Cable Radio and Television Act Article 33

A system operator shall concurrently re-transmit programs and advertisements of legally established terrestrial television stations. The system operator shall not alter the forms, contents, and channel positions of these programs and advertisements and shall include these channels in its basic channels; however, the channel positions may be altered with approval by the central regulatory agency.No licensing fees shall be paid for the aforementioned re-transmission, which shall not constitute copyright infringement by the system operator.To protect the languages and cultures of the Hakka and indigenous peoples, the central regulatory agency may designate, as conditions require, cable radio and/or television systems to provide free of charge specific channels for broadcasting programs in Hakka and indigenous languages.In order to ensure transparency of proceedings and safeguard the rights of the citizens, the system operator shall broadcast parliamentary proceedings of the Legislative Yuan free of charge, subject to the channel location as designated by the competent authority, and shall not change their form; the programs shall be listed as a basic channel.The broadcasting of parliamentary proceedings referred to in the preceding paragraph refers to television programs broadcast in accordance with Article 5, paragraph 3, of the Organic Law of the Legislative Yuan.