This study is to design and test an economically-balanced model of CATV community program development in the current cable television environment. The study adopts the system approach to construct the model of CATV community program firstly, and then a field experiment is conducted to test the feasibility of the model. In this field experiment, Hsinchu Science-based Industrial Park's community programs, questionnaire survey is used to investigate the community program needs of community residents, furthermore, five program are conducted on the basis of community program needs