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{{Distinguish|Fuji Television}}
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'''Fiji Television Limited''' is [[Fiji|one of Fiji]]'s main television networks. It was founded on 15 June 1994 as the first permanent commercial television broadcasting network in the country, although television had previously been introduced temporarily in October 1991 to broadcast the [[Rugby World Cup]] as well as [[Cricket World Cup]]. This was reviewed and reissued in 2000 for a term of 12 years. Fiji TV was listed as a public company in 1996 on the Suva Stock Exchange, now known as the [[South Pacific Stock Exchange]].


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Fiji TV owns Fiji's premier free-to-view channel (FTA) [[Fiji One]], and formerly the [[pay TV]] service, [[Sky Pacific]], which was acquired by [[Digicel]] in 2016. Fiji TV also owned subsidiary company [https://www.abu.org.my/portfolio-item/media-niugini-limited-emtv/ Media Niugini Limited], which operates [[Papua New Guinea]]'s only commercial free-to-view channel, [[EM TV]], but later sold it off to the Papua New Guinea Government-owned Telikom PNG Limited in 2016.<ref name="pmc._Paci">{{Cite web | title = Pacific Media Centre {{!}} articles: VIDEO: Fiji TV completes sale of EMTV to PNGs Telikom | work = Pacific Media Centre | access-date = 2016-04-17 | url = http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/pacific-media-watch/video-fiji-tv-completes-sale-emtv-pngs-telikom-9127 | quote = Telikom PNG Limited }}</ref>
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name = Fiji Television Limited |
logofile = Fiji TV Logo.jpg|
logosize = 400px |
logocaption = Fiji TV And Sky Pacific Logo|
launch = 15 June 1994|
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country = [[Fiji]] |
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| broadcast area = Fiji
| owner = [[Government of Fiji]] |
Broadcast Quality= 576i [[4:3]]|
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Fiji TV's main shareholders are Fijian Holding Limited (FHL) Media Limited, Hari Punja and Sons Limited, FHL Trustees Limited, FHL Holdings Unit Trust, ITaukei Affairs Board, Capital Insurance Limited, and Fiji National Provident Fund.
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'''Fiji Television Limited''' ([[South Pacific Stock Exchange|SPSE]]: FTV) is [[Fiji]]'s main television network. It was founded on 15 June 1994 as the first permanent commercial television broadcasting network in the country, although television had previously been introduced temporarily in October 1991 to broadcast the [[Rugby World Cup]] as well as [[Cricket World Cup]]. This was reviewed and reissued in 2000 for a term of 12 years. Fiji TV was listed as a public company in 1996 on the Suva Stock Exchange, now known as the [[South Pacific Stock Exchange]]


Following the passage of the Media Industry Development Decree 2010 by the military regime, Hari Punja resigned from the board of Fiji Television.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://fijisun.com.fj/2011/12/08/punja-resigns-to-observe-media-decree/ |title=Punja resigns to observe media decree |publisher=Fiji Sun |date=8 December 2011 |access-date=22 February 2023}}</ref>
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Fiji TV owns Fiji's premiere free-to-view channel (FTA) [[Fiji One]], and formerly the [[pay TV]] service, [[Sky Pacific]]. Fiji TV also owned subsidiary company, [[Media Niugini Limited]], which operates [[Papua New Guinea]]'s only commercial free-to-view channel, [[EM TV]] but later sold it off to the PNG Government woned, [[Telikom PNG Limited]].<ref name="pmc._Paci">{{Cite web | title = Pacific Media Centre {{!}} articles: VIDEO: Fiji TV completes sale of EMTV to PNGs Telikom | work = Pacific Media Centre | date = | accessdate = 2016-04-17 | url = http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/pacific-media-watch/video-fiji-tv-completes-sale-emtv-pngs-telikom-9127 | quote = Telikom PNG Limited }}</ref> Fiji TV's main shareholders are Yasana Holdings Limited, a Fijian investment company (Fijian Holdings Limited) owned by the provinces of Fiji, and Hari Punja & Sons Limited, a privately owned investment company.

==See also==
* Fiji TV Sat


==References==
==References==
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<ref>Fiji Television Limited Annual Report 2019</ref>


== External links ==
== External links ==
* [http://www.fijione.tv/ Fiji TV Online]
* [https://fijionenews.com.fj/ Fiji TV Online]
* [http://www.emtv.com.pg/ EMTV Online]
* [http://www.emtv.com.pg/ EMTV Online]
* [http://www.skypacific.tv/ SKY Pacific]
* [http://www.skypacific.tv/ SKY Pacific]

Latest revision as of 14:23, 21 April 2024

Not to be confused with Fuji Television or Fujifilm.

Fiji Television Limited
CountryFiji
Broadcast areaFiji
Headquarters78 Brown Street, Suva
Programming
Picture format576i 16:9
Ownership
OwnerPublic company
History
Launched15 June 1994; 29 years ago (15 June 1994)

Fiji Television Limited is one of Fiji's main television networks. It was founded on 15 June 1994 as the first permanent commercial television broadcasting network in the country, although television had previously been introduced temporarily in October 1991 to broadcast the Rugby World Cup as well as Cricket World Cup. This was reviewed and reissued in 2000 for a term of 12 years. Fiji TV was listed as a public company in 1996 on the Suva Stock Exchange, now known as the South Pacific Stock Exchange.

Fiji TV owns Fiji's premier free-to-view channel (FTA) Fiji One, and formerly the pay TV service, Sky Pacific, which was acquired by Digicel in 2016. Fiji TV also owned subsidiary company Media Niugini Limited, which operates Papua New Guinea's only commercial free-to-view channel, EM TV, but later sold it off to the Papua New Guinea Government-owned Telikom PNG Limited in 2016.[1]

Fiji TV's main shareholders are Fijian Holding Limited (FHL) Media Limited, Hari Punja and Sons Limited, FHL Trustees Limited, FHL Holdings Unit Trust, ITaukei Affairs Board, Capital Insurance Limited, and Fiji National Provident Fund.

Following the passage of the Media Industry Development Decree 2010 by the military regime, Hari Punja resigned from the board of Fiji Television.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Pacific Media Centre | articles: VIDEO: Fiji TV completes sale of EMTV to PNGs Telikom". Pacific Media Centre. Retrieved 17 April 2016. Telikom PNG Limited
  2. ^ "Punja resigns to observe media decree". Fiji Sun. 8 December 2011. Retrieved 22 February 2023.

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External links[edit]

  1. ^ Fiji Television Limited Annual Report 2019
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