Fairchild TV

Fairchild TV
Fairchild TV
Traditional Chinese	新時代電視
Simplified Chinese	新时代电视
Literal meaning	New Era Television
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Xīnshídài diànshì
Wade–Giles	Hsinshihtai tienshih
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	San1si4doi6 din6si6

Fairchild TV
	Fairchild TV logo
	Fairchild TV Studio in Richmond Hill
Country	Canada
Broadcast area	National
Headquarters	Richmond, British Columbia; Richmond Hill, Ontario
Programming
Language(s)	Cantonese
Picture format	1080i (HDTV)
Ownership
Owner	Fairchild Group (80%); TVB (20%)
Sister channels	Fairchild TV 2; Talentvision
History
Launched	May 23, 1993; 31 years ago
Links
Website	Fairchild TV (in Cantonese)

Fairchild TV or FTV (新時代電視), is a Canadian Cantonese language exempt specialty channel.^[1] It is owned by Fairchild Group, with Hong Kong broadcaster TVB holding a 20% minority stake. Fairchild TV has studios in the Greater Toronto Area (Richmond Hill, Ontario) and Greater Vancouver (inside Aberdeen Centre in Richmond, British Columbia).

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 06:00 EST and signed off at 03:35 EST in the Greater Toronto Area. In Greater Vancouver, Fairchild TV signed on at 06:00 PST and signed off at 03:35 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 Vancouver and Toronto. 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.

Fairchild TV's logo used from 1993 to 2013.

Programs

Fairchild TV broadcasts local (Canadian) and overseas (Asian) programming in the Cantonese language. It also serves as an overseas station of Hong Kong television station TVB. 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), ViuTV, 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 (廖碧兒), Linda Chung (鍾嘉欣), and Leanne Li (李亞男), they were former Miss Chinese Vancouver Pageant and Miss Chinese International Pageant winners, and Jacky Chu, Elva Hsiao and Jade Kwan of New Talent Singing Awards Vancouver Audition.

Current local programming list

Weekly/daily programs

Morning Exercise 最緊要運動
Timeline Magazine 時代雜誌
What's On 熒幕八爪娛
Magazine 26 26分鐘見證實錄
Media Focus 傳媒對焦
Chatting Platform 時事評台

Annual events

Miss Chinese Toronto Pageant 多倫多華裔小姐競選
Miss Chinese Vancouver Pageant 溫哥華華裔小姐競選
New Talent Singing Awards Calgary Audition 卡加利新秀歌唱大賽
New Talent Singing Awards Toronto Audition 新秀歌唱大賽多倫多選拔賽
New Talent Singing Awards Vancouver Audition 新秀歌唱大賽溫哥華選拔賽

Current artistes & presenters

Name	Active at FTV since	Associated city	Currently hosting	Previously hosted	Notables
Ada Luk 陆小雯	2000	Vancouver	Magazine 26	Smart Consumer	Also news anchor for Fairchild TV News
Andy Lung 龙本	1999	Vancouver		Saturday Sneak Preview
Angela Wai 韋文琪	2001	Calgary	Alberta Report		Also DJ at FM 94.7
Anita Lee 李慧雅	2000	Toronto	Leisure Talk	What’s On
Annabelle Louie 雷安娜	1998	Vancouver		Leisure Talk, Cantonese Opera II	80s Hong Kong Cantopop singer
Benny Yau 邱穟恆	2000	Vancouver		What’s On, Angling Unlimited	NTSA Vancouver 2000 First Runner-Up
Bernice Taam 譚鄭瑛玲	1995	Vancouver		Cooking is Fun series
Brian Chan 陈本岡	2008	Vancouver	What’s On
Ca Lee Mo 毛嘉莉	2006	Vancouver	What’s On	Modern Design
Chung-Ming Poon 潘宗明	1998	Toronto	Leisure Talk		previous Hong Kong TVB presenter
Cici Chen 陈娜良子	2009	Vancouver		Vancouver-Shanghai Expo Gala 2009	Miss Chinese Vancouver 2008; Miss Chinese International Pageant 2009 Second Runner-Up
Danny Lau 刘沛龙	2005	Vancouver		Leisure Talk,Education in Canada	Also DJ at FM 96.1
Deborah Moore 狄寶娜摩亞	1995	Vancouver	Living with Deborah		Miss Hong Kong 1981 Second Runner-up. Also Program Hostess at AM 1470
Delon Lew 廖德隆	1999	Vancouver	Saturday Sneak Preview		Also DJ at AM 1470
Dominic Lam 林嘉華	1995	Toronto		Leisure Talk	Current TVB contract artiste in Hong Kong. Also DJ at AM 1430 in Toronto
Elva Ni 倪晨曦	2006	Toronto	What’s On		MCT 2005 Winner
Emily Ng 吳小盼	2008	Vancouver	Leisure Talk	Martial Art Rhythm
Gary Yan 甄嘉亮	2008	Vancouver	What's On		NTSA Vancouver 2008 Finalist
Grace Xiao 曉露	2006	Toronto	Mandarin Profile
Herbert Au-Yeung 歐陽兆君	2001	Calgary	Alberta Report		Also DJ at FM 94.7
Ivan Ho 何念如	2009	Calgary	Alberta Report		NTSA Calgary 2008 First Runner-Up
Ivy Hou 侯薔薔	2008	Toronto	What's On		MCT 2008 First Runner-Up
Jackie Tse 謝展基	2008	Vancouver	What's On		Also DJ at FM 96.1
Jessica Cheung 張葆頤	2005	Vancouver	What’s On		NTSA Vancouver 2005 Finalist
Kenneth Lau 劉家逸	2004	Vancouver	What’s On	Broadway Camera Photography II
Mary Lo 盧玉鳳	1995	Vancouver	Leisure Talk	Hit Music Zone	Also DJ at AM 1470
Ricky Cheung 張文謙	1993	Vancouver	Leisure Talk	Fast & Fun English, Broadway Camera Fun with DV
William Ho 何活權	2004	Vancouver	Leisure Talk	Cantonese Opera III	Also Morning Radio Show host at AM 1470
Shan Tam 譚芷珊	2002	Vancouver	Saturday Sneak Preview		Canadian film producer
Tony Ma 馬光浩	2002	Vancouver	Saturday Sneak Preview		Also Film Reviewer at Fairchild Radio Vancouver FM 96.1, member of Vancouver Film Critics Circle
Paul Tam 譚振江	2008	Vancouver		Martial Art Rhythm
Jennifer Lo 羅爵暉	2000	Toronto	Leisure Talk	Toyota World of Wildlife	Also DJ at AM 1430
Leo Shiu 蕭嘉俊	2001	Toronto	Leisure Talk	What's On
Rebecca Liu 劉雨薇	2006	Toronto	Mandarin Profile
Rita Cheang 鄭敏銳	2005	Calgary	Alberta Report		Also DJ at FM 94.7
Susanna Chan 陳銘莉	2007	Toronto	What’s On		NTSA Toronto 2007 First Runner-Up
Thomas Chong 莊子軒	2005	Toronto	What's On		NTSA Toronto 2004 Second Runner-Up
Tommy Yu 余應雄	2004	Toronto	Leisure Talk
Vincent Law 羅偉承	2008	Calgary	Alberta Report		NTSA Calgary 2007 Trendy Image Award
Vincent Leung 阿晨	2008	Vancouver		What's On	Also DJ at Radio Television Hong Kong
Virginia Mok 莫綺雯	2006	Vancouver		Leisure Talk,Slimming Beauty
Wendy Chan 陳曉瑩	2008	Vancouver		Lifestyles of Seniors	Miss Asia Pageant 1985 Finalist

Notable former presenters

The following is a list of former Fairchild Television presenters that are currently affiliated with other media outlets.

Dominic Lam (林嘉華), popular former Hong Kong television actor from the 80s and 90s. Prominent Fairchild TV Toronto presenter and Fairchild Radio Toronto DJ. Returned to Hong Kong entertainment industry with TVB in 2007. Currently signed with [Hong Kong Television Network] (HKTV).
Lily Hong (康子妮), hosted a few programmes for Fairchild TV Toronto in the late 90s to early 2000s. Current TVB contract artiste.
Monica Lo (盧淑儀), Miss Chinese Toronto 1996 and Miss Chinese International 1997, hosted for Fairchild TV Toronto. Current Hong Kong film actress and model.
Walter Ngai (倪啟瑞), prominent Fairchild TV Vancouver presenter. Currently a DJ for Metro Broadcast Corporation Limited.
Eric Li (李潤庭), former Fairchild TV Vancouver presenter and news anchor. Currently a presenter for Cable TV Hong Kong's entertainment news channel.
Janis Chan (陳貝兒), 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 (丘雨勤) , 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 (侯佳慧), former model and Fairchild TV Vancouver presenter. Currently a presenter for TVB's entertainment news channel.
Kenny Wong (黃子俊), former host of What's On Vancouver. Currently a presenter for Cable TV Hong Kong's entertainment news channel.
Eunice Ho (何詠雯), New Talent Singing Awards Vancouver Audition 2003 Finalist, former host of What's On Vancouver. Currently a television presenter for TVB's entertainment news channel.
Aimee Chan (陳茵媺) & Janet Chow (周家蔚), Miss Chinese Toronto Pageant 2004 Finalists, former hosts of What's On Toronto. Entered Miss Hong Kong Pageant 2006; Chan won the crown, Chow won first runner-up; both current TVB contract artistes.
Kayi Cheung (張嘉兒), Miss Chinese (Vancouver) Pageant 2005 Vivacious Beauty award winner, former host of What's On Vancouver. Entered Miss Hong Kong Pageant 2007 and won the crown.
Rikko Lee (李靄璣), former Fairchild Radio Vancouver DJ and host of What's On Vancouver. Signed to TVB as an artist and was a host and reporter for the 2008 Summer Olympics 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

^ "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". Toronto Star, February 28, 1999.

External links

Official website (in Chinese)
Official website (in English)

[1] "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". Toronto Star, February 28, 1999.

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