TTV Main Channel

Taiwanese television channel

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Television channel

TTV Main Channel

Country| Republic of China
Broadcast area| Taiwan
Japan (Yonaguni Island)
Philippines (Itbayat)
Network| Taiwan Television
Headquarters| Taipei, Taiwan
Programming
Picture format| 1080i HDTV
Ownership
Owner| Taiwan Television Enterprise
History
Launched| October 10, 1962
Former names| TTV General (2003–2006)
Links
Website| ttv.com.tw
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital| Channel 14

TTV Main Channel is the primary free-to-air terrestrial television channel of the Taiwan Television company and is the first television channel launched in the Republic of China (Taiwan).

## History[edit]

It was established on April 28, 1962, test transmissions on October 3, 1962 and officially inaugurated by the First Lady of the Republic of China Soong Mei-ling on October 10, 1962.

## Appearances[edit]

### Test card[edit]

Final variant of the TTV PM5544 test card, February 2014.

From the start of its television broadcasts in 1962 until the 1970s, TTV used a monochrome "bullseye"-style test card.[1] It was then replaced with the colour Philips PM5544 test card from the 1970s until 2014. Now replaced with EBU colour bars and SMPTE RP 219:2002 HDTV color bars.

### Opening and closing times[edit]

TTV Main Channel starts up every Monday at 05:00 and closes down every Monday at 02:45 for transmitter maintenance. All other days are 24 hours.

## HD version channel[edit]

TTV HD was launched on July 21, 2012, simulcasting the 2012 Summer Olympics in high-definition format. After coverage ended, it began simulcasting with TTV Main Channel. On December 29, 2014, TTV Main Channel started broadcasting in HD, while TTV HD closed.

Note:

1. ^ The song "中華民國國歌" Zhōng Huá Mín Gúo Gúo Gē (National Anthem of the Republic of China), lyrics by Sun Yat-sen (孫中山) and composed by Ch'eng Mao-yün (程懋筠) was played at the start of each broadcast day.

## References[edit]

1. ^ https://soundtraces.tw/media-publication/第一家電視台開播/

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Television in Taiwan

Free-to-air /
Terrestrial|

| TTV|

* TTV Main Channel
* TTV Finance
* TTV Variety
* TTV News Channel

Defunct
TTV Family
TTV World

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CTV|

* CTV Main Channel
* CTV News Channel
* CTV Classic
* CTV Bravo

TBS|

| CTS|

* CTS Main Channel
* CTS Education, Sports and Culture
* CTS News and Info

Defunct
CTS Recreation
CTS Variety

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PTS|

* PTS Main Channel
* PTS Taigi
* PTS3
* Hakka TV
* TaiwanPlus

FTV|

* FTV Main Channel
* FTV Taiwan
* FTV News
* FTV One

Others|

Taiwan Indigenous Television (DTT carriage handled by PTS)

On multichannel
television
platforms|

| CTi|

* CTi Variety
* CTi News
* CTi Entertainment
* CTi International

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GTV|

* GTV One
* GTV Variety Show
* GTV Drama
* GTV Channel K

SET|

* SET International
* SET Taiwan
* SET News
* SET Metro
* SET iNews
* SET Drama
* MTV Taiwan

TVBS|

* TVBS
* TVBS Entertainment Channel
* TVBS News
* TVBS-Asia

Era|

* Era News
* Much TV
* Azio TV
* JET TV

| Next TV|

* NTV News
* NTV Variety

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EBC|

* EBC Variety
* EBC News
* EBC Financial News
* EBC Drama
* EBC Movie
* EBC Foreign Movie
* EBC Yoyo
* EBC Super TV
* ETTV Asia
* ETMall
* ETTV China
* ETTV Global

Videoland|

* VL General (On-TV)
* VL Drama
* VL Movies
* VL Max-TV
* VL Sports
* VL Japan

Others|

* CNN International
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* Discovery Networks International
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