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{{Infobox television channel
| name              = TVBS
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| launch_date       = September 28, 1993
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| owner             = TVBS Media
| country           = [[Taiwan]]
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| headquarters      = [[Taipei]]
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| sister_channels   = [[TVBS Entertainment Channel]], [[TVBS-NEWS|TVBS News]], [[TVBS-Asia|TVBS Asia]]
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| website           = {{URL|http://www.tvbs.com.tw/}}
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}}'''TVBS Media Inc.''' ({{zh|t=聯利媒體股份有限公司}}), formerly '''Liann Yee Production Co., Ltd.''' ({{zh|t=聯意製作股份有限公司|poj=Liân-ì Chè-chok Kó͘-hūn Iú-hān Kong-si|p=Lián Yì Zhì Zuò Gǔ Fèn Yǒu Xiàn Gōng Sī}}) is a Taiwanese commercial television broadcasting company. It was originally established as a joint venture between the [[Hong Kong]] television network [[TVB]] and the Taiwanese network [[Era Television|Era Group]], but TVB took over Era's shares in the company in 2005. Later, TVB sold all of its shares in the company to [[HTC Corporation]] Chairwoman [[Cher Wang]].<ref>{{cite web|title= Cher Wang controls TVBS: Apple Daily|url=https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/2680061}}</ref> 

As of 2019, TVBS operates four domestic channels and one international channel: TVBS, the flagship channel; TVBS News, 24-hour news channel; TVBS Entertainment, which shows variety and drama series; TVBS E! (formerly TVB8), an alternative channel available on [[CHT MOD]] IPTV platform; and TVBS Asia, available outside Taiwan.

==History==
{{Chinese
| title = TVBS Media Inc.
| t = 聯利媒體股份有限公司
| poj = Liân-lī Mûi-thé Kó͘-hūn Iú-hān Kong-si
| tl = Liân-lī Mûi-thé Kó͘-hūn Iú-hān Kong-si
| p = Lián Lì Méi Tǐ Gǔ Fèn Yǒu Xiàn Gōng Sī
}}
[[Image:Taiwan TVBS Nangang Building.JPG|right|thumb|TVBS [[Nangang District (Taipei)|Nangang]] building in [[Taipei City]]]]
The company's flagship channel, '''TVBS''', began its broadcast through satellite DTH and local cable systems on 28 September 1993. The name originally stood for "TVB Superchannel", while its Chinese name was ''Wuhsien Weihsing Tienshiht'ai'' ({{Lang-zh|t=無線衛星電視台|p=Wúxiàn Wèixīng Diànshìtái}}). It was originally a part of the so-called "Gang of Five", which was a consortium that was set up to compete against [[Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific|Star TV]] across Asia. (The others in the group were [[CNN International]], [[HBO]], [[ESPN International]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>with [[Fox Sports (Southeast Asian TV network)|its Asian operations]]<nowiki>]</nowiki> and the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>with [[ABC Australia (Asia-Pacific Television)|Australia Television International]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>) The consortium's channels were initially transmitted via [[Palapa]] satellite, but were later also added to [[Apstar]] satellite. TVBS later launched an international version named TVBS Asia in 1997, and TVB launched separate satellite channels that targeted East and Southeast Asia in 1998.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}}

As the first privately owned broadcaster, it broke the decades-long oligopoly of the three state-owned terrestrial television stations in the Taiwan market.

TVBS Media was the first Taiwanese broadcasting company to go full HD, from filming to production to broadcast. It was the first to introduce 4K cameras paired with movie-quality lenses to film and produce its dramas, programs, and news special reports.

==TVBS channels==
TVBS operates four channels:
* TVBS
* [[TVBS Entertainment Channel]]
* [[TVBS News]]
* [[TVBS-Asia]]
* [[TVBS E!]]

==Controversy==
* [[Government Information Office]] (GIO) [[Taiwan]] head [[Pasuya Yao]] claims TVBS violated Taiwan media ownership laws, requiring that a foreign [[juristic person]] should not ''directly'' own majority shares of local satellite channels. On 1 November 2005, the announced a fine of NT$1 million against TVBS and ordered that it comply with the ownership rules in a practical timeframe, and afterwards TVBS appealed to [[Executive Yuan]] against Yao's decision. TVBS stated that [[TVB]], a television broadcasting company in Hong Kong, held majority ownership of the company by a local [[juristic person]]. [[Executive Yuan]] announced that TVBS's ownership models is legal and GIO are required to return the fine.
* '''[[Bitumen duck incident]]''' (瀝青鴨事件): happened on 29 December 2006. Although TVBS apologized, the incident had already caused damage to the duck farming industry.<ref>{{in lang|zh}} [http://tw.news.yahoo.com/article/url/d/a/070417/17/d12c.html T台醜聞／綠營率鴨農向TVBS提出賠償　至少求償3.5億元], ''ETtoday'', 2007-04-17.</ref>
* '''[[Chou Cheng-pao Video Tape incident]]''' (周政保影帶事件): happened on 26 March 2007.<ref>{{in lang|zh}} [http://www.tvbs.com.tw/NEWS/NEWS_LIST.asp?no=suncomedy20070328193353 【TVBS聲明】影帶事件隱瞞實情　TVBS主動舉發] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815041941/http://www.tvbs.com.tw/NEWS/NEWS_LIST.asp?no=suncomedy20070328193353 |date=2016-08-15 }}, TVBS official website, 2007-03-28.</ref><ref>{{in lang|zh}} [http://www.libertytimes.com.tw/2007/new/jul/28/today-so2.htm 自由電子報 - 嗆聲影帶/ 高層不起訴 代表T台清白 檢︰不能這樣說<!-- Bot generated title -->].</ref><ref>[http://www.chinapost.com.tw/news/archives/front/2007329/105771.htm TVBS reporters fired over video – The China Post<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070922212126/http://www.chinapost.com.tw/news/archives/front/2007329/105771.htm |date=2007-09-22 }}.</ref> On March 30, the NCC fined TVBS a total of two million [[New Taiwan dollar]]s and required TVBS to replace the general manager.<ref>{{in lang|zh}} [http://www.libertytimes.com.tw/2007/new/jul/28/today-so2-4.htm 自由電子報 - TVBS影帶恐嚇案事件簿<!-- Bot generated
 title -->].</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of companies of Taiwan|List of Taiwan companies]]
* [[List of companies of Hong Kong|List of Hong Kong companies]]
* [[Taiwan Major League]]
* [[TVB]]
* [[TVB News]]
* [[HKTV]]
* [[List of Taiwanese television series]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* {{in lang|zh}} [http://www.tvbs.com.tw/ TVBS Official Site]
* {{in lang|en}} [http://www.tvb.com/tvbi/ TVBi] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080410175501/http://www.tvb.com/tvbi/ |date=2008-04-10 }}
* {{in lang|en}} {{cite news |work=[[Taipei Times]] |title=Gangster footage shot by TVBS reporter |last1=Chuang |first1=Jimmy |last2=Shan |first2=Shelley |date=29 Mar 2007 |page=1 |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2007/03/29/2003354298}}
* {{in lang|en}} ''[[The Star (Malaysia)|The Star]]'': [http://ilook.tw/8e5e2 “Taiwan reporters fired over TV gangster video”]{{Dead link|date=June 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, 2007-03-29
* {{in lang|en}} ''[[ic Wales]]'': [http://ilook.tw/8e5e3 “Taiwanese gangster threatens to kill rival”]{{Dead link|date=June 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, 2007-03-27
* {{in lang|en}} ''Earthtimes'': [http://ilook.tw/8e5e4 “Man's TV threat proves costly”]{{Dead link|date=June 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, 2007-03-29

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