Fairchild TV 2 or FTV2 (
Traditional Chinese
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: 新時代電視2台,
Simplified Chinese
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* Simplification of algebraic expressions, ...
: 新时代电视2台,
Pinyin
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: xinshídàidiànshì èr tái), is a Canadian
Cantonese language
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exempt
Category B specialty channel
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. It is co-owned by majority owner
Fairchild Media Group
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(a subsidiary of the
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 ...
) and
Television Broadcasts Limited
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which owns 20% of the business. Fairchild TV 2 HD has studios in
Metro Vancouver Regional District
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(inside
Aberdeen Centre
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in
Richmond, British Columbia
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) and the
Greater Toronto Area
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Richmond Hill, Ontario
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). The station broadcasts in high definition.
History
In February 2013, Fairchild Media Group received permission from the
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
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(CRTC) to launch Fairchild TV 2 HD.
On January 30, 2019, the CRTC approved Fairchild TV Ltd's request to convert Fairchild TV 2 from a licensed Category B specialty service to an exempted Cat. B third language service.
Fairchild Television II – Revocation of licence
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On September 1, 2020, the channel was renamed to Fairchild TV 2 with Fairchild TV 1 and Talentvision being upgraded to HD
Programs
Fairchild TV 2 broadcasts local Canadian and overseas programming in the Cantonese language. It also serves as an overseas station of Hong Kong
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television station TVB
Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) is a television broadcasting company based in Hong Kong SAR. The Company operates five free-to-air terrestrial television channels in Hong Kong, with TVB Jade as its main Cantonese language service, and TVB ...
. Unlike its sister station Fairchild TV 1, TVB programmes on Fairchild TV 2 are not delayed by up to a year and are broadcast a few days after it airs in Hong Kong.
See also
* Fairchild TV News
Fairchild TV News is the news division of Fairchild TV, a Cantonese cable television network in Canada. It competes against the Cantonese ''Omni News'' broadcasts aired by Rogers' Omni Television stations. Since 2017, Fairchild has produced the C ...
* Fairchild TV 1
* Talentvision
Talentvision is a Television in Canada, Canadian Mandarin Chinese, Mandarin Chinese specialty channel. It is owned by the Vancouver-based Fairchild Group, Fairchild Media Group (a subsidiary of the Fairchild Group) and TVB. Talentvision's studio ...
References
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Chinese-language television
Chinese-language mass media in Canada
Multicultural and ethnic television in Canada
Companies based in Richmond, British Columbia
Companies based in Richmond Hill, Ontario
Television channels and stations established in 2013
Mass media in the Regional Municipality of York
2013 establishments in Canada