Formosa Television
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Type | Free-to-air nationwide TV |
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Branding | FTV |
Country | Taiwan |
First air date | 1997-06-11 |
Availability | Taiwan |
Founded | 1996-03-27 |
Owner | Formosa Television Inc. |
Official website | http://www.ftv.com.tw/ |
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Traditional Chinese | 民間全民電視公司 | ||||||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 民间全民电视公司 | ||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 民視 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 民视 | ||||||||||
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Formosa TV is a television station based in Taipei, Taiwan. Established on March 27, 1996, FTV began broadcasting on June 11, 1997.
The station was wholly owned and operated by the Democratic Progressive Party.[1] Due to this, its news programs are often of a Pan-Green perspective. Because of the location of its headquarters, which is in an area where Taiwanese Hokkien speakers are populous, it also earned the reputation for being the first station in Taiwan to use that tongue in a majority of its programs, especially on their prime time newscasts.
On May 24, 2004, FTV was among the first free-to-air channels on Taiwan to switch from terrestrial analogue signal to digital television.[2]
Broadcasting hours on Formosa TV is 24 hours except Monday 21 hours
FTV Channels
- FTV General
- FTV News
- Follow Me TV (FMTV)
- FTV Taiwan
See also
References
External links
- (Chinese) FTV Official Website