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FBC TV is an entertainment and news channel based in
Fiji Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists ...
broadcasting in
English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...
,
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and Fijian. It is the third commercial free to air channel in
Fiji Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists ...
. It was launched on 25 November 2011 by the Fiji Prime Minister - Rear Admiral (Ret.)
Frank Bainimarama Josaia Voreqe "Frank" Bainimarama (Fijian: ʃoˈsɛia βoˈreŋɡe mbɛiniˈmarama born 27 April 1954) is a Fijian politician and former naval officer who served as the prime minister of Fiji from 2007 until 2022. A member of the FijiFirst ...
. It covers 90% of Fiji’s population through VHF and UHF TV Band.
Fiji Television 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 ...
, Mai TV and PBS TV are the main competitors of FBC TV in the country. FBC TV is operated by
Fiji Broadcasting Corporation The Fijian Broadcasting Corporation (FBC) is one of the two radio broadcasters in Fiji. It was known as Fiji Broadcasting Commission when it began. It traces its history to 1935 when it first began operating under licence from the Posts and Teleg ...
, the company which also runs 6 radio stations,
Radio Fiji One Radio Fiji One (NA DOMOIVITI) is an iTaukei (Fijian) language - public service broadcaster in Fiji. The station broadcasts on the 93megahertz and 558 kilohertz to the cities of Suva, Navua, Nausori, Labasa, Savusavu, Nadi, Denarau, Mamanuca and La ...
(iTaukei),
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( Hindustani),
Gold FM-Fiji Gold FM is an English language – commercial radio station in Fiji. The station broadcasts on the 100.2 frequency to the cities of Suva, Navua, Nausori, Labasa, Savusavu, Nadi, Denarau, Mamanuca and Lautoka. The station also broadcasts on the 1 ...
(English),
Bula FM Bula FM is an iTaukei (Fijian) language - commercial radio station in Fiji. The station broadcasts on the 102.6 frequency to the cities of Suva, Navua, Nausori, Labasa, Savusavu, Nadi, Denarau, Mamanuca and Lautoka. The station also broadcasts on ...
(Fijian),
2day FM-Fiji 2Day FM (call sign: 2DAY) is an English language commercial FM radio station broadcasting in Suva, Fiji, on the frequencies of 95.4 MHz in Suva, Nadi, Lautoka, Yasawa, Labasa, Savusavu, and Taveuni, on 95.2 MHz in Sigatoka and Ba, 95.6 MHz in Ta ...
(English) and
Mirchi FM Mirchi FM is a "Fiji Hindi" language radio station in Fiji. The station broadcasts on the 97.8 frequency to the cities of Suva, Navua, Nausori, Labasa, Savusavu, Nadi, Denarau, Mamanuca and Lautoka. The station also broadcasts on the 97.6 M ...
(Hindi). It had sold over $100,000 worth of television programming, even before it had officially signed on air. FBC TV lifted the standard of local television news coverage by bringing in a top New Zealand news producer for months to train their local TV journalists. Its signal now reaches places in Fiji where no TV signal was available previously. Mai TV was first to break Fiji Television’s monopoly but did not have the years of market domination and exclusivity Fiji TV had been given to build its powerful position. FBC, already a successful radio broadcaster, became a powerhouse when it launched FBC TV, with support from the Government. FBC TV was given exclusive rights in Fiji to telecast
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. In October, 2013, it acquired the rights to exclusively air the
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live on its free-to-air channel. as well as the
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. The government enacted a Television (Cross-Carriage of Designated Events) Decree to strip away exclusive sports content owned by Fiji TV and make those lucrative content available to the financially struggling FBC TV, headed by Riyaz Saiyed-Khaiyum, its chief executive officer. The official reason given was that all Fijians should have access to important world events including sports which included the
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as well as the
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, the
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,
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, the
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, the
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, the
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, the
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, the
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, the
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, state funerals, general election results, the national budget address and parliamentary proceedings. This allowed FBCTV the rights to broadcast these major events on free-to-air. In November 2014, FBCTV was tasked with the job of managing the digital TV project to allow the transition of broadcast signals from analogue to
Digital television Digital television (DTV) is the transmission of television signals using digital encoding, in contrast to the earlier analog television technology which used analog signals. At the time of its development it was considered an innovative advanc ...
in Fiji. In July 2015, it commenced tests in the Suva, Nasinu corridor. In August 2016, when Fiji moved into
Digital broadcasting Digital broadcasting is the practice of using digital signals rather than analogue signals for broadcasting over radio frequency bands. Digital television broadcasting (especially satellite television) is widespread. Digital audio broadcasting is ...
, FBC launched two more channels, FBC 2 and FBC Plus. FBC 2 would provide viewers with content from other parts of the world which Fijians could not access on free-to-air television. FBC Plus provided viewers with shows that were aired on FBC TV, three hours after its broadcast on FBC TV. For example, if the Indian soap opera
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had aired on FBC TV at 12:00 p.m, FBC Plus would air the same show at 3:00 p.m. After a successful trial of the
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platform in the Suva - Nasinu corridor, the country's first Digital TV platform, Walesi was launched on the 25th of June 2018, by the Attorney General,
Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum (born 24 September 1965) is an Indo-Fijian politician and a cabinet minister. He is the Fijian attorney general and the Minister for Economy, Civil Service and Communications, and also serves the minister responsible for ...
in his portfolio as Minister for Communications. The Digital Television service is encrypted/scrambled and requires a Walesi provided set top box everytime, to view all the encrypted/scrambled channels, even free-to-air ones, making televisions already in stores with built-in DVB-T2 tuners for UHF terrestrial antennas useless, as Walesi does not support Integrated Digital Television (iDTV) unlike most other countries.


Programming

Hindi iTaukei English Korean


Kids Program


Teen Sitcoms


Previous Shows

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References

Television stations in Fiji Television channels and stations established in 2011