Fairchild TV or FTV is a
Canadian
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Cantonese language
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exempt
specialty channel
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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". '']Toronto Star
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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
TVB holding a 20% minority stake. Fairchild TV has studios in the
Greater Toronto Area (
Richmond Hill, Ontario
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) and
Greater Vancouver (inside
Aberdeen Centre in
Richmond, British Columbia).
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 con ...
was rebranded as Fairchild TV in 1993 when Thomas Fung purchased Chinavision.
Operations
In the
Greater Toronto Area, Fairchild TV signs on at 06:00 EST and signs off at 04:05 EST. In
Greater Vancouver, Fairchild TV signs on at 06:00 PST and signs off at 04:05 PST. In
Alberta
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(
Calgary
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and
Edmonton
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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 Vill ...
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
Talentvision 2 HD in Mandarin.
Programs
Fairchild TV broadcasts local (Canadian) and overseas (Asian) programming in the Cantonese language. It also serves as an overseas station of
Hong Kong
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television station
TVB. 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),
ViuTV, and additionally feature popular Mainland Chinese programmes. Fairchild TV also organises annual events, such as the
Miss Chinese Vancouver Pageant,
Miss Chinese Toronto Pageant,
New Talent Singing Awards Vancouver Audition,
New Talent Singing Awards Toronto Audition and
Calgary New Talent Singing Awards. 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
Bernice Liu
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(),
Linda Chung (), and
Leanne Li (), they were former
Miss Chinese Vancouver Pageant and
Miss Chinese International Pageant winners, and
Jacky Chu
Jacky Chu () is a Taiwanese actor and is a former member of Taiwanese group 183 Club.
Music career
Jacky entered New Talent Singing Awards Vancouver Audition 1998 and won. He then represented Vancouver in the International Finals and ended f ...
,
Elva Hsiao
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and
Jade Kwan of
New Talent Singing Awards Vancouver Audition.
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 Toronto Pageant
*
Miss Chinese Vancouver Pageant
*
New Talent Singing Awards Calgary Audition
*
New Talent Singing Awards Toronto Audition
*
New Talent Singing Awards Vancouver Audition
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 (), 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
TVB in 2007. Currently signed with
ong Kong Television Network(HKTV).
*Lily Hong (), hosted a few programmes for Fairchild TV Toronto in the late 90s to early 2000s. Current
TVB contract artiste.
*Monica Lo (),
Miss Chinese Toronto 1996 and
Miss Chinese International 1997, hosted for Fairchild TV Toronto. Current Hong Kong film actress and model.
*Walter Ngai (), prominent Fairchild TV Vancouver presenter. Currently a DJ for
Metro Broadcast Corporation Limited.
*Eric Li (), former Fairchild TV Vancouver presenter and news anchor. Currently a presenter for
Cable TV Hong Kong
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's entertainment news channel.
*Janis Chan (), former
Fairchild Radio Vancouver DJ and host of ''What's On'' Vancouver. Currently a presenter for
Cable TV Hong Kong
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'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
NBA Global Games MC in Greater China.
*Maggie Hou (), former model and Fairchild TV Vancouver presenter. Currently a presenter for
TVB's entertainment news channel.
*Kenny Wong (), former host of ''What's On'' Vancouver. Currently a presenter for
Cable TV Hong Kong
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's entertainment news channel.
*Eunice Ho (),
New Talent Singing Awards Vancouver Audition 2003 Finalist, former host of ''What's On'' Vancouver. Currently a television presenter for
TVB'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 ...
() &
Janet Chow
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(),
Miss Chinese Toronto Pageant 2004 Finalists, former hosts of ''What's On'' Toronto. Entered
Miss Hong Kong Pageant 2006; Chan won the crown, Chow won first runner-up; both current
TVB contract artistes.
*
Kayi Cheung (),
Miss Chinese (Vancouver) Pageant 2005 Vivacious Beauty award winner, former host of ''What's On'' Vancouver. Entered
Miss Hong Kong Pageant 2007 and won the crown.
*Rikko Lee (), former
Fairchild Radio Vancouver DJ and host of ''What's On'' Vancouver. Signed to
TVB as an artist and was a host and reporter for the
2008 Summer Olympics
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and
2009 Hong Kong East-Asian Games. She is currently hosting TVB's weekly sports programme
Sports World
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and daily financial programme
Money Smart on HD Jade.
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 th ...
*
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 ...
*
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 Vill ...
(TTV)
References
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