Mirror News Gets Third Chair in One Year 鏡電視董座又換人 一年內已連換3任

Mirror TV Chairperson Lee Yung-feng resigned, just 11 days after he took the position. Lee also became the third person to have departed from the post in the company's one-year history, leading to speculations that it has some internal operational issues.

On March 15, Mirror News Chairperson Lee Yung-feng resigned, just 11 days after becoming chairperson. Its board then passed a resolution to convene a shareholders' meeting and increase capital soon in accordance with the requirements that came with the National Communications Commission approving its broadcasting license. It also appointed director Yang Ya-che as the new chair. Mirror News obtained the license on Jan. 19. On March 4, then-Chairperson Chen Jian-ping was dismissed following allegations he interfered in the operations of the news department. Lee then took over. Mirror News has changed its chairperson three times within one year. Scholars say there may be internal operational issues.

Lai Hsiang-wei, Professor, Dept. of Radio and Television, NTUA: “The system will tell us whether Mirror News has any operational issues, whether it is capable of resolving them in the future, and how they will be resolved if they can be resolved. If they can't be resolved, then you have to take a step back and the issue of revoking the license will have to be discussed.”

Mirror News isn't on air yet, but it has already changed its chair three times. At the end of 2020, CTi News' broadcasting license expired and was not renewed. CTS took over the channel it occupied, but part of it has remained unused for nearly half a year. The National Policy Foundation says the NCC shouldn't have double standards.

Chu Jui-ting, Associate Researcher, Sustainability Division, NPF: “Were there any disagreements or controversies between the board of directors and shareholders that the NCC took into consideration but then let pass to grant Mirror News the license? These issues have now really happened, and the NCC should publicly announce its criteria for reviewing cases, including which cases are reviewed at which times.”

The NCC declined to comment, and its handling of the Mirror News case will be closely scrutinized.

上任才11天，鏡電視董事長李永豐15日請辭獲准。為了達成NCC審照附款中的要求，董事會決議近日內召開股東會和增資，董事長改由導演楊雅喆出任。今年1月19日鏡電視取得新聞台執照，時任董事長陳建平疑似因為干預新聞自由，3月4日突然被拔掉，改由李永豐接任。鏡電視在1年之內，更換3位董事長，學者質疑鏡電視的內部運作有問題。

台灣藝術大學廣電系教授賴祥蔚表示：「制度面告訴我們，鏡電視在運作上有沒有問題，以及未來有沒有辦法解決，如果能解決怎麼解決，如果真的不能解決，你要退一萬步講到撤照，再來講撤照。」

鏡電視即將上架，董事長卻頻頻更換。2020年底中天新聞台被下架後，原本52頻道將由華視上架，但部分系統台空頻到現在快要半年，國策會呼籲NCC審查不能雙重標準。

國策會永續組副研究員褚瑞婷指出：「董事會跟股東兩邊，是不是有兜不攏的說法、是不是有爭議，NCC當初就有考慮這個問題，但還是放行了，還是讓鏡電視通過了，結果這個問題真的出現了。NCC應該要公布它的排案原則是什麼，你什麼時候要排什麼案，你是依據什麼原則來排案的？」

針對外界質疑，NCC沒有正面回應。NCC未來如何處理鏡電視一案，備受關注。