Fairchild TV or FTV is a

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exempt

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."Waging a war over a large, wealthy, educated audience ; Fairchild TV and CFMT are battling it out to deliver the news to Canada's Chinese community". ''

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'', February 28, 1999. It is owned by

Fairchild Group The Fairchild Group ( zh, t=新時代集團, s=新时代集团, p=Xīnshídài Jítuán, j=San1si4doi6 Zaap6tyun4, first=t) is a Canadian business conglomerate, with headquarters in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Fairchild Group operates ...

, with Hong Kong broadcaster

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holding a 20% minority stake. Fairchild TV has studios in the

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) and

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(inside

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). The channel's origins can be traced to the Cantonese broadcasting service,

Chinavision Canada Chinavision was a Canadian television broadcasting company. It was launched in 1984 by Francis Cheung of Toronto, Ontario to provide a first pay-TV station for Chinese language viewers in Toronto and Vancouver, British Columbia. The station's cont ...

was rebranded as Fairchild TV in 1993 when Thomas Fung purchased Chinavision.

Operations

In the

, Fairchild TV signs on at 06:00 EST and signs off at 04:05 EST. In

, Fairchild TV signs on at 06:00 PST and signs off at 04:05 PST. In

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and

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), Fairchild TV signs on at 07:00 MST and signs off at 05:05 MST. More than 475,000 Chinese Canadians across Canada watch Fairchild Television each day, roughly 30% of the whole Chinese population in Canada. FTV operates two standard definition television channels: Fairchild TV in Cantonese and

Talentvision Talentvision is a Canadian Mandarin Chinese specialty channel. It is owned by the Vancouver-based Fairchild Media Group (a subsidiary of the Fairchild Group) and TVB. Talentvision's studios are located inside Aberdeen Centre in the Golden Vi ...

in Mandarin. Both stations use programming from Vancouver, Toronto, and Calgary. As of 23 May 2013, Fairchild TV launched two High Definition (HD) channels:

Fairchild TV 2 HD Fairchild TV 2 or FTV2 (Traditional Chinese: 新時代電視2台, Simplified Chinese: 新时代电视2台, Pinyin: xinshídàidiànshì èr tái), is a Canadian Cantonese language exempt Category B specialty channel. It is co-owned by majority o ...

in Cantonese and

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in Mandarin.

Programs

Fairchild TV broadcasts local (Canadian) and overseas (Asian) programming in the Cantonese language. It also serves as an overseas station of

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television station

. Due to that, Fairchild TV broadcasts TVB programmes, although at a time delay of up to one year due to obtaining overseas broadcasting rights. It has also broadcast programs from other Hong Kong television stations including ATV (previously),

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, and additionally feature popular Mainland Chinese programmes. Fairchild TV also organises annual events, such as the Miss Chinese Vancouver Pageant,

Miss Chinese Toronto Pageant The Miss Chinese Toronto Pageant (多倫多華裔小姐競選), also known as MCTP, and formerly known as the Greater Toronto Chinese Pageant prior to 1999, is an annual beauty pageant organized by Fairchild TV that selects Toronto's representat ...

New Talent Singing Awards Vancouver Audition New Talent Singing Awards Vancouver Audition (Chinese: 新秀歌唱大賽溫哥華選拔賽) or ''NTSA Vancouver'' for short, is an annual singing contest organized by Fairchild Television in Vancouver, held every July. The winner of the contest w ...

New Talent Singing Awards Toronto Audition New Talent Singing Awards Toronto Audition (Chinese: 新秀歌唱大賽多倫多選拔賽), or ''NTSA Toronto'' for short, is an annual singing contest organized by Fairchild Television in Toronto that selects the city's representative in the New T ...

and

Calgary New Talent Singing Awards New Talent Singing Awards (Traditional Chinese: 新秀歌唱大賽) or ''NTSA'' for short, later re-organised into New Talent Singing Awards International Finals (Traditional Chinese: 全球華人新秀歌唱大賽) or ''NTSA International Fina ...

. These programs are broadcast live nationally. Many of the contestants from these contests have gone on to hosting television shows on Fairchild TV and some earn fame in Asia. Most notable are

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(),

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(), and

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(), they were former

Miss Chinese Vancouver Miss Chinese Vancouver Pageant (Chinese: 溫哥華華裔小姐競選), also known as MCV and formerly branded as Miss Chinese (Vancouver) Pageant, is an annual beauty pageant organized by Fairchild TV that selects Vancouver's representative for ...

Pageant and

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Pageant winners, and Jacky Chu,

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and

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Current local programming list

Weekly/daily programs

*''Morning Exercise'' *''Timeline Magazine'' *''What's On'' *''Magazine 26'' *''Media Focus'' *''Chatting Platform'' 時事評台

Annual events

* Miss Chinese Vancouver Pageant *

New Talent Singing Awards Calgary Audition New Talent Singing Awards (Traditional Chinese: 新秀歌唱大賽) or ''NTSA'' for short, later re-organised into New Talent Singing Awards International Finals (Traditional Chinese: 全球華人新秀歌唱大賽) or ''NTSA International Fina ...

Current artistes & presenters

Notable former presenters

The following is a list of former Fairchild Television presenters that are currently affiliated with other media outlets. *

Dominic Lam Dominic Lam Ka-wah (Traditional Chinese: Simplified Chinese: ; born 2 April 1957) is an Hong Kong Canadian actor and radio personality for Fairchild Radio in Richmond Hill, Canada. His acting career spans four decades, beginning with his tel ...

(), popular former Hong Kong television actor from the 80s and 90s. Prominent Fairchild TV Toronto presenter and Fairchild Radio Toronto DJ. Returned to Hong Kong entertainment industry with

in 2007. Currently signed with

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(HKTV). *Lily Hong (), hosted a few programmes for Fairchild TV Toronto in the late 90s to early 2000s. Current

contract artiste. *Monica Lo (),

Miss Chinese Toronto The Miss Chinese Toronto Pageant (多倫多華裔小姐競選), also known as MCTP, and formerly known as the Greater Toronto Chinese Pageant prior to 1999, is an annual beauty pageant organized by Fairchild TV that selects Toronto's representat ...

1996 and

1997, hosted for Fairchild TV Toronto. Current Hong Kong film actress and model. *Walter Ngai (), prominent Fairchild TV Vancouver presenter. Currently a DJ for

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. *Eric Li (), former Fairchild TV Vancouver presenter and news anchor. Currently a presenter for

Cable TV Hong Kong Hong Kong Cable Television Limited (), formerly known as Wharf Cable Television Limited () until 31 October 1998, is a cable television provider in Hong Kong currently owned by Forever Top (Asia) Limited, which operates it as a part of i-Cable ...

's entertainment news channel. *Janis Chan (), former Fairchild Radio Vancouver DJ and host of ''What's On'' Vancouver. Currently a presenter for

's entertainment news channel. *Edcon Gabriel Yau , former Fairchild TV presenter & sports news anchor in Toronto and former DJ host in Fairchild Radio Toronto. Currently a sports presenter for now TV in Hong Kong and the official

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MC in Greater China. *Maggie Hou (), former model and Fairchild TV Vancouver presenter. Currently a presenter for

's entertainment news channel. *Kenny Wong (), former host of ''What's On'' Vancouver. Currently a presenter for

's entertainment news channel. *Eunice Ho (),

2003 Finalist, former host of ''What's On'' Vancouver. Currently a television presenter for

's entertainment news channel. *

Aimee Chan Aimee Chan (born 1 April 1981) or Chan Yan-mei (Traditional Chinese: 陳茵媺) is a Canadian born actress based in Hong Kong. She was the winner of Miss Hong Kong 2006 and was offered a TVB contract shortly after. Biography Aimee was born in T ...

() &

Janet Chow Janet Chow () (born 25 August 1983, in Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong actress. She has ancestry in Shanghai. She was the 2nd runner-up in the 2006 Miss Hong Kong competition. She attended Markville Secondary School in Markham, Ontario and University ...

(),

2004 Finalists, former hosts of ''What's On'' Toronto. Entered

Miss Hong Kong Pageant The Miss Hong Kong Pageant (), or Miss HK () for short, is an annual beauty pageant organised by local Hong Kong television station, TVB. The pageant was established in 1946, and acquired by TVB in 1973. The current Miss Hong Kong is Denice Lam ...

2006; Chan won the crown, Chow won first runner-up; both current

contract artistes. *

Kayi Cheung Kayi Cheung (; Pinyin: Zhāng Jiā'ér; Yale: Jeung1 Ga1 Yi4, born on 18 November 1983) is a Hong Kong-Canadian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Hong Kong 2007 and 1st Runner-up of the Miss Chinese International 2008. She ...

(),

Miss Chinese (Vancouver) Pageant Miss Chinese Vancouver Pageant (Chinese: 溫哥華華裔小姐競選), also known as MCV and formerly branded as Miss Chinese (Vancouver) Pageant, is an annual beauty pageant organized by Fairchild TV that selects Vancouver's representative for ...

2005 Vivacious Beauty award winner, former host of ''What's On'' Vancouver. Entered

2007 and won the crown. *Rikko Lee (), former Fairchild Radio Vancouver DJ and host of ''What's On'' Vancouver. Signed to

as an artist and was a host and reporter for the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

and 2009 Hong Kong East-Asian Games. She is currently hosting TVB's weekly sports programme

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and daily financial programme

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on HD Jade.

References

External links

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