a raft of groundbreaking programs - Teenage Psyche, Wake Up 2, Youth online platform to PTS+. By providing access to not only the latest, News, Bearstar and Earth, PTS Originals, and the Holo language The Lives most exciting content, but also classic programs from through the years, of Storytellers, to name but a few. PTS is attracting a young generation of viewers. Moreover, by adopting Of course, PTS has set its expectations even higher! We hope to the distinctive features of new media to deliver interactive audiovisual have a louder voice in the international community; hope to have a technology, PTS has smashed through the traditional singular content more significant and broader reach through new media; hope to serve delivery framework and created space and interest for two-way increased numbers of ethnic groups; hope to support more audiovisual communication. Since our entry into new media in 2000, we have production teams; and hope to become more advanced and diverse. unceasingly engaged in experimentation and innovation; PTS+ marks Over the years, PTS has witnessed the changes in Taiwanese society not only a stage of great achievement but also a starting point for our and grown together with the people. As we stand at this pivotal juncture new journey ahead. of change, PTS will continue striving to ensure that the people’s trust During the past year, PTS has dedicated itself to overturning remains safe in our hands. outmoded traditions, combining new technologies, and advancing with the times. Focused wholeheartedly on creating a unique brand in Taiwan, PTS is akin to a tender sprout, reaching upwards and outwards with its branches and leaves. Hopefully, Taiwan Broadcasting System will continue to marshal the people’s power and harness the strength to Tsao Wen-Chieh, PTS President break free from its old shell, building a new public media framework and fertile soil for the coming era.
Tchen Yu-Chiou, PTS Chairperson
02 03 Highlights of the Year
1 2 3 1、2、3 Live 4K broadcast of 2017 Taipei Summer Universiade 4 4 CTS broadcast team of 2017 Taipei Summer Universiade
During July 2017, PTS conducted a two- Summer Universiade from 20th – 30th August hour daily trial of the 4K signal on wireless, 2017, during which the opening and closing which was the first time 4K content had been ceremonies attracted over 200,000 viewers, publicly broadcast in Taiwan. For the second 15,000 of whom watched live on YouTube. To New Crafts in Storytelling: phase of the trial, an in-house 4K-production date, cumulative views of the live 4K opening pilot was run from August 8 to August 12. and closing ceremonies have reached nearly Viewing the World via 4K In the third phase, PTS broadcast Taipei 650,000. Fo us 1
PTS is dedicated to implementing Ultra HD filmmaking equipment and has already completed several 4K productions. Enhancing the scope and capability of 4K technology and content in Taiwan's drama industry has expanded the visibility and creative energy of Taiwanese dramas on the international stage. In 2017, PTS produced a number of 4K dramas, including various serials, miniseries, and individual productions under the banner of PTS Originals. PTS Originals: Ping Pong
Lion Dance
04 05 Highlights of the Year Fo us 3
New Perspectives on Storytelling: New Platform for Storytelling: Cross-border Magic Anytime and Anywhere, Fo us 2 of The Teenage Psychic My PTS
PTS+7 Becomes PTS+ Young Team + International Co-production With the rapid development of streaming = The Opening of New Horizons technologies and broadband networks, the Internet will undoubtedly become another In 2017, for the first time in the station's to the entire shooting team were under the media battlefield. In 2016, the PTS+7 platform history, PTS teamed up with the international age of thirty. The Teenage Psychic’s original was launched to provide audiences with a channel HBO ASIA to create The Teenage blend of Taiwan's unique cultural elements streaming service for a limited one-week Ultra HD broadcasting technology is also Psychic, a six-episode miniseries based and juvenile melodrama has smashed through period on the Internet. In 2017, PTS+7 was supported. Deeply committed to the needs on the award-winning short filmThe Busy the traditional framework and opened up new officially upgraded to PTS+, which no longer of disadvantaged groups, PTS provides Young Psychic. All those involved in the horizons for the development of Taiwanese implements a seven-day time restriction. free viewing of our signature sign language production, from the director and producer drama. Today, almost all programs, old and new, program Listening Eye and audio description can be viewed via the Internet, and 4K series via PTS+. High Ratings - Popular at Home and Abroad
Complimentary TV Channels The Teenage Psychic was broadcast Department is already conducting discussions Serving Diverse Customer Segments on HBO ASIA's channels in 26 countries, with HBO ASIA regarding the 2nd season of topping the daily ratings in Singapore. On The Teenage Psychic. In terms of television audience ratings, charity channel PTS Click of Love. the PTS channel, ratings for the miniseries PTS+ attracts a relatively young demographic, In 2018, to further enhance the viewing also frequently hit new highs, and it won Best with a substantial section aged 25-34, followed experience of audiences and create a friendly Miniseries at the 2017 Golden Bell Awards. by those in the 35-44 range – a phenomenon 4K environment, PTS is planning to launch Furthermore, the miniseries broke existing illustrating the complementarity of divergent an app that facilitates the viewing of Ultra HD records in the PTS+7 service, attracting many platforms. The lion's share of programs on programs on mobile phones and large screens previously non-PTS viewers via the Internet PTS+ is in the lifestyle genre, followed by via mirroring technology. and reaching in excess of 100,000 viewers dramas, children's, documentaries, and our through social media. The PTS International The Teenage Psyche
06 07 Highlights of the Year
Story Treasure Box:
2017 Program Spotlight The Custodians of Dolphins
Lifted 30- An Anti-Nuclear Rally in Taipei on April 26, 1992
Custodians of Dolphins, Springtime for Penghu's success in the fast-paced world of Taiwanese News Programs: New Focus on the Old Days Octopus, and Itu Aba Island. The TV premiere – Re-Discovering the Martial Law Era and Traditional Culture businesspeople as they attempt to cash in on of Itu Aba Island, which reveals the ecological the rise of China’s economic boom - the film's catastrophe caused by a century of exploitation To mark the 30th anniversary of the lifting shows, and shadow play. The program reveals screening at Taipei’s Huashan Spot Theater on the island, attracted ratings as high as 0.29, of martial law in Taiwan, in 2017, PTS News the fascinating lives of the people keeping won an enthusiastic response. snatching top place on the channel. Theme Nights Department released Lifted 30, a series of these age-old storytelling traditions alive and showcases documentaries Other notable documentaries include special reports focusing on various themes is broadcast with Holo subtitles to help pass on from around the globe, inviting experts and Happy Together, which focuses on the human from the era, including the development of the Holo writing culture. scholars to enter into in-depth dialogues rights of people with disabilities; City of Jade, democracy, nationalization of the military, that probe the heart of issues. Films from a harrowing depiction of the conditions for freedom of speech, and environmental 2017 included topics such as energy and miners in Myanmar, which in 2016 received protection campaigns. Another program with global warming, the South China Sea issue, great acclaim at countless celebrated film a distinctly Taiwanese flavor isThe Lives of and new medical knowledge. Among them, festivals including Berlin International Film Maids: Docile and Invisible, A Story on Domestic Storytellers, which aims to familiarize viewers Festival, and in 2017, was selected for the Workers, which voices concern over the plight with traditional Taiwanese troupes in various New Asian Currents at Japan’s Yamagata of foreign domestic helpers around the world, performing arts including Taiwanese opera, International Documentary Film Festival; and notched up a rating of 0.47, the second highest puppetry (Budaixi), Peikuan opera, puppet Lifted 30- A performance art by Chen Chieh-Jen in Gold Rush Dreamers in China, which reveals the since the program began broadcasting. 1983 against the Martial Law motivation and bondage behind the pursuit of
Documentaries: Penetrating into the Darkness with Light – Writing History Through the Lens
PTS programs like Our Island and Viewpoint image records of Taiwan's natural ecology use documentaries to record the precious and society in Ultra HD quality. These not only history of Taiwan and the world. In 2017, 4K included Toxic Bees II-Human Intervention, which technology was used to shoot numerous film focuses on the global misuse of pesticides, productions in the hope of preserving precious but also the ocean-based documentaries The Toxic Bees II- Human Intervention
08 09 Highlights of the Year
Dramas: Riding the Energetic Pulse of the Times
The best dramas are no more than a environment and media chaos in Taiwan, microcosm of life. PTS has a long history of Wake Up 2 uses the collision of generations producing high-quality dramas and providing as an axis to explore the dilemma and difficult fertile soil for new generations of image choices in adhering to values. At the invitation creators within the country. Lion Dance, PTS’s of Taipei Film Festival, Days We Stared at the first 4K Ultra HD miniseries, is a new genre Sun 2 and Wake Up 2 gave special screenings of Taiwanese period drama incorporating to become the first TV miniseries to be shown traditional lion dance, martial arts fighting, at the festival, with Wake Up 2 taking home the Bearstar and earth and Cantonese-Guangzhou culture. Another Audience Choice Award. miniseries, Magic Showdown, is PTS’s first PTS's new online TV series Songs and the Children: Returning the Philosopher's Eye to Kids detective TV drama to combine magic, which City is a heartwarming story of a 22-year-old uses fakery to replace reality and illusion to girl in a three-generation household; the girl’s Bearstar and Earth is a philosophy-based novel and unique content, Bearstar and Earth divert the truth, the complete antithesis of grandma performs just about anywhere to save program created specifically for children has attempted many new approaches within detective reasoning and the handling of a case, the money to open a karaoke bar. With their aged 7 to 10 years old. It uses an amusing the production process. The “Bears in the which must deduce the facts from falsehoods destinies inextricably linked to the karaoke bar, blend of puppet shows, 3D animation, and Space” unit is our first attempt at introducing created. a core concern for “home" leads them to begin 13 fundamental philosophical themes such real-time character animation techniques to The 2010 somber youth miniseries Days We exploring the meaning of happiness. as “Is thinking important?”, “Freedom or no produce TV animation; the “The Planet Diary” Stared at the Sun won five Golden Bell Awards freedom?”, “Fair or unfair?” and “Good or unit has shone a light on children’s stage in one fell swoop. Seven years later, Days We bad?" to capture the attention of viewers. performances and TV aesthetics; while the Stared at the Sun 2 portrays the story of the The program aims to develop the cognitive "Bearstar Telephone Booth" unit was recorded youngsters as they face the real world in their abilities of kids and create a young generation using the mobile "Bearstar Telephone Booth adult life. With current affairs and major social of speculative thinkers who are empowered to Miniature Studio." issues in Taiwan woven throughout the plot, it express independent opinions. Aside from the has received widespread critical acclaim. Wake Up 2, which carries on the excellent reputation and quality of the first season, even sent Sports: Thrilling Real-Time Moments the crew to Jordan for shooting. Highlighting various social issues such as the medical Days We Stared at the Sun II From March 6 to March 23, 2017, PTS the event helped rouse great enthusiasm for obtained exclusive broadcasting rights for baseball in Taiwan and forced the Taiwanese the “2017 World Baseball Classic,” ensuring baseball community to take a long hard look Art Programs: A Tribute to the Arts Taiwanese baseball fans could watch the game at improvements needed to get Chinese Taipei live - it ranks as one of the top-rated programs back on track. With a debut season of 26 episodes, Inside popular culture. Inside the Arts presents artists in the history of PTS. The quadrennial the Arts is PTS's first arts and culture program and works of art with laser-like attention to World Baseball Classic is undoubtedly the to combine multiple perspectives, a diverse detail and high-quality image production, most eagerly anticipated sporting event for spectrum of elements, and be entirely shot on penetrating the pulse of the times and leading Taiwanese baseball audiences. Thanks to location. Curatorial in orientation, each episode viewers into the wonderful world of art and PTS’s live broadcast, during this period, of the program focuses on a particular theme culture. Imbued with a quality of timeless baseball is the topic on everyone's minds. to explore a range of cross-disciplinary fields of watchability, the program is both a work of art Although Chinese Taipei performed less than creativity, including the visual arts, performing and a tribute to the artistic community. ideal by losing three games in succession arts, literature, film, architecture, design, and to Israel, the Netherlands, and South Korea, 2017 World Baseball Classic
10 11 Highlights of the Year
International Awards
★ 2017 International Public TV Screening Conference ★ Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival Official Selection Youth News- Same-sex Marriage: Yes or No? Official Slection in Transparent Landscape: Taiwan Viewpoint─Twilight Zon9 Official Selection Innovation Stories─Coin Boy ★ Vancouver Asian Film Festival ★ Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival Finalist PTS Originals─Upstream Official Selection Innovation Stories─Coin Boy ★ Pequeno Cineasta International Film Festival ★ New York Festivals- International TV & Film Awards Finalist in International Competition – Children Category Silver World Medal in Best Student Film Innovation Stories─Coin Boy Kids as Director─The Chatter Group of Moms and Grandmas Bronze World Medal in Regularly Scheduled Entertainment Program, Childrens/Youth Teacher X─Gin’s Lesson in Discrimination ★ Busan International Film Festival Finalist in New Current Award PTS Originals─The Last Verse Gold World Medal in Documentary/Information Program, Environmental & Ecology Ocean ★ Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival Finalist in Documentary/Information Program, Travel & Tourism From Here to There_Ep9_Penghu Island Finalist in Best Feature Film Award PTS Originals─The Last Verse Finalist in Regularly Scheduled Entertainment Program, Drama A Touch of Green Winner in Air Canada Short Film or Video Award Innovative Stories─Summer Hours ★ 2017 Chicago International Television Awards Certificate of Merit Innovation Stories─Coin Boy ★ CINE Golden Eagle Awards for Students and Youth Media Finalist in Youth Narrative Innovative Stories─Summer Hours ★ Busan International Short Film Festival Official Selection Innovation Stories─Coin Boy ★ Stockholm International Film Festival Finalist in Impact Section PTS Originals─The Last Verse ★ Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia Official Selection in Official Competition Asia Innovation Stories─Coin Boy ★ Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival The Special Mention Award Viewpoint─City of Jade ★ Festival de Cannes- Cinéfondation Finalist Towards the Sun ★ VIENNALE- Vienna International Film Festival Official Selection I Have Nothing to Say ★ 43rd Seattle International Film Festival Official Selection Kids as Directors─The Chatter Groups of Moms and Grandmas ★ PÖFF Shorts Finalist in Sleepwalkers International Competition I Have Nothing to Say ★ 20th Brussels Short Film Festival Finalist in International Competition Log in Dinner ★ International Film Festival Rotterdam Official Selection I Have Nothing to Say ★ 60th CINE Golden Eagle Award Winner in Children’s Programming: Short- Live Action, Animation or Nonfiction ★ Japan Wildlife Film Festival Teacher X─Gin’s Lesson in Discrimination Finalist Viewpoint─Water is Life Winner in Scripted Content: Feature-Live Action PTS Life Story─The Cat in the Closet ★ Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival ★ Asian Film Festival of Dallas Official Selection Viewpoint─Realm of Reverberations Official Selection PTS Life Story─The Cat in the Closet Official Selection PTS Originals─Upstream ★ Asian Television Awards Best Direction (Fiction): Jury-recommended award ★ Shanghai International Film Festival PTS Originals─Upstream (David Chuang) Official Selection PTS Life Story─The Cat in the Closet Best Children’s Programme: Jury-recommended award Youth News─Same-Sex Marriage – Yes or No? ★ CineMare Int’l Ocean Film Festival Kiel Finalist in Best Actor in a Supporting Role Finalist in Seafarer Film Award A Town Called Success The Teenage Psychic (Chen Mu Yi) Finalist in Best Cinematography ★ 14th Busan International Kids and Youth Film Festival The Teenage Psychic (Ke-Chin Chen) Winner in Ready~Action! 12 Great Ocean Award Finalist in Best Actor in a Supporting Role Kids as Directors─Who Stole FIFI’s Fruit-eating Gene? PTS Originals─Upstream (Han Chang) Finalist in Ready~Action! 12 Finalist in Best Original Screenplay Kids as Director─The Chatter Group of Moms and Grandmas PTS Originals─Upstream (David Chuang, Han Chi-Chieh, Arthur Wu) Finalist in Ready~Action! 12 Finalist in Best Children’s Programme Kids as Directors─The Grocery Store of Dream Youth News─I Haven’t Said Goodbye Yet
★ Montreal World Film Festival ★ International Children’s Film Festival India Finalist in World Competition PTS Originals─Upstream Winner in Little Director Best Film (Adult Jury) Kids as Directors─The Grocery Store of Dream
12 13 Stepping Out from the TV Framework
A film event of PTS Originals at Huashan Spot Theatre A promotional activity at a hospital for the mini-series Wake Up 2 The cast of Teenage Psyche gift turtle-shaped rice cakes at Zhi-De Temple Stepping Out from Atypical Forum Focuses on Public Issues
the TV Framework In 2017, Youth News invited eight outlets shared their latest methods of directing representative online and traditional media the public’s attention on public issues in a laid- Linking with the New Generation via Movie Theatres outlets such as “Taiwan Bar”, “The Reporter”, back yet upbeat manner. With plenty of spirited “Initium Media”, “End Media” and “The Storm questions from youngsters and impassioned Following the launch of PTS Life Story August. PTS once again cooperated with Media” to participate in a forum entitled debates among keynote speakers, the event and Innovative Stories, PTS established PTS Huashan Spot Theater to co-hold “The New Media Counterattack – Atypical News. turned out to be a real talking point online. Originals, a whole new brand that provides an Obsession of Love and Horror,” a special Representatives from these fresh-faced media essential platform for facilitating the transition screening event aimed at expanding young of creative homegrown directors from TV to people’s love of horror movies into social film. In March 2017, PTS cooperated with issues such as education and human Huashan Spot Theater to hold “Youth Free behavior. Both films received an enthusiastic from Poverty,” a film event that screenedThe response from young audiences and were box Last Verse and Upstream to a target young office hits. audience. Set to a backdrop of salient topical issues for today’s youth - the relocation of local industry, pollution, and urban-rural disparity - and portraying the plight of young protagonists surviving in adverse conditions, both films found great resonance with young audiences and generated a wave of online and media reports. Well received both critically and commercially, The Last Verse has won no less than five Golden Bell Awards. Ping Pong and Circle of Noose were released A Forum on new media is held by Youth News program to coincide with Chinese Ghost Month in PTS Originals: The Last Verse
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Animation Camp for kids
Realizing Dreams – Diverse Image Creation Training
2017 Best of INPUT was targeted at the campus Aside from producing captivating and encouraging children’s image production is well-crafted programs, PTS also extends its the Kids as Directors Workshop, which is Targeting the Campus - Best of INPUT Soars to New Heights reach into various public services to build held in conjunction with the biennial Taiwan public value. PTS holds a range of training International Children's Film Festival (TICFF). Best of INPUT is a distinguished with a grand opening ceremony. Canadian workshops for all age groups to popularize In 2017, the workshop witnessed a 115% international film festival screening exceptional director Martyne Bourdeau of A Lesson in image education, including Animation Camp increase in submissions, clear evidence that film productions from public television Discrimination-10 Years Later and German for Kids, which helps kids manifest their bold teachers and students eagerly look forward providers around the globe. The 2017 Best director Elke Sasse of #MyEscape were invited and imaginative creative ideas; Creative to participating in the event. In the end, of INPUT took place in Taipei and Taichung to participate in post-screening Q&As. For the Performance Camp for Teens, which mainly eight teams were selected and a series of on December 1-3 and December 15-17, first time, Best of INPUT delighted audiences features drama performances and special image creation training sessions conducted respectively. This year's event, themed with a virtual reality experience, distributing effects makeup; Adults Image Creation during the summer vacation, including a five- “Betrayal of Truth,” showcased 12 outstanding VR glasses to view the screening of Syria's Camp, a program assisting individuals to day creative camp and a one-day practice productions that touched on pressing issues Silence in all its shocking effect. Additionally, grasp the basics of image creation; and camp. In addition to training workshops and such as bullying, refugees, and social media. by providing Chinese-English subtitles for the Elders Image Creation Camp, which lets professional supervision, the PTS team This year’s attendance surged to 7,700 first time, not only were the invited foreign senior citizens enjoy the fun of sharing life’s provides guidance and assistance in the people, a 5-year high, and satisfaction ratings guests able to enjoy the entire process but a wonderful moments - the workshops have image creation process for up to six months. exceeded 80%. large number of foreigners were also attracted exemplary track records and won the praise of To conclude, the eight completed short films This year's film festival, which was targeted to screenings, manifesting the festival’s participants over many years. were premiered at the 8th Taiwan International at the campus and jointly organized with NTNU cosmopolitan DNA. Another long-established program Children's Film Festival in 2018. Film Festival for the first time, was marked
2017 Best of INPUT delighted audiences with a vitural reality experience for the first time
Creative Performance Camp for Teens Elders Image Creation Camp
16 17 Stepping Out from the TV Framework Statistics and Figures
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Financial Statement 2017 Balance Sheet Unit: NTD 31 December 2017 31 December 2016 Revenue Analysis Act, in which system operators must set aside Assets Amount % Amount % Revenue for the year totaled 1% of annual turnover - in 2017 the Cable Radio Current Assets $1,778,533,671 21 $1,714,345,849 21 NTD 2,042,556,888. Revenue includes service and Television Development Fund donated NTD Cash & cash equivalents Notes receivable 335,369 - 581,621 - revenue, sales revenue, donation income, 108,523,590. Accounts receivable 114,899,825 1 109,694,020 1 government grants for basic operating income, ‘Service Revenue’ includes: (1) donation Accounts receivable-related parties 1,051,700 - - - other operating revenue, financial revenue, income reclassified from deferred government Other accounts receivable 515,951,233 6 90,798,432 1 and other non-operating revenue. See revenue funding – the Ministry of Culture provided the Other accounts receivable-related parties 287,222 - 293,378 - diagram below: 2016 - 2017 annual funding for the production Advance payments 102,481,865 1 123,257,769 1 Restricted assets- current 125,350,837 2 146,559,941 2 The largest source of PTS revenue comes of HD television programs totaling NTD Other current assets 612,365 - 5,660,325 - from government funding. This includes: 261,538,371; (2) total revenue from production Subtotal 2,639,504,087 31 2,191,191,335 26 (1) an appropriated annual budget of NTD and broadcasting of programs for Hakka TV and Funds & Investments 900,000,000 in accordance with the Public Taiwan Macroview TV - in 2017 this totaled NTD Long-term investments 4,014,048,458 49 4,292,191,569 50 Television Act; (2) 30% of a special fund set up 486,114,286; (3) income from activities totaling by the central authorities as stipulated in Article NTD12,009,071; (4) income from commissioned Fixed Assets Land 26,448,371 - 26,448,371 - 53 of the Cable Broadcasting and Television programming totaling NTD 53,883,417. Buildings 1,444,302,728 17 1,459,163,158 18 Machinery & facilities 589,826,278 7 731,576,736 9 Revenue Breakdown: Transportation & communication equipment 2,156,223,741 26 2,370,591,752 29 *Total Revenue in 2017: NTD 2,042,556,888 0 08 Miscellaneous facilities 63,459,365 1 68,915,472 1 5 16 1 943 284 Deductions (accumulated depreciation) 6 23 ( 2,436,927,619 ) ( 29 ) ( 2,611,228,592 ) ( 32 ) 39 83 105 468 534 813 545 145 16 89 Fixed assets 144 603 265 under construction or procurement 8,977,971 - 12,220,945 - 3 34 391 852 624 Subtotal 1,852,310,835 22 2,057,687,842 25 68 266 956 0 11 1 54 Other Assets 35 642 536 2 266 768 Rental Assets 4,653,777 - 2,724,794 - 75 26 Refundable Deposits 1,828,786 - 1,896,566 - 0 80 16 365 379 49 38 1 746 127 535 Restricted Assets 50,000,000 1 - - 1 008 523 590 Subtotal 56,482,563 1 4,621,360 -
1 38 Total Assets $8,417,742,678 100 $8,267,548,995 100 28 120 516 Liabilities, Funds, & Equity Amount % Amount % Current Liabilities Expenditure Analysis Notes Payable $2,420,013 - $102,740 - Expenditure for 2017 totaled NTD Expenditure Breakdown: Accounts Payable 1,140,858 - 389,919 - *Total Expenditure in 2017: NTD 2,320,169,244 2,320,169,244. Operating expenditure totaled Accrued Expenses 229,101,056 3 241,835,186 3 5,751,574 - 26,449,633 1 NTD 2,175,565,979– this included service Other Accrued Expenses Other Current Liabilities 18,593,315 - 16,937,803 - costs, costs of goods sold, administrative 0 08 Subtotal 257,006,816 3 285,715,281 4 expenses, 5 16 and other operating costs; Non- 1 943 284 39 83 6 23 Other Liabilities operating105 468 534 costs are investment losses 813 545 145 16 89 144 603 265 Deferred government funding 584,749,289 7 165,740,363 2 recognized under equity methods - CTS 391 852 624 3 34 Deposits received 25,369,188 - 23,956,923 - 68 266 956 long-term equity investment losses totaled 610,118,477 7 189,697,286 2 0 11 1 54 Subtotal 2 266 768 NTD 144,603,265. Labor costs totaled NTD 35 642 536 Total Liabilities 867,125,293 10 475,412,567 6 1,746,127,535, which amounts to 75.26% of 75 26 0 80 Funds & Equity total expenditure. See expenditure diagram 1 746 127 535 16 365 379 49 38 Funds 5,261,838,330 63 5,225,745,017 63 below: 1 008 523 590 Donated Surplus 4,327,722,168 51 4,327,722,168 52 1 38 28 120 516 Accumulated Equity ( 4,141,156,592 ) ( 49 ) ( 3,863,544,236 ) ( 47 ) Unrealized revaluation increments 2,102,213,479 25 2,102,213,479 26 Subtotal 7,550,617,385 90 7,792,136,428 94 Total Liabilities, Funds & Equity $8,417,742,678 100 $8,267,548,995 100 20 21 General Information
Board of Directors and Supervisors Milestone ─ From PTS to TBS
The 6th Board of Directors and Supervisors took office on September 26, 2016, and is currently in operation. 1980 1983 1984 1986
Chair of the Board ｜ Tchen Yu-Chiou Premier Sun Yun- The Government The Public TV Program Pro-duction Program production is ｜ suan proposes the Information Office and Broad-casting Team is established given to the Public TV Director Wu Ma-li, Chiu Tsai-Hsin, Eve Chiu, Stan Shih, Hsu Jen-Shiu, Karen Jui-Hsi Hsu, establishment of a proposes a draft under the Government Information Program Production Tang Mei-Yun, Terry Chang, Chang Yu-Pei, Chen Shun-Hsiao, Feng Hsiao-Fei, public broadcasting plan for a center for Office. Programs are broadcast on time and Broadcasting Team Suming‧Rupi, Cheng Tzu-Leong, Futuru C.L. Tsai, Tsai Tsung-Lung, Lu Yen-Fen, service. producing public TV slots requisitioned from the existing under the Broadcasting programs. three terrestrial networks. Development Foundation. Lo Hui-Wen Managing Supervisor ｜ Liu Chi-Chun Supervisor ｜ Hu Yung-Fen, Huang Ming-Hui 1991 1993 1996
Under the Executive Yuan’s guidelines, the Public The Public Television Activists from the cultural Television Preparatory Committee begins operation. Act issubmitted to the community form the Public Seven specialists and scholars are enlisted to formulate LegislativeYuan for Media Lobbying Alliance. draft legislations for the Public Television Act. approval.
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May 31 The first Board of Directors is established December 9 Public Television The Public Television under the Public Television Act with 18 The Legislative Yuan passes amendments Service Foundation Act passes the directors and supervisors. to the Broadcasting and Television Act, third reading in the July 1 the Cable, Radio & Television Act, and Legislative Yuan. The Public Television Service Foundation is the Satellite Broadcasting Act, which Board of Directors Board of Supervisors established and the first program aired on prohibit government and political parties Chairperson Managing Supervisor PTS. from investing in the broadcasting and television industries.
Advisory Committee Auditing Office Office of the Board 2006 2007 Secretariat President January 3 January 1 The Legislative Yuan passes the Divestment of Shares in Terrestrial Television Act, Taiwan Indigenous Vice President paving the road for Taiwan Broadcasting System. Television (TITV), January 16 Hakka TV, and Taiwan Liming Foundation donates CTS shares to the PTS Foundation. Macroview Television Production News Program Planning Engineering Public Service & Administrative New Media Research & International Department Department Department Department Department Marketing Department Department Department Development Department July 1 (MACTV) join Taiwan Department Produ tion uman esour e Media sset Taiwan Broadcasting System (TBS) is formed. Broadcasting System. ews Pro ram dministration Pro rammin Transmission Publi Servi e nternational peration roup Le al Mana ement Strate ews n ineerin nformation Communi ation rt Produ tion Pro ram Publi elations Finan ial ditin roup uisition Mana ement Mana ement o umentar Platform Produ tion omesti Children n-air Te hni Sales Mar etin ountin ntera tive 2009 2014 2017 Te hni al Support ews es outh Pro ram Promotion Maintenan e Media
Post ndi enous Master Pro ram istribution eneral Produ tion ews Control peration September 16 January 1, December 31 The Government Information Office transacts purchase New Year's Day Due to the drastic of non-government-owned Chinese Television System Taiwan Indigenous change in ways of (CTS) shareholdings under the Divestment of Shares Television (TITV) program broadcasting, in Terrestrial Television Act. With a price audited by a breaks away from the the service of Taiwan commission of the Executive Yuan, CTS completes the Taiwan Broadcasting Macroview TV, a satellite purchase from non-government shareholders. System (TBS) to be television funded by the September 28 run independently Overseas Community Indigenous Peoples Cultural Foundation is established, by the Indigenous Affairs Council and equipped with media autonomy to plan and popularize operated by the PTS Taiwan Indigenous Television. since 2000, has been officially terminated.
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Hakka Television Founded in year 2003, Tel: +886-2-2633-8200 Hakka TV is a channel comprehensively dedicated to Hakka culture. As the world’s only Hakka-language television station, its primary objective is the promotion of Hakka culture and lan- guage. In 2007, pursuant to the Divestment of Shares in Terres- trial Television Act, the operation of Hakka TV was transferred to the PTS Foundation, officially making it a member of the Taiwan Broadcasting System (TBS).
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