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Chinavision Canada

Chinavision (加拿大中文電視台), was a Canadian television broadcasting company.

It was launched in 1984 by Francis Cheung of Toronto, Ontario to provide a first pay-TV station for Chinese language viewers in Toronto. The station's content was roughly 90% Cantonese and 10% Mandarin.

In 1987, the station expanded to Vancouver, British Columbia. The station rights were later sold to The Fairchild Group (owned by Happy Valley Investments Limited via Thomas Fung) and Condor (owned by TVB Limited of Hong Kong) after receivership in 1992, to form Fairchild TV in 1993.

Contingent on the application to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) Chinavision was required to have minimum of 30% Canadian made programs with the remainder from sources outside of Canada (mainly Hong Kong, China).

Chinavision's broadcaster hours were limited to two periods:

Original broadcast time was from 5pm to 1am daily.

Programming in Toronto was replayed in Vancouver and other markets.

Studios in Toronto were located within the city (160 Duncan Mills Road) and moved after the sale to Fairchild to Richmond Hill, Ontario.

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