Examination Regulations on the Establishment Application of Satellite Broadcasting Businesses and Foreign Satellite Broadcasting Businesses Article 13

Except for the situations in Articles 10 or 11, where the application cases for program suppliers and foreign program suppliers of the channel category of general channel shall be rejected, these cases shall be examined according to the following examination items and assessment standards:1. Channel positioning and content planning, 40 points;2. Internal control mechanism and content editorial system, 20 points;3. Financial planning and fee standards, 20 points;4. Company organization and personnel training, 10 points; and5. Customer service and complaint process, 10 points.Those whose total score has not reached 50 points for the examination items in the preceding paragraph shall be excluded; for those whose operations plan in the preceding paragraph has stated the following planning items, appropriate points will be added subject to the completeness and execution period of the plan:1. International news production and broadcasting planning, maximum of adding 10 points;2. Domestically produced children and youth program production and broadcasting planning, maximum of adding 15 points;3. Employment service planning for people with disabilities, maximum of adding 10 points; and4. Innovative service or planning which facilitates industrial development, maximum of adding 5 points.Those, whose total score from the assessments in the preceding two paragraphs is less than 60 points, shall be deemed as unqualified and shall be disapproved.Those whose application cases in Paragraph 1 are program suppliers and are in the situation of violating the provisions of Paragraph 3, Article 8, Subparagraphs 3 or 4, Paragraph 1, Article 10, or Article 12 of the Act, their applications shall be rejected with the stated reasons for the rejection.Those whose application cases in Paragraph 1 are foreign program supplier and are in the situation of violating the provisions of Subparagraphs 3 or 4, Paragraph 1, Article 10, or Article 12 of the Act, their applications shall be rejected with the stated reasons for the rejection.
中文原文 衛星廣播電視事業及境外衛星廣播電視事業申設審查辦法第13條
節目供應事業及境外節目供應事業申請案件之頻道屬性為一般頻道者,除有第十條或第十一條情形應予駁回外,應依下列審查項目及評分基準審查:
一、頻道定位與內容規畫,四十分。
二、內部控管機制及內容編審制度,二十分。
三、財務規畫與收費基準,二十分。
四、公司組織與人員訓練,十分。
五、客服部門編制與意見處理,十分。
前項營運計畫載明下列規劃事項者,除其依前項辦理之審查項目總分未達五十分不予列計外,得視其規畫之完整程度及執行期間酌予加分:
一、國際新聞製播規畫,最高加十分。
二、本國自製兒少節目製播規畫,最高加十五分。
三、身心障礙者近用服務規畫,最高加十分。
四、創新服務或有助產業發展之規畫,最高加五分。
前二項評分合計低於六十分者為不合格,應不予許可。
第一項申請案件屬節目供應事業,有違反本法第八條第三項、第十條第一項第三款、第四款或第十二條規定之情形者,應附具理由駁回其申請。
第一項申請案件屬境外節目供應事業,有違反本法第十條第一項第三款、第四款或第十二條規定之情形者,應附具理由駁回其申請。

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