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Taiwan Television Enterprise, Ltd. (), commonly known as TTV and formerly known as Central Television and Voice of Taiwan, is the first terrestrial television station in the
Republic of China (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 northeast ...
. It was established on April 28, 1962, and started formally broadcasting later that year on October 10, 1962, as
free-to-air Free-to-air (FTA) services are television (TV) and radio services broadcast in unencrypted form, allowing any person with the FTA Receiver, appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal and view or listen to the content without requiring ...
. It is the first television company in Taiwan. The station became home to many trailblazing and innovative shows at the time. Recently, the station enjoyed a resurgence in viewership when it inked a major contract with
Sanlih E-Television Sanlih Entertainment Television or Sanlih E-Television (SET; ) is a nationwide cable TV network operated in Taiwan which was founded in May 1993. It also produces Taiwanese drama that are broadcast on free-to-air channels e.g. Taiwan Television ...
to promote and air the latter's shows. TTV's pop idol dramas consistently rated high, although it sometimes went down or up depending on the storyline and the stars' appeal on these dramas. Under media reform laws, TTV was tapped for privatization in 2007. Currently, the financial TV network Unique Satellite TV owns most of the stake of TTV. Since 1962, TTV began some of the milestones that changed the landscape of TTV presenting the first Taiwanese-language TV serial as well as the first Mandarin drama anthology series. TTV presented the first costume drama serial " Cheng Ch'eng-kung" (1963) starring Ts'ao Chien as the title role. On September 7, 1969, after airing what would be one of its final major coverages, that of the
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landing in July, in monochrome, TTV transitioned to color.


Appearances


Logo history

File:TTV cufflink for senior executives 20100307.jpg, First version of TTV logo on a
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for senior executives File:TTV East-wing Building and Central Building 20061223.jpg, Second version of TTV logo on TTV Building File:TTV 1st CIS plate on Bade Road Section 3 sidewalk 20101206.jpg, Second version of TTV logo on Bade Road, Taipei File:TTV 2nd CIS on TTV Central Building front 20100608.jpg, Third version of TTV logo on TTV Building Image:TTV 2nd CIS and title on TTV OB BP-366 20100608.jpg, Third version of TTV logo on a broadcasting vehicle


Description

Since the beginning of TTV in 1962, the earliest known was a simple TV logo with the letters "TTV" in it; the two Ts striking with a thunderbolt and a small V on a blue-green-red background. It was used until 1990 when it was replaced by a circular disk with an angular triangle inside the logo forming a satellite dish. The 1990 logo was used until recently in July 2008 when the present logo was revised with the same design but the triangle itself moves upward.


Test card

The testcard of TTV is
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.


Closing and opening times

"Closing time" is 100%. It closes at 4:50. But it announced in the schedule.


TTV

Open 167.8 hours a week (Mon 4:49-5:00)


Channels

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TTV Main Channel TTV Main Channel is the primary free-to-air terrestrial television channel of the Taiwan Television company and is the first television channel launched in the Republic of China (Taiwan). History It was established on April 28, 1962, test trans ...
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TTV News Channel The term TTV may refer to: * Twitch.tv, a live video streaming platform * T. T. V. Dhinakaran Indian politician and General Secretary of Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazagam * Taiwan Television ** TTV Main Channel () ** TTV Family () ** TTV ...
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TTV Finance TTV Finance () is a digital television channel operated by Taiwan Television (TTV) in 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 ...
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TTV Variety The term TTV may refer to: * Twitch.tv, a live video streaming platform * T. T. V. Dhinakaran Indian politician and General Secretary of Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazagam * Taiwan Television ** TTV Main Channel () ** TTV Family () ** TT ...
(formerly
TTV Family TTV Family () is a digital television channel operated by Taiwan Television (TTV) in 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 ...
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TTV World TTV World () was a television channel operated by Taiwan Television (TTV) in Taiwan, launched on 22 July 2005, but was only broadcast abroad. Broadcast platform *North America--Cloud Tech Media *Australia-----FetchTV (Australia) *Malaysia------AB ...
(defunct; most of their programming sold to third-party broadcasters)


Broadcast platform

*North America--
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*Australia-----
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*Malaysia------
ABNXcess Asian Broadcasting Network (M) Sdn Bhd, DBA ABNxcess, was the sole digital cable television operator in Malaysia, launched on 8 June 2013. The company offers cable television services via the cable network which has been in operation since 2012 ...
*Singapore----
mio TV Singtel TV (formerly known as Singtel IPTV and mio TV) is a pay television, pay television service provided by Singtel in Singapore. It is transmitted through Singtel's broadband network via an IPTV platform which uses Ericsson Mediaroom (orig ...


The TTV shows

TTV Mandarin Novels (臺視國語電視小說), the earliest TTV drama in Mandarin during the 1960s. It was the predecessor of today's Primetime drama serials that is now shown every night at 8 PM. Star Showcase (羣星會), the earliest TTV variety show that lasted for 15 years from 1962 to 1977. It was revived in the early 1990s and again in 2002, but both of the newer versions lasted for less than six months. Pentalight Talent Show (五燈獎), the longest TV talent show in Taiwan that lasted for 33 years from 1965 to 1998. Some of the popular singers in Taiwan started their careers in that said show. Fu Pei-mei's Chinese Cooking Show (傅培梅時間), one of the earliest programs of TTV hosted by
Fu Pei-mei Fu Pei-mei (; 1931 – 16 September 2004) was a Taiwanese chef. She wrote over 30 cookbooks on Chinese cuisine, and produced and hosted cooking programs on Taiwan Television and Japan's NHK. In 2012, she was posthumously awarded the special award ...
(1931–2004) ran for 40 years (1962 to 2002). Taiwanese Opera (楊麗花歌仔戲), a Taiwanese opera TV featuring Taiwanese opera singer
Yang Li-hua Yang Li-hua (), a Taiwanese opera performer is a star in Taiwan. She had many viewers on local television. People were fascinated by her performances. She played the male lead character so well in one of her performances that viewers were not a ...
, began showing in the early evening slot from 1962 to 1975 and again from 1979 to 1994 where she also produces her Taiwanese opera works. In 1994, the show presented "The Goddess of the Luo River (a.k.a. "Mystical Enchantress") was the first Taiwanese opera series to hit on the primetime slot at 8:00 PM. Then, a few series was produced sporadically from 1996 to 2003. The last one was "Ode to Its Successor" in 2003 where they earned an award in the 2004 Golden Bell Awards.


See also

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List of Taiwanese television series Here is a partial list of Taiwanese television shows: News * ''CTS News'' (華視新聞) - CTS * ''CTV News'' (中視新聞) - CTV * ''FTV News'' (民視新聞) - FTV * ''PTS News'' (公視新聞) - PTS * ''TTV News'' (台視新聞) - TTV St ...


References


External links


TTV official website
* {{Television in the Republic of China Television stations in Taiwan Chinese-language television stations Television channels and stations established in 1962 1960s in Taiwanese television Companies based in Taipei Mass media in Taipei