SET iNews

SET iNews Channel
CountryTaiwan
Broadcast areaTaiwan (cable TV)
Worldwide (online only)
NetworkSanlih E-Television
HeadquartersTaiwan
Ownership
Sister channelsSET News
History
Launched3 May 2011 (13 years, 195 days) (as SET Finance)
26 June 2017 (7 years, 141 days) (as SET iNews)
Former namesSET Finance (三立財經台, Sānlì Cáijīng-tái)
Links
Websitesetn.com
Availability
Streaming media
YouTubeLive streaming

SET iNews Channel (Chinese: 三立iNEWS; pinyin: Sānlì iNEWS) is a Taiwanese 24-hour news channel, broadcasting predominantly in Mandarin, owned by Sanlih E-Television and launched in May 2011 as SET Finance (Chinese: 三立財經台; pinyin: Sānlì Cáijīng-tái), switching to its current name on 26 June 2017. It is a sister channel of SET News, launched in 1998.

Compared to SET News, whose format is general news, SET iNews broadcasts more financial and slightly more international news. Nevertheless, both channels share resources, including reporters and presenters, and, until mid-2021, especially during off-peak hours (late night and early mornings, as well as weekends), simulcast and/or repeated some programming premiered in the other network. This practice ended as part of SET iNews move to channel 48 on some operators: since August 2021 SET iNews starts its weekend live newscasts at 07:00 local time (before that, it simulcast SET iNews from 07:00 to 09:00 local time, aired a repeat of a night talk show, and started live newscasts at 11:00) and canceled the simulcast of sister channel SET News weekend midnight newscast, replacing it since July 2021 with a repeat of its own 19:00 newscast.

Both SET iNews and sister channel SET News are considered media outlets leaning towards the Pan-Green coalition.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ "Taiwan Media Bias Breakdown - Taiwan Insider". YouTube. RTI English. 27 June 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  2. ^ Hsu, Chien-Jung (2014). "5. Taiwan Identity Media". The Construction of National Identity in Taiwan's Media, 1896-2012. Brill. p. 202. ISBN 9789004227705. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  3. ^ 江淳芳 (Chun-Fang Chiang); 施琇涵 (Hsiu-Han Shih) (December 2017). "Consumer Preferences regarding News Slant and Accuracy in News Program". Taiwan Economic Review. 45 (4). Taipei: National Taiwan University: 515–545. doi:10.6277/TER.201712_45(4).0001. ISSN 1018-3833. Retrieved 11 January 2021.