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Tamil Vision International (officially abbreviated as TVi or simply called Tamil Vision) is a Canadian
Canada
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 Category B Tamil language
Tamil language
Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...

 specialty channel
Specialty channel
A specialty channel can be a commercial broadcasting or non-commercial television channel which consists of television programming focused on a single genre, subject or targeted television market at a specific demographic....

, based in Toronto
Toronto
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, Ontario
Ontario
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. It is the largest Tamil media outlet in North America
North America
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History

TVi was originally owned by the Diversity Media Group who also owned and operated CMR Diversity FM 101.3
CJSA-FM
CJSA-FM is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts at 101.3 FM in Toronto, Ontario. The station broadcasts in 22 languages reaching a majority of the South Asian audience...

, a media partner of TVi. Tamil Vision Inc. is no longer owned by the Diversity Media Group. Diversity Media Group has been decommissioned by the board of directors. TVi and CMR (CMR 101.3 FM) were from then on under a new management.

South Asian Festival

TVi and CMR also host the South Asian Festival (Kondattam in Tamil) which is an annual business trade show festival at the International Centre
International Centre
thumb|250px|International Centre.The International Centre is a multi-purpose convention centre in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. It is located at 6900 Airport Road, near the Toronto Pearson International Airport. The building was opened in 1972 by DeHavilland...

 in Mississauga.

Shows

TVi offers a variety of programming from in-house Canadian productions to Tamil programming from around the world. Programming consists of news, films, soap operas, game shows, local community events, kid shows, comedy and much more.
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