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Talentvision

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Talentvision
Talentvision logo
CountryCanada
Broadcast areaNational
HeadquartersRichmond, British Columbia
Programming
Language(s)Cantonese (1993-1998)
Mandarin
Korean
Vietnamese
Picture format480i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Ownership
OwnerFairchild Group (80%)
TVB (20%)
Sister channelsFairchild TV 1
Fairchild TV 2
History
LaunchedMay 23, 1993; 31 years ago (1993-05-23)[specify]
Links
WebsiteTalentvision (Chinese)
Talentvision (English)
Talentvision
Simplified Chinese城市电视
Traditional Chinese城市電視
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinChéngshì diànshì
Wade–GilesChʻêngshih tienshih
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingSing4si5 din6si6

Talentvision (marketed as 城市電視) is a Canadian Mandarin Chinese specialty channel. It is owned by the Vancouver-based Fairchild Media Group (a subsidiary of the Fairchild Group) and TVB. Talentvision's studios are located at Aberdeen Centre in the Golden Village district along with Fairchild TV and Fairchild Radio, in Richmond, British Columbia.

Talentvision features programming from China as well as Taiwan. It also has a Korean and Vietnamese block of programming. Originally it was a regional TV station only available in British Columbia but it is now available nationally across Canada.

Talentvision is the first Mandarin 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. 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 Fairchild TV.

News

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Talentvision's logo used from 1993 to 2013.

Talentvision TV produces two hours of local news on the weekdays and one hour of local news on the weekends. The newscasts airs at 7:30 pm and at 11:30 pm and are anchored out of their studios in Richmond.

Talentvision also airs foreign Mandarin newscasts from CCTV and TVBS.

Current anchors

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  • Susan Cheng (成松子)
  • Todd Ye (葉一滔)

See also

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