Formosa Television


Formosa Television is a television station based in New Taipei City, Taiwan.
Established on March 27, 1996, FTV began broadcasting on June 11, 1997 as the first free-to-air television station established without direct relationship to a political party or the Taiwanese government. On May 24, 2004, FTV was among the first free-to-air channels in Taiwan to switch from terrestrial analog signal to digital television.

Programming

Because of the location of its headquarters, which is in an area where Taiwanese Hokkien speakers are populous, FTV earned the reputation for being the first station in Taiwan to use that tongue in a majority of its programs, especially on its prime time newscasts.
FTV is considered to be part of the Pan-Green Coalition and was found to show "obvious political bias" in favor of the Democratic Progressive Party by a media watchdog in 2010.

Around-the-clock broadcasting

Midnight on January 1, 2018 marked Formosa Television's first day of 24-hour broadcasting, as Uni-President Enterprises Corporation celebrated its fiftieth anniversary with a New Year's Eve countdown broadcast.

FTV channels