| Filipino TV | |
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| Filipino TV logo | |
| Launched | July 2004 |
| Owned by | Ethnic Channels Group |
| Picture format | 4:3 (480i, SDTV) |
| Country | Canada |
| Broadcast area | National |
| Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario |
| Formerly called | ECG Filipino (2004 - 2005) The Mabuhay Channel (2005 - 2008) |
| Website | Filipino TV |
| Availability | |
| Cable | |
| Rogers Cable | Channel 869 |
| Shaw Cable | Channel 510 |
| IPTV | |
| Bell Fibe TV | Channel 860 |
| Optik TV | Channel 515 |
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.
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Filipino TV features a wide array of programming from music, sports and entertainment to current affairs and lifestyle programming such as cooking, fashion & travel shows. FTV features 4 different news programmes each day live and direct from the Philippines and extensive sports coverage including boxing diving and basketball.
Foreign programming aired on FTV originates from the following Filipino networks: NBN America, RPN USA & Viva TV.
In addition to quality programming from the Philippines, FTV airs extensive local programming from the Filipino-Canadian community via a partnership with local Filipino production company Minerva Records. Local programming includes:
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 re-named 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.
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