Talentvision (marketed as 城市電視) is a

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Chinese

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. It is owned by the Vancouver-based Fairchild Media Group (a subsidiary of the Fairchild Group) and

TVB Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB; zh, t=電視廣播有限公司) is a television broadcasting company based in Hong Kong. The company operates five free-to-air terrestrial television channels in Hong Kong, with TVB Jade as its main Canton ...

. Talentvision's studios are located at Aberdeen Centre in the

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district along with

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and Fairchild Radio, in

Richmond Richmond most often refers to: * Richmond, British Columbia, a city in Canada * Richmond, California, a city in the United States * Richmond, London, a town in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England * Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town ...

, British Columbia. Talentvision features programming from China as well as

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. It also has a

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and

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block of programming. Originally it was a regional TV station only available in

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but it is now available nationally across Canada. Talentvision is the first

channel in Canada and it first went on the air in 1993 (together with Fairchild TV). It started out as a channel with mixed

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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

Current local programming list

Morning Exercise 早安運動 Expert Hour 專家來開講 Magazine 26 26分鐘見證實錄 Straits Today 兩岸三地加國情 Urban Life 城市串吧

News

Talentvision TV produces two hours of local news on the weekdays and one hour of local news on the weekends. The newscast airs at 7:30 pm PT/10:30 pm ET and is repeated at 11:30 pm PT/2:30 am ET, 4:00 am PT/7:00 am ET, & 6:00 am PT/9:00 am ET and is anchored out of their studios in Richmond. Talentvision also airs foreign Mandarin newscasts from

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and

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News Team

Toronto (Richmond Hill, Ontario) Bureau

* Hua Zhang (張驊) - Reporter

Former Anchors and Reporters

* Jessamine Wang (王靖文) * David Jang (張文慈) * Frank Qi (戚文峰) * Livian Liu (劉麗華) * Lawrence Wu (吳方哲) * Catherine Qiu (邱榮) * Cynthia Lin (林佩璇) * Cindy Wang (王俞欣) * Emily Chen (陳夢) * George Liao (廖自力) - Producer, My Country, My Home; Reporter, City View; now with OMNI News * Richard Zhu (朱江) - Host, My Country, My Home * Kyle Kong (康凱) - Host, My Country, My Home * Ellen Ma (馬琛沂) - Host, My Country, My Home; now with OMNI News * Carol Xu (許嘉雯) - also anchor/reporter for Fairchild TV News; now Communications Coordinator at City of Richmond * Iris Yu (于卓彤) - Host, Consumer Guide; 2022 Miss Chinese Vancouver Pageant Finalist

Current Presenters

Vancouver (Richmond, British Columbia)

Toronto (Richmond Hill, Ontario)

Former Presenters

Vancouver (Richmond, British Columbia)

* Fred Liu (劉津) - Host, Expert Hour & Asian Magazine; 2013-2018 & 2021-2023 Miss Chinese Vancouver Pageant's Master of Ceremonies * Leah Chen (陳童) - Host, Urban Life * Cindy Wu (吳昕宸) - Host, Urban Life; 2021 Miss Chinese Vancouver Pageant Winner * Jessica Chou (周家儀) - Host, Urban Life; now Fairchild Radio DJ * Alice Lin ( 林昀佳) - Host, Asian Magazine & Urban Life; 2018 Miss Chinese Vancouver Pageant Winner * Rachel He (赫英彤) - Host, Asian Magazine & Urban Life; 2018 Miss Chinese Vancouver Pageant's Second Runner-Up * Mandy Jin (金夢宜) - Host, Asian Magazine & Urban Life; 2012 Miss Chinese Vancouver Pageant's Master of Ceremonies * Christina Fu (傅阿芳) - Host, Asian Magazine * Tingting Niu (牛婷婷) - Host, Asian Magazine; 2017 Miss Chinese Vancouver Pageant's Second Runner-Up; 2019 Miss Chinese Vancouver Pageant's Master of Ceremonies * Danni Jia (賈丹妮) - Host, Asian Magazine; 2019 Miss Chinese Vancouver Pageant's Second Runner-Up * Vincent Dong (董文勝) - Host, Everyday English * Abby Zhao (趙岩) - Host, Everyday English * Prenda Wang (王譯斐) - Host, Asian Magazine; 2016 Miss Chinese Vancouver Pageant's First Runner-Up * Anna Chen (陳安娜) - Host, Asian Magazine * Gerald Yang (楊飛) - Host, Asian Magazine; 2010 Miss Chinese Vancouver Pageant Master of Ceremonies * Vera Wang (王陽) - Host, Asian Magazine; now Fairchild Radio DJ * Isabelle Chu (褚娜) - Host, Asian Magazine * Jinting Zhu (朱津葶) - Host, Asian Magazine; 2009 Miss Chinese Vancouver Pageant's Best Posture Award

Toronto (Richmond Hill, Ontario)

* Rebecca Liu (劉雨薇) - Host, Mandarin Profile; Reporter, City View; now Fairchild Radio DJ * Grace Xiao (曉露) - Host, Mandarin Profile; Reporter, City View; 2008, 2010-2011 Miss Chinese Toronto Pageant's Master of Ceremonies * Joanna Zheng (鄭曉娜) - Host, City Express & City View * Elva Ni ( 倪晨曦) - Host, City View; 2005 Miss Chinese Toronto Pageant Winner; later host of Fairchild TV's What's On * Belinda Yan ( 顏子菲) - Host, City View; 2006 Miss Chinese Toronto Pageant's First Runner-Up * Cleone Ye (葉小寒) - Host, City View; 2006 Miss Chinese Toronto Pageant's Second Runner-Up; later host of Fairchild TV's What's On * Kenneth Wu (武海鋒) - Host, City View; 2007 New Talent Singing Awards Toronto Audition Winner * Ivy Hou (侯薔薔) - Host, City View; 2007 Miss Chinese Toronto Pageant's First Runner-Up; also hosted Fairchild TV's What's On * Bess Yu (于夢媛) - Host, City View; 2010 Miss Chinese Toronto Pageant's Second Runner-Up * Candy Wu (吳姍姍) - Host, City View; 2011 Miss Chinese Toronto Pageant Finalist * Yi Qin (秦屹) - Host, City View; 2013-2019 Miss Chinese Toronto Pageant's Master of Ceremonies; 2015-2017 Mandarin Profile Awards Master of Ceremonies * Mia Yang (楊柳) - Host, Urban Life; 2020 Miss Chinese Toronto Pageant's Miss Photogenic Award * Athena Chen (陳玥彤) - Host, Urban Life; 2021 Miss Chinese Toronto Pageant's Second Runner-Up; now host of Fairchild TV's What's On * William Sun (孫晉) - Host, Mandarin Profile; now Fairchild Radio DJ

References

External links

* {{Chinese language television in North America Specialty television channels 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