Fairchild TV
Fairchild TV logo
Launched	1983
Owned by	Fairchild Media Group (80%) Television Broadcast Limited (20%)
Country	Canada
Broadcast area	National
Headquarters	Vancouver, British Columbia and Richmond Hill, Ontario
Website	Fairchild TV
Availability
Satellite
Bell TV	Channel 717 (Toronto feed) Channel 718 (Vancouver feed)
Shaw Direct	Channel 801 (Vancouver feed)
Cable
Available on many Canadian cable systems	Check local listings, channels may vary

Fairchild TV or FTV (Chinese: 新時代電視) is a Canadian Cantonese cable television specialty channel. It is co-owned by majority owner Fairchild Media Group (a subsidiary of the Fairchild Group) and Television Broadcast Limited which owns 20% of the business. Fairchild TV has studios in the Greater Toronto Area (Richmond Hill, Ontario) and Metro Vancouver (Richmond, British Columbia).

[edit] History

The Cantonese broadcasting service, Chinavision Canada was rebranded as Fairchild TV when Fairchild purchased Chinavision.

[edit] Operations

In Ontario, Fairchild TV signs on at 6:00am EST and signs off at 4:05 a.m. EST. In Metropolitan Vancouver, Fairchild TV signs on at 6:00 a.m. PST and signs off at 4:05 a.m. PST. In Calgary and Edmonton, Fairchild TV signs on at 7:00 a.m. MST and signs off at 5:05 a.m. MST.

More than 475,000 Chinese Canadians across Canada watch Fairchild Television each day, roughly 70% of the whole Chinese population in Canada.

FTV operates two television channels: Fairchild TV in Cantonese and Talentvision in Mandarin. Both stations use programming from Vancouver, Toronto, and Calgary.

[edit] 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. Fairchild TV also organizes 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 is Bernice Liu and Linda Chung, both former Miss Chinese Vancouver and Miss Chinese International winners, and Jacky Chu, Elva Hsiao and Jade Kwan of New Talent Singing Awards Vancouver Audition.

[edit] Current local programming list

[edit] Weekly/daily programs

• Alberta Report 亞省面面觀
• Leisure Talk 大城小聚
• Morning Exercise 最緊要運動
• Saturday Sneak Preview 星期六搜畫
• 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

[edit] Annual events

• Calgary New Talent Singing Awards 卡加利新秀歌唱大賽
• 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 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

[edit] Current artistes & presenters

[edit] 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, signing with TVB in 2007.
• Lily Hong (康子妮), hosted a few programs 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.
• 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. Currently signed to TVB as an official host and was a reporter for the 2008 Summer Olympics.

[edit] See also

• Fairchild TV News
• Talentvision

[edit] Rival Stations

• OMNI BC - Fairchild's main competitor in Metro Vancouver
• OMNI.2 - Fairchild's competitor in the Greater Toronto Area

[edit] External links

• Fairchild TV

v • d • e Chinese language television in North America The following channels offer at least some programming in Chinese  Canada Fairchild TV • Talentvision • Omni BC (Vancouver) • Omni Edmonton (Edmonton) • Omni Calgary (Calgary) • Omni.2 (Toronto) • CJNT (Montreal) • Shaw Multicultural Channel (Vancouver)  United States NTDTV (New York / Los Angeles) • SinoVision (New York) • KBTV-CA (Sacramento) • KCNS (San Francisco) • KMTP (San Francisco) • KRCA (Los Angeles) • KSCI / KUAN (Los Angeles / San Diego) • KTSF (San Francisco) • KVMD (Los Angeles) • KXLA (Los Angeles) • TVB Jadeworld (USA) • Phoenix North America Chinese Channel • STAR Chinese Channel • STAR Chinese Movies 2 • Channel V Taiwan