Fairchild TV or FTV (新時代電視), is a

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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". ''

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'', February 28, 1999. It is owned by Fairchild Group, with Hong Kong broadcaster

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holding a 20% minority stake. Fairchild TV has studios in the

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) and

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(inside Aberdeen Centre in

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). The channel's origins can be traced to the Cantonese broadcasting service, Chinavision Canada was rebranded as Fairchild TV in 1993 when Thomas Fung purchased Chinavision.

Operations

Up until October 1, 2022, Fairchild TV signed on at 6:00 a.m. EST and signed off at 3:35 a.m. EST in the

. In

, Fairchild TV signed on at 6:00 a.m. PST and signed off at 4:00 a.m. PST. On October 1, 2022, Fairchild TV switched to a 24-hour schedule. More than 475,000 Chinese Canadians across Canada watch Fairchild Television each day, roughly 30% of the whole Chinese population in Canada. Until September 1, 2020, FTV operated two standard definition television channels: Fairchild TV in Cantonese and Talentvision in Mandarin. Both stations use programming from

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and

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. On May 23, 2013, Fairchild TV launched two High Definition (HD) channels: Fairchild TV 2 HD in Cantonese and Talentvision 2 HD in Mandarin (ceased operations in July 2016). On September 1, 2020, Fairchild TV and Talenvision were upgraded to High Definition. Fairchild TV 2 "HD" signage was removed and renamed Fairchild TV 2.

Programs

Fairchild TV broadcasts local (Canadian) and overseas (Asian) programming in the Cantonese language. It also serves as an overseas station of

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. 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),

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, 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 (), Linda Chung (), and Leanne Li (), they were former Miss Chinese Vancouver Pageant and

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Pageant winners, and Jacky Chu, Elva Hsiao and

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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'' *''Vibe Loop''

Annual events

* Miss Chinese Toronto Pageant * Miss Chinese Vancouver Pageant

Current artistes & presenters

Notable former presenters

The following is a list of former Fairchild Television presenters that are currently affiliated with other media outlets. *Lily Hong (), hosted a few programmes for Fairchild TV Toronto in the late 90s to early 2000s. Current

contract artiste. *Monica Lo (), Miss Chinese Toronto 1996 and

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'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'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

's entertainment news channel. *Kenny Wong (), former host of ''What's On'' Vancouver. Currently a presenter for Cable TV Hong Kong'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

's entertainment news channel. * Aimee Chan () & Janet Chow (), Miss Chinese Toronto Pageant 2004 Finalists, former hosts of ''What's On'' Toronto. Entered

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2006; Chan won the crown, Chow won first runner-up; both current

contract artistes. * Kayi Cheung (), Miss Chinese (Vancouver) Pageant 2005 Vivacious Beauty award winner, former host of ''What's On'' Vancouver. Entered

2007 and won the crown. *Rikko Lee (), former Fairchild Radio Vancouver DJ and host of ''What's On'' Vancouver. Signed to

as an artist and was a host and reporter for the

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and 2009 Hong Kong East-Asian Games. She is currently hosting TVB's weekly sports programme Sports World and daily financial programme Money Smart on HD Jade.

References

External links

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