Talentvision is a
Canadian
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Mandarin
Mandarin or The Mandarin may refer to:
Language
* Mandarin Chinese, branch of Chinese originally spoken in northern parts of the country
** Standard Chinese or Modern Standard Mandarin, the official language of China
** Taiwanese Mandarin, Stand ...
Chinese
specialty channel
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. It is owned by the Vancouver-based
Fairchild Media Group
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(a subsidiary of the
Fairchild Group
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) and
TVB. Talentvision's studios are located inside
Aberdeen Centre in the
Golden Village
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district along with
Fairchild TV and Fairchild Radio, in
Richmond
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* Richmond, London, a part of London
* Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town in England
* Richmond, British Columbia, a city in Canada
* Richmond, California, ...
, British Columbia.
Talentvision features programming from China as well as
Taiwan
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. It also has a
Korean and
Vietnamese block of programming. Originally it was a regional TV station only available in
British Columbia
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but it is now available nationally across Canada.
Talentvision is the first
Mandarin
Mandarin or The Mandarin may refer to:
Language
* Mandarin Chinese, branch of Chinese originally spoken in northern parts of the country
** Standard Chinese or Modern Standard Mandarin, the official language of China
** Taiwanese Mandarin, Stand ...
channel in Canada and it first went on the air in 1993 (together with Fairchild TV). It started out as a channel with mixed
Cantonese
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and Mandarin content. Originally the broadcasting content was 60% Cantonese and 40% Mandarin. It started broadcasting entirely in Mandarin from June 1998 onwards. All of the Cantonese programs were transferred to
Fairchild TV.
News
Talentvision TV produces two hours of local news on the weekdays and one hour of local news on the weekends. The newscasts airs at 7:30 pm and at 11:30 pm and are anchored out of their studios in Richmond.
Talentvision also airs foreign Mandarin newscasts from
CCTV
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and
TVBS.
Current anchors
* Susan Cheng (成松子)
* Todd Ye (葉一滔)
See also
*
Fairchild TV (FTV)
External links
*
{{Chinese language television in North America
Analog cable television networks in Canada
Chinese-language mass media in Canada
Chinese-language television
Companies based in Richmond, British Columbia
Multicultural and ethnic television in Canada
Television channels and stations established in 1993