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Formosa Television () is a

television station A television station is a set of equipment managed by a business, organisation or other entity, such as an amateur television (ATV) operator, that transmits video content and audio content via radio waves directly from a transmitter on the ea ...

based in

New Taipei New Taipei City is a special municipality located in northern Taiwan. The city is home to an estimated population of 3,974,683 as of 2022, making it the most populous city of Taiwan, and also the second largest special municipality by area, b ...

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the no ...

. Established on March 27, 1996, FTV began broadcasting on June 11, 1997. Formosa Television is also the first

free-to-air Free-to-air (FTA) services are television (TV) and radio services broadcast in unencrypted form, allowing any person with the appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal and view or listen to the content without requiring a subscripti ...

television station which was established without direct relationship with any political party and department of Taiwan government. Because of the location of its headquarters, which is in an area where

Taiwanese Hokkien Taiwanese Hokkien () (; Tâi-lô: ''Tâi-uân-uē''), also known as Taigi/Taigu (; Pe̍h-ōe-jī/ Tâi-lô: ''Tâi-gí / Tâi-gú''), Taiwanese, Taiwanese Minnan, Hoklo and Holo, is a variety of the Hokkien language spoken natively by about ...

speakers are populous, it also earned the reputation for being the first station in Taiwan to use that tongue in a majority of its programs, especially on its prime time newscasts. On May 24, 2004, FTV was among the first free-to-air channels in Taiwan to switch from terrestrial analog signal to

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.Five major TV broadcasters begin switch to digital television
June 30, 2004. Retrieved February 21, 2007. One of its more popular broadcasts are the coverage of live matches of the

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Around-the-clock broadcasting

Midnight on January 1, 2018 marked Formosa Television's first day of 24-hour

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ing, as

Uni-President Enterprises Corporation Uni-President Enterprises Corporation () is an international food conglomerate based in Tainan, Taiwan. It is the largest food production company in Taiwan as well as Asia, and has a significant market share in dairy products, foods and snacks, ...

celebrated its fiftieth anniversary with a

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countdown broadcast.

FTV Channels

*FTV HD *

FTV News FTV News (, Pinyin: Mín shì xīnwén tái) is a digital television news channel operated by Formosa Television (FTV) in Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a Country, country in East Asia, at the junction of the E ...

FTV One FTV One (), is a digital television channel operated by Formosa Television (FTV) in Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a Country, country in East Asia, at the junction of the East China Sea, East and South China Se ...

(formerly known as Follow Me TV) *

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*FTV Drama (Online-only; aired local drama series, mainly weeknight soaps) *FTV Variety (Online-only; aired local entertainment shows) *FTV Travel (Online-only; aired Travel and some Living shows)

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* 1996 establishments in Taiwan Television stations in Taiwan Television channels and stations established in 1996 Chinese-language television stations Companies based in Taipei Mass media in Taipei Entertainment companies of Taiwan {{Taiwan-tv-stub

Around-the-clock broadcasting

FTV Channels

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