Since broadcasting without a valid contract would have been a violation of the intellectual property rights law, January 1st saw island-wide suspension of services affecting at least 200,000 subscribers as each of the two sides stopped broadcasting the other's channels.
由於未簽訂新約即播出節目將違反著作權法，元旦當天全省大斷訊，雙方分別停播對方的頻道，至少二十萬收視戶受到波及。