It's a catch-22. According to Hu, another factor is that although international news now has an audience in Taiwan, it is not a very large audience. When television stations are confronted with Chang's proposals, they are thinking mostly about cost effectiveness.
另一方面，胡元輝也說，目前國際新聞在國內雖然有收視率，但是不高，電視檯面對張桂越的企劃案時，最主要的考量還是在於成本效益。