The great broadcasting power of television was especially fenced in, as with between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, where political actors meant a minimal exchange of programs. In the countries of the overseas Chinese of Southeast Asia, such as Malaysia and the Philippines, Chinese programs would be severely constrained by time restrictions.
像兩岸基於政治因素，甚少互通節目；東南亞華僑多的國家如馬來西亞、菲律賓等，中文節目也受到極嚴格的時數限制。