Later, there was the battle between Taiwan's two major cable systems-- Eastern Multimedia and Hohsin. As they fought for turf, each stopped carrying channels that belonged to the other system. Global TV thus lost royalties it would otherwise have been earning, and had to go to individual cable operators throughout the island, begging them to carry it on their systems for nothing.
後來更發生有線電視兩大系統﹘﹘和信、東森﹘﹘為了爭地盤不惜斷訊，環球本來還可以收權利金，卻變成全省「走透透」，苦苦哀求各地業者免費播他們的節目。