[3] On July 1, 2006, by virtue of the Taiwanese government's media reform law, CTS Main Channel was incorporated into the Taiwan Broadcasting System (TBS), the island state's consortium of public television stations, with Public Television Service (PTS) as the other member of the group.
The absorption calls for the transfer of the station's main studios from Taipei to Kaohsiung in a span of five years.
It shall, however, be allowed to continue generating its income through traditional advertisements, and maintain its 60-40 entertainment-news programming mix like before.
Starting from January 20, 2015, some digital cable TV companies switched the main channel to high-definition broadcasts.
On July 29, the National Communications Commission approved the application for upgrading CTS Main Channel to HD.