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Recent Cable Expansion
The end of 2009 marked significant expansion for NTDTV's cable footprint in metropolitan New York and Houston.
In addition to landing a 24/7 channel on Time Warner digital cable network (channel 589) in New York in late November, NTD programming became available on WMBC-63.5, a digital over-the-air channel available to viewers in New Jersey, all five New York City boroughs, Westchester, upstate New York, eastern part of Pennsylvania, Long Island, and Connecticut.
Starting December 11, viewers in Houston Texas are able to watch NTD 24/7 via Houston-based TVMAX's digital cable network. Located on TVMAX's channel 169, NTDTV can be viewed by approximately 95% of all subscribers.
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Happy Year of the Tiger!
NTDTV wishes a hearty "Gong Hay Fat Choi" and Happy New Year to all our supporters in advance of the Lunar New Year. The celebration of this most important holiday on the Chinese calendar involves many customs and traditions that are steeped in ancient lore. According to legend, the Chinese character for "year" - 年(nian) - did not refer to a unit of time in the beginning. Rather, it was the name of a man-eating beast in ancient times. As the weather turned cold, it would roam the land in search of its prey. Every winter, just before the nian beast came out of its hiding, ancient Chinese people would gather the family in a huddle to defend against the onslaught of the beast. This observance of the passing of the nian beast eventually became an annual tradition. As a matter of fact, the Chinese term for new year celebration, 過年(guo nian), literally means "getting past the nian", or "passing the year".
Customs associated with this lore abound. Lunar New Year is the traditional time for family reunion. Every year we see in the news stories of people in China braving harsh weather and horrific travel conditions to trek thousands of miles to return to their hometown for new year. This is of course, supposedly, the continuation of the family huddle. Firecrackers are a common sight in Lunar New Year celebration. When the clock strikes midnight on New Year's Eve, people light long strands of firecrackers to mark the arrival of the new year. Originally, these firecrackers were lit to create loud noises to scare away the nian beast in the middle of the night.
This year, Lunar New Year coincides with the Western holiday of Valentine's Day on February 14, NTDTV wishes everyone a joyful and happy Valentine's Day and peace and prosperity for the new year!
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Proud Presenter of the Shen Yun 2010 Tour
NTDTV, its local bureaus and affiliates are proud to present and co-present Shen Yun Performing Arts' 2010 tour in nearly 20 cities around the world. The cities include: Dallas, Los Angeles, Toronto, Vancouver, San Francisco, Sacramento, Washington DC, Ottawa, Hamilton, Frankfurt, Seattle, Calgary, Edmonton, Dresden, Adelaide, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and New York. The centerpiece of these events is the production in New York City over lunar New Year weekends. A grand production that involves over 100 artists and musicians, NTDTV is proud to present the largest Lunar New Year celebration in New York City at Radio City Music Hall for the 5th year in a row.
The Radio City show will kick off the Valentine's Day weekend. For show schedule and ticket info, click here .
To watch program highlight and audience feedback, click here.
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Featured Program of the Month
North America Living, NTDTV's most popular live call-in show, now airs twice a week at 9:30 on Wednesday and Saturday evenings. Through lively interaction with renowned host Guangyu Jiang and his expert guests, audiences can participate in lively discussions about virtually every subject matter concerning their daily life.
It is an unique interactive media platform that connects local businesses with Chinese viewers and their community in North America.
From topics such as immigration, taxes, child-education, health to travel, fashion, and food, the show's popularity soared in 2009 as our Chinese viewers welcome it as the most practical advisor and guide for their every-day life in America. During an April show, a record number of callers crashed NTD's automated phone system, and the topic that evening was: where to go sightseeing on the East Coast!
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