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.
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| Country | Canada |
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| Broadcast area | National |
| Headquarters | Richmond, British Columbia |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Cantonese (1993-1998) Mandarin Korean Vietnamese |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Fairchild Group (80%) TVB (20%) |
| Sister channels | Fairchild TV 1 Fairchild TV 2 |
| History | |
| Launched | May 23, 1993; 31 years ago (1993-05-23)[specify] |
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| Website | Talentvision (Chinese) Talentvision (English) |
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| Simplified Chinese | 城市电视 | ||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 城市電視 | ||||||||||||
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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.
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.