Talentvision
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Talentvision is a Canadian Mandarin Chinese Category A specialty channel
. It is owned by the Vancouver based Fairchild Media Group
(a subsidiary of the Fairchild Group
) and Television Broadcast Limited. Talentvision's studios are located in Richmond
, British Columbia
.
Talentvision features programming from Mainland China as well as Taiwan
. It also has a Korean and Vietnamese block of programming. Originally it was a regional network only available in British Columbia
but it is now available nationally across Canada.
Talentvision is the first Mandarin Chinese 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 and Mandarin content. Initially, its broadcasting content was 60% Cantonese and 40% Mandarin. It started broadcasting entirely in Mandarin from June 1998 onwards. All Cantonese programs were transferred to Fairchild TV
.
Talentvision also airs foreign Mandarin newscasts from CCTV and TVBS
.
Specialty channel
A specialty channel can be a commercial broadcasting or non-commercial television channel which consists of television programming focused on a single genre, subject or targeted television market at a specific demographic....
. It is owned by the Vancouver based Fairchild Media Group
Fairchild Group
The Fairchild Group is a business conglomerate in Canada, with headquarters in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Fairchild Group operates various media properties under the Fairchild Media Group name. Fairchild operates Fairchild TV , Fairchild Radio , and Mandarin broadcaster TalentVision...
(a subsidiary of the Fairchild Group
Fairchild Group
The Fairchild Group is a business conglomerate in Canada, with headquarters in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Fairchild Group operates various media properties under the Fairchild Media Group name. Fairchild operates Fairchild TV , Fairchild Radio , and Mandarin broadcaster TalentVision...
) and Television Broadcast Limited. Talentvision's studios are located in Richmond
Richmond, British Columbia
Richmond is a coastal city, incorporated in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Part of Metro Vancouver, its neighbouring communities are Vancouver and Burnaby to the north, New Westminster to the east, and Delta to the south, while the Strait of Georgia forms its western border...
, British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
.
Talentvision features programming from Mainland China as well as Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
. It also has a Korean and Vietnamese block of programming. Originally it was a regional network only available in British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
but it is now available nationally across Canada.
Talentvision is the first Mandarin Chinese channel in Canada and it first went on the air in 1993 (together with Fairchild TV
Fairchild TV
Fairchild TV or FTV is a Canadian Cantonese language Category A specialty channel. It is co-owned by majority owner Fairchild Media Group and Television Broadcasts Limited which owns 20% of the business...
). It started out as a channel with mixed Cantonese and Mandarin content. Initially, its broadcasting content was 60% Cantonese and 40% Mandarin. It started broadcasting entirely in Mandarin from June 1998 onwards. All Cantonese programs were transferred to Fairchild TV
Fairchild TV
Fairchild TV or FTV is a Canadian Cantonese language Category A specialty channel. It is co-owned by majority owner Fairchild Media Group and Television Broadcasts Limited which owns 20% of the business...
.
News
Talentvision produces two hours of local news on the weekdays and one hour of local news on the weekends. The newscasts air at 7:30 PM and at 11:30 PM and are anchored out of their Richmond studios.Talentvision also airs foreign Mandarin newscasts from CCTV and TVBS
TVBS
TVBS is a satellite television channel and nationwide cable TV network in Taiwan, Republic of China, launched on September 28, 1993. It was established by TVBI Company Limited , a subsidiary of Television Broadcasts Limited in Hong Kong, and ERA Group of Taiwan, and became a wholly owned...
.