Digital Divides in Taiwan’s Cable Television Industry and its Responsive Policies
Author: Hung-Hwei Liu
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This article attempts to investigate the digital development situation of cabletelevision industry and to provide policy suggestions to promote digitaldevelopment in this industry in Taiwan. According to the empirical findings basedon analytical framework from both digital headend equipment and consumerreceiving device, there are two major digital divides revealed. One is that moreindividual system operators in northern Taiwan have invested on digital headendsthan their southern counterparts; the other is that three multiple system operatorshave fully digitalized but two others have not. In order to solve the obstacles todigital development in this industry, RIGISE policies are advanced which includeregulatory policy, incentive provision, government push, policy instrument, subsidyand education. It is therefore argued that there is a role for the state to play so as toaccelerate digital development in Taiwan’s cable television industry.