Entity Type: Domestic Media Company

National Broadcasting Company (全國廣播公司), also known as M Radio, is a privately operated FM radio station incorporated on June 1, 1994, and first broadcast on December 23, 1994, broadcasting on FM 106.1 from its headquarters in Taichung’s West District. The station claims it was the first medium-power commercial FM station to begin broadcasting after Taiwan’s Government Information Office opened radio licensing to private operators, and describes itself as central Taiwan’s first urban-format radio station. Its programming combines popular music with news and lifestyle content, targeting an adult professional audience. The station is formally registered as M Radio Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (全國廣播股份有限公司), with Lung Pang International Industries Co., Ltd. (龍邦國際興業股份有限公司) listed as a corporate director in company registry records. Pan Hsing-tsang (潘星蒼) is listed in registry records as general manager as of September 2024.

Gala Television (八大電視公司), also known as GTV, is a nationwide cable television network in Taiwan established on June 13, 1997, and headquartered at 455 Ruiguang Road, Neihu District, Taipei. According to the company’s about page, it launched initially as GTV International Communications Co., Ltd. (八大國際傳播股份有限公司), operating two channels, GTV27 (GTV One) and GTV28 (GTV Variety). It was renamed Gala Television Co., Ltd. in 2001 and established a dedicated drama channel, GTV Drama (八大戲劇台), in 2000 and an entertainment channel in 2006. The company underwent a series of ownership changes: it was acquired by MBK Partners in 2008, sold to EQT Partners in 2011, and acquired by Yung Tsai Investment Co., Ltd. (永在投資股份有限公司), a Formosa Plastics Group affiliate, in 2014. Gala Television operates five channels — GTV One (八大第一台), GTV Variety (八大綜合台), GTV Drama (八大戲劇台), GTV Entertainment (八大娛樂台), and GTV Premium (八大優頻道) — and also acts as advertising agent for additional channels including MOMO Kids TV. The company reports a staff of more than 300 and describes itself as among the top-ranked cable networks in Taiwan by penetration rate and viewership. It has received multiple Golden Bell Awards (金鐘獎), Taiwan’s top broadcasting honor, including six awards in 2012 for the drama In Time With You (我可能不會愛你).

United Daily News (聯合報) is a Taipei-based daily broadsheet newspaper founded on September 16, 1951, by Wang Ti-wu (王惕吾) as a merger of three papers: the Popular Daily (全民日報), the National Daily (民族報), and the Economic Times (經濟時報). It is the flagship publication of the United Daily News Group (聯合報系), whose other publications include the Economic Daily News (經濟日報), founded on April 20, 1967, and the World Journal (世界日報), founded in 1976 and described by the group as the largest Chinese-language newspaper in North America. The group launched the digital portal udn.com (聯合新聞網) in 1999 and introduced digital subscriptions in 2020. The group reports 16 million monthly unique visitors to its news website and 380 million monthly visits to udn.com. United Daily News is editorially aligned with Taiwan’s pan-Blue coalition and is considered one of Taiwan’s three major national dailies. A 2024 Reuters Institute Digital News Report survey of 16 Taiwanese news brands found United Daily received a trust rating of 51 percent from respondents, placing it in the middle of the surveyed outlets; the report also described United Daily as part of the pro-unification media camp that characterized pro-independence candidate William Lai as “the dangerous friend of the US” who would bring war to the region.

Meihua Media Group (梅花媒體集團) is a Taipei-based digital media group incorporated in October 2023 as Meihua Media Cultural Enterprises Co., Ltd. (梅花媒體文化事業股份有限公司). The group was founded by Wujue Miaotian (悟覺妙天), a Chan Buddhist master who self-describes as the 85th Chan Patriarch since Shakyamuni Buddha and who has a longstanding record of involvement in pan-Blue politics in Taiwan, who serves as chair, and Wang Cho-chung (王綽中), former president of the China Times (中國時報), who served as president as of February 2024. Its flagship outlet, Meihua News Network (梅花新聞網), launched on December 1, 2023, with editorial coverage focused on politics, cross-strait affairs, international news, and finance. A second outlet, Ai Media (愛傳媒), covering lifestyle, entertainment, and religion, was absorbed into the group around the same time. The group formally marked its establishment with a dinner on February 21, 2024, at the Sheraton Grand Taipei Hotel, attended by a range of KMT (國民黨) politicians and officials, including Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an (蔣萬安) and Taoyuan Mayor Chang Shan-cheng (張善政). According to the group’s stated mission, its editorial principles include “cross-strait peace” and “carrying forward Chinese culture,” framing consistent with a pan-Blue orientation that favors closer ties with mainland China. Wang Cho-chung’s participation in a seminar in Taipei in October 2025 marking the 80th anniversary of what Chinese state media described as “Taiwan’s restoration to China,” an event widely covered by Chinese state media, illustrates the group’s tendency to align with PRC historical narratives on cross-strait relations.

ETtoday (東森新聞雲) is a Taiwan-based digital news platform founded on November 1, 2011, by the Eastern Group (東森集團), a Taipei-based conglomerate with origins in grain storage that entered the media industry in 1991 by establishing what became Eastern Broadcasting Co., Ltd. According to the Eastern Group’s published corporate history, ETtoday was established as a news website in 2011, renamed ETtoday.net in 2013, and formally incorporated as ETtoday Co., Ltd. in 2019. It is operated by Eastern New Media Holdings Co., Ltd. (東森新媒體控股股份有限公司) and is headquartered in Taipei. According to the company’s self-reported figures as of May 2026, the platform reaches a peak daily traffic of 19 million, with app downloads exceeding 6.73 million, 44 Facebook fan pages with a combined following of 29.04 million, and a total claimed audience of 42.89 million. ETtoday covers politics, society, entertainment, sport, and lifestyle. Its news editor-in-chief is Lin Wen-chun (林妏純) and the parent company is chaired by Wang Ling-lin (王令麟). ETtoday has received Taiwan’s Golden Bell Award (金鐘獎) and recognition from Oxford University’s Reuters Institute for digital audience reach.

Taiwan Radio (台灣廣播公司), also known as TBC, is a privately operated radio network headquartered at Section 2, Renai Road, Zhongzheng District, Taipei. According to the company’s about page, it was formally established on May 29, 1973, by consolidating four predecessor stations and four relay transmitters into a single network. The company traces its origins to the Chung Hsing Broadcasting Station (中興廣播電台), founded on November 12, 1956, in Nantou County by Ma Chi-hsien (馬繼先). The three other constituent stations were the People’s Voice Broadcasting Company (民聲廣播公司), established March 15, 1950, in Taipei; the Taiwan Voice Broadcasting Company (台聲廣播公司), established January 15, 1956, in Hsinchu; and the People’s Sky Broadcasting Company (民天廣播公司), established December 5, 1958, in Taichung. Taiwan Radio operates five main broadcasting stations — in Taipei, Hsinchu, Taichung, Chung Hsing, and associated relay transmitters at Daxi, Guanxi, Songling, and Puli — serving listeners across northern, central, and western Taiwan.