Though Taiwan may have started a little late, there have been English news programs on free-to-air and cable TV since the 1990s. Unfortunately, low ratings and a lack of advertising sales kept them from staying on the air long.
即使起步稍晚的台灣，早在 1990 年代，有線和無線電視頻道也曾經分別製播英語新聞，可惜在收視率不振和缺乏廣告等問題打擊下，這些英語新聞不久就無疾而終。