For Taiwan's television stations, buying from foreign sources is easy and cheap. Local stations often even have more such news than they can reasonably use. For example, CTS's Terry Lee says that his station purchases international news from ABC, known for producing news features; CNN, which focuses on breaking news; and NHK, which is Asian in focus.
買外電對電視台來說方便又便宜，常常多到用不完，以華視為例，李泰臨說，華視目前購買的外電就有製作專題見長的 ABC、強調即時快速的 CNN、亞洲觀點的 NHK 等多家。