A Study of "Public Access Channels" of Cable Television and Its Related Legal Issues

• Main Authors: Wei-Lun, Hsu, 徐偉倫
• Other Authors: Wen-Kai, Zhan
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2003
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/43254076319130073680

碩士 === 國立交通大學 === 傳播所 === 91 === In April of 2001, Taipei city government jointed 9 cable system operators together to present the "Taipei City Public Access Channel of Cable Television", which located on channel 77. The channel advertised itself as the first channel practice "the right of access to the media" which required in "Cable Broadcast Law". But we found that the instruction of the public access channel draw up by Taipei city government contained the section, which gave the cable system operators the right to exercise "prior restriction". Thus the instruction is apparently contradicted the ideal of free speech and free press. As the result, the thesis focuses on the "Public Access Channels of Cable Television" and its related legal issues. The main questions of the thesis include: ● What are the meaning and purpose of the "Public Access Channels of Cable Television"? ● What are the related legal issues caused by the "Public Access Channels of Cable Television"? ● How about the future of "Public Access Channels of Cable Television" in the trend of convergence between telecommunication industry and cable industry? ● What should we do to improve the instruction of the public access channel draw up by Taipei city government? Chapter 2 of the thesis will discuss the background of "the right to access to the media", and introduce the theory of free speech and free press. Besides, it will quote the theory of public sphere, which presented by Jurgen Habermas. Chapter 3 will introduce the different models of media regulation, and focus on the controversies caused by cable television. Chapter 4 will introduce the judge of U.S. Supreme Court in Denver Area Educational Television Consortium v. F.C.C. And the conclusion will present in chapter 5.