Until 1993, when TVBS began its half-hour evening newscast, viewers in Taiwan could only choose from the "Big Three" state-run TV channels: CTV, CTS, and TTV.
直到一九九三年無線衛星電視台（TVBS）首先在晚間供應半小時新聞前，台灣觀眾收看電視新聞一直都只有台視、中視、華視「三台」的選擇。