Although the three network stations are sceptical about these figures, the director of the Government Information Office's (GIO) Radio and Television Affairs Department, Yen Jung-chang, takes the main target of satellite television, which is cable viewers, to make his calculations: At present, three in ten homes have cable television. Add to this some entrepreneurs who have installed their own medium-sized receivers and the figures are about right.
雖然國內三家電視台都對這個數字質疑，新聞局廣播電視處處長顏榮昌以衛視的主要接收對象﹘﹘有線電視收視戶來推估，目前約有三成的家庭接裝有線電視，再算上一些自設中耳朵接收器的「個體戶」，也八九不離十了。