What appears to be a simple business in fact caused a storm early this year. One of the big players in the cable television business, the Koo's Group failed to negotiate a new contract with Rebar Eastern TV, which is a subsidiary of the other main player, Rebar. The result was that tens of thousands of subscribers saw changes in the channels available to them.
看似簡單的買賣行為，今年初卻引發喧然大波，有線電視兩大集團和信和與力霸旗下的東森換約不成，造成全省數十萬收視戶不是原有頻道東調西換，就是某些頻道慘遭斷訊。