LS Times TV is a

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exempt Category B

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(

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: 龍祥頻道,

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: 龙祥频道) owned by Waylen Group (緯麟集團). LS Times TV is a national 24-hour TV station airing current feature films from Hong Kong, China, Taiwan and other Asian countries in their original language with Chinese subtitles, along with Canadian content, and daily news and popular TV programs from Asia.

History

On October 25, 2007, Waylen Group, through its subsidiary L S Movie Channel Limited, was granted a licence by the

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(CRTC) to operate ''L S Times''. The channel officially launched in October 2009, on

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under the name ''LS Times TV''. On September 15, 2010, LS Times TV launched on

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. On July 4, 2012, LS Times launched on

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. In July 2012, LS Times officially launched on

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. As a result of these launches, LS Times is now available across the country via satellite for the very first time. It subsequently launched on Novus Cable on May 1, 2013 and on

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in August 2013. On August 30, 2013, the

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approved Waylen Group's request to convert LS Times TV from a licensed Category B specialty service to an exempted Cat. B third language service.LS Times TV– Revocation of licence
/ref> On January 17, 2017, LS Times transitioned to high-definition (HD) on Optik TV. The HD feed became available on Bell Fibe TV in February 2017.

Programs

LS Times launched its first locally produced progra
Monday Forum
in November 2013. The weekly 30-minute program allows for in-depth discussions on political, social and economic affairs with subject matter experts. Interviews are conducted in English, Cantonese or Mandarin.

References

External links

* Chinese-language mass media in Canada Movie channels in Canada Specialty television channels in Canada Multicultural and ethnic television in Canada Companies based in Richmond, British Columbia Television channels and stations established in 2009 {{Canada-tv-station-stub