Sanlih E-Television
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Sanlih Entertainment Television or Sanlih E-Television (SET; Template:Zh) is a Taiwanese nationwide cable TV network founded in May 1993. It also produces Taiwanese drama that are broadcast on free-to-air channels like Taiwan Television (TTV).
In terms of political orientation, Sanlih leans heavily towards the Pan-Green Coalition.
History
The Sanlih media group was founded by Lin Kun-hai, his wife Lin Chang-Hsiu, and her brother Chang Rong-hua in 1983, producing videos of Taiwanese Hokkien music and variety programs with entertainers such as Chu Ke-liang. The network's name, literally meaning "three establishments", refers to the three cofounders of the company.[1][2] Sanlih quickly became successful as broadcasting restrictions during the martial law period limited the usage of non-Mandarin languages on television. However, the introduction of cable television led to a proliferation of unlicensed operators that would broadcast Sanlih videos on their own channels without permission, leading to the group setting up its own channel in 1993.[1][3] To appeal to a broader, national base, Sanlih launched the Mandarin-language City Channel in 1996 and rebranded to SET-N (standing for "national" and "news") in 1997, helping it secure funding from political advertisements during the elections held in both years as multiparty democracy became a reality in Taiwan.[3]
SET channels
SET currently offers eight subsidiary channels:
- SET International (began airing March 2000)
- SET Taiwan (began airing December 1996)
- SET News (began airing March 1998)
- SET Metro (began airing September 1995)
- SET Drama (began airing December 1996, relaunched June 2013)
- SET iNews (began airing May 2011)
- SET Variety (began airing June 2012)
- MTV Taiwan (being operated by Sanlih since November 2011)
Productions
See also
- List of dramas broadcast by Sanlih E-Television
- List of Taiwanese television series
- Sanlih Drama Awards
- SET News
References
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- SET official website Template:In lang
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