Private company

Logo: Formosa TV, with extraneous graphics deleted by MSG17 (me), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons³

Taiwanese television station

Formosa Television (Chinese: 民間全民電視公司; pinyin: Mínjiān Quánmín Diànshì Gōngsī; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bîn-kan Chôan-bîn Tiān-sī Kong-si) 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.² Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.