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Revision as of 20:13, 9 May 2014
| Country | Canada |
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| Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario |
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| Owner | Ethnic Channels Group |
Filipino TV (FTV) is a Canadian Category B Tagalog language specialty channel and is owned by Ethnic Channels Group. It broadcasts programming from the Philippines and locally produced Canadian content.
Filipino TV is entertainment specialty service that airs top rated Filipino movies including blockbusters as well as classic favourites. It also airs music videos, concerts and reality series. Foreign programming aired on FTV originates from Viva TV, a popular Filipino TV channel.
History
Filipino TV launched in July 2004 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, NBN Channel 4, 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 Records, whereby Minerva would produce several original productions for FTV.[1]
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