Taiwan Television

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Television channel

Taiwan Television

Type| Free-to-air nationwide TV
Country| Taiwan
Ownership
Owner| Unique Satellite TV
History
Founded| April 28, 1962; 63 years ago (1962-04-28)
Launched| October 10, 1962; 62 years ago (1962-10-10)
Founder| Taiwan Provincial Government
Links
Website| http://www.ttv.com.tw
Availability
Streaming media
Sling TV| Internet Protocol television
TTV building in Taipei City

Taiwan Television Enterprise, Ltd. (Chinese: 臺灣電視公司; pinyin: Táiwān Diànshì Gōngsī; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-ôan-tiān-sī-kong-si), commonly known as TTV and formerly known as Central Television and Voice of Taiwan, is the first terrestrial television station in Taiwan.[1] It was established on April 28, 1962, and started formal broadcasting on October 10, 1962, as free-to-air.[2][3] It is the first television company in Taiwan.[4][5]

The station became home to many trailblazing and innovative shows at the time. Recently[when?], the station enjoyed a resurgence in viewership when it inked a major contract with Sanlih E-Television to promote and air the latter's shows. TTV's pop idol dramas have consistently rated high, although sometimes these dramas have fluctuated in ratings on account of the storyline and the stars' appeal.[citation needed]

Under media reform laws, TTV was tapped for privatization in 2007.[6] Currently, the financial TV network, Unique Satellite TV, owns most of the stake in TTV.

Since 1962, TTV has reached milestones that changed the landscape of television, which include presenting the first Taiwanese-language TV serial as well as the first Mandarin drama anthology series. TTV presented the first costume drama serial "Cheng Ch'eng-kung" (1963) starring Ts'ao Chien as the title role. In July 1969, TTV aired the Apollo 11 landing on the Moon. This would be one of the station's last major broadcasts in monochrome, as on September 7, 1969, TTV transitioned to color.

## Appearances

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### Logo history

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* First version of TTV logo on a cufflink for senior executives

* Second version of TTV logo on TTV Building

* Second version of TTV logo on Bade Road, Taipei

* Third version of TTV logo on TTV Building

* Third version of TTV logo on a broadcasting vehicle

### Description

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Since the beginning of TTV in 1962, the earliest known was a simple TV logo with the letters "TTV" in it; the two Ts striking with a thunderbolt and a small "V" on a blue-green-red background. It was used until 1990 when it was replaced by a circular disk with an angular triangle inside the logo, forming a satellite dish. The 1990 logo was used until recently, in July 2008, when the present logo was revised with the same design, but the triangle itself moves upward.[citation needed]

### Test card

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The testcard of TTV is PM5544.

## Channels

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* TTV Main Channel
* TTV News Channel
* TTV Finance
* TTV Variety (formerly TTV Family)
* TTV World (defunct; most of their programming sold to third-party broadcasters)

## The TTV shows

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TTV Mandarin Novels (臺視國語電視小說), the earliest TTV drama in Mandarin during the 1960s. It was the predecessor of today's Primetime drama serials that is now shown every night at 8 PM.[citation needed]

Star Showcase (羣星會), the earliest TTV variety show that lasted for 15 years from 1962 to 1977. It was revived in the early 1990s and again in 2002, but both of the newer versions lasted for less than six months.[citation needed]

Pentalight Talent Show (五燈獎), the longest TV talent show in Taiwan that lasted for 33 years from 1965 to 1998. Some of the popular singers in Taiwan started their careers in that said show.[citation needed]

Fu Pei-mei's Chinese Cooking Show (傅培梅時間), one of the earliest programs of TTV hosted by Fu Pei-mei (1931–2004) ran for 40 years (1962 to 2002).[citation needed]

Taiwanese Opera (楊麗花歌仔戲), a Taiwanese opera TV featuring Taiwanese opera singer Yang Li-hua, began showing in the early evening slot from 1962 to 1975 and again from 1979 to 1994, where she also produced her Taiwanese opera works. In 1994, the show presented "The Goddess of the Luo River (a.k.a. "Mystical Enchantress"), which was the first Taiwanese opera series to hit the primetime slot at 8:00 PM. Then, a few series were produced sporadically from 1996 to 2003. The last one was "Ode to Its Successor" in 2003, when they earned an award in the 2004 Golden Bell Awards.[citation needed]

## See also

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* List of Taiwanese television series

## References

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1. ^ Yiu, Cody (2004-06-01). "TTV starts digital broadcast system. New Era: The first terrestrial television station to broadcast digital signals will offer three programming options, tripling content choices for its home viewers". Taipei Times. Archived from the original on 2022-05-10. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
2. ^ Zhao, Yunze; Sun, Ping (2009). A History of Journalism and Communication in China. London: Routledge. p. 124\. ISBN 978-1-138-85509-0. Retrieved 2022-05-10 – via Google Books.
3. ^ Zhu, Ying; Berry, Chris, eds. (2009). TV China. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 2\. ISBN 978-0-253-35257-6. Retrieved 2022-05-10 – via Google Books.
4. ^ Rawnsley, Gary D.; Rawnsley, Ming-Yeh T. (2018) [2001]. Critical Security, Democratisation and Television in Taiwan. Oxon: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-138-70623-1. Retrieved 2022-05-10 – via Google Books.
5. ^ Rigger, Shelley (1999). Politics in Taiwan: Voting for Reform. London: Routledge. p. 73\. ISBN 0-415-17209-8. Retrieved 2022-05-10 – via Google Books.
6. ^ Hsu, Chien-Jung (2014). The Construction of National Identity in Taiwan's Media, 1896-2012. Leiden: Brill Publishers. pp. 78–79, 82–83\. ISBN 978-90-04-22770-5. Retrieved 2022-05-10 – via Google Books.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Taiwan Television.

* (in Chinese) TTV official website
* Taiwan Television's channel on YouTube(in Chinese)

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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
* PTS XS
* 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 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 Movies
* EBC Foreign Movies
* EBC Yoyo TV
* EBC Super TV
* EBC 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
* HBO Asia
* Discovery Networks International
* Cartoon Network Asia
* Unique Business News
* AXN Asia
* Animax Asia
* TVN Asia
* DAZN Taiwan
* ELTA TV

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