Fiji Television Limited is one of Fiji's main television network. It was founded on 15 June 1994 as the first permanent commercial television broadcasting network in the country, although television had previously been introduced temporarily in October 1991 to broadcast the
Rugby World Cup
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as well as
Cricket World Cup
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. This was reviewed and reissued in 2000 for a term of 12 years. Fiji TV was listed as a public company in 1996 on the Suva Stock Exchange, now known as the
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On 1 July 2010, the SPX launched an electronic trading platform (ETP). The Exchange now has market phases which allow the brokers to perform tasks throughout a business ...
.
Fiji TV owns Fiji's premier free-to-view channel (FTA)
Fiji One
Fiji One is a free-to-air television channel run by Fiji Television. It provides coverage throughout Fiji. It is fully funded from revenue generated through commercial advertisement
A television advertisement (also called a television commer ...
, and formerly the
pay TV
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service,
Sky Pacific
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, which was acquired by
Digicel
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Digicel has operated in several countries, including Guyana, Fiji, Haiti, Trinidad and Tobago, St. Lucia, Suriname, and Ja ...
Papua New Guinea
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's only commercial free-to-view channel,
EM TV
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Fiji TV's main shareholders are Fijian Holding Limited (FHL) Media Limited FHL Trustees Limited and FHL Holdings Unit Trust, ITaukei Affairs Board, Capital Insurance Limited, an Fiji National Provident Fund
References
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Fiji Television Limited Annual Report 2019