Filipino TV

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Filipino TV
Filipino TV logo.png
Filipino TV logo
Country Canada
Broadcast areaNational
Headquarters 120 Amber Street Markham, Ontario
Programming
Picture format 480i (SDTV)
Ownership
OwnerEthnic Channels Group
History
LaunchedJune 23, 2004;19 years ago (2004-06-23)
Former namesECG Filipino (2004–2005)
The Mabuhay Channel (2005–2008)
Links
Website www.myfilipinotv.com

Filipino TV (FTV) is a Canadian exempt Category B Tagalog language specialty channel and is owned by Ethnic Channels Group (ECG). It broadcasts news and public affairs from the Philippines and locally produce Canadian content on a daily basis.

History

Old Filipino TV Logo ECG Filipino TV.png
Old Filipino TV Logo
Logo used as Filipino TV (2008-2016) Filipino TV logo.svg
Logo used as Filipino TV (2008-2016)
Logo used while under the name The Mabuhay Channel Mabuhay Channel logo.png
Logo used while under the name The Mabuhay Channel
Vehicle with current logo at Filipino TV HQ. FilipinoTVVehicle.jpg
Vehicle with current logo at Filipino TV HQ.

In September 2003, ECG was granted approval from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to launch a specialty channel called Filipino TV, described as "an ethnic Category 21 specialty television service... targeting the Filipino-speaking community." [1]

The channel launched on June 23, 2004, [2] along with 3 other channels from ECG, initially on Rogers Cable. It launched under the name ECG Filipino and featured programming from now-defunct Pinoy Central TV. In late 2005, the channel was renamed The Mabuhay Channel Canada via an agreement with The Mabuhay Channel, a new Filipino channel that had launched in the United States. The Mabuhay Channel was a partnership of five different Filipino broadcasters: ABC Channel 5 (now TV5), NBN Channel 4 (now PTV), IBC Channel 13, CCI Asia Group (ISLA & Juice), and Viva Entertainment. It was created exclusively for Filipinos living abroad by Philippine Multimedia Systems Inc. (PMSI), the only DTH satellite broadcaster in the Philippines.

In August 2008, The Mabuhay Channel was dropped by Dish Network, the only provider who carried the channel in the US. As a result of this, the channel ceased broadcasting and on August 18, 2008. Ethnic Channels Group re-branded the channel yet again this time calling it FTV- Filipino TV.

Coinciding with the launch of Filipino TV, Ethnic Channels announced a partnership with Filipino-Canadian production company Minerva Studio, whereby Minerva would produce several original productions for FTV. [3]

On November 4, 2014, the CRTC approved Ethnic Channel Group's request to convert Filipino TV from a licensed Category B specialty service to an exempted category B third language service. [4]

In December 2016, the channel underwent a rebranding, introducing a new logo and additional programming including locally produced programming from all provinces. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2003-443 CRTC 09-04-03
  2. ↑ ECG website - archive 02-12-05 dated release 06-23-04
  3. ↑ FTV & Minerva are On Air
  4. ↑ FTV-Filipino TV (formerly Filipino TV) - Revocation of licence
  5. ↑ Filipino TV to expand for growing Filipino-Canadian community Inquirer 12-29-16
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