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CTV
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TypeBroadcast television network
CountryCanada
AvailabilityCanada
northern United States (via cable or antenna)
Foundedby Spence Caldwell
OwnerCTVglobemedia
CTV Television Inc. Terrestrial television is a term which refers to modes of television broadcasting which do not involve satellite transmission A television network is a distribution network for Television content whereby a central operation provides programming for many Television stations Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The Northern United States is a large geographic region of the United States of America. A cable is one or more Wires or Optical fibers bound together typically in a common protective jacket or sheath An antenna is a Transducer designed to transmit or Receive electromagnetic waves In other words antennas convert electromagnetic waves into Spencer "Spence" Wood Caldwell (born 1909 - December 10, 1983) is a pioneer in the history of Canadian Broadcasting. CTVglobemedia (often abbreviated "CTVgm" or CGM is one of Canada 's largest private media companies.
Key peopleIvan Fecan, CEO
Rick Brace, President, revenue, business planning and sports
Susanne Boyce, President, creative, content and channels
Robert Hurst, President, CTV News
Launch dateOctober 1, 1961
Former namesCanadian Television Network (CTN, 1961-62)
Website
www.ctv.ca

CTV is a Canadian English language television network. Ivan Fecan (surname pronounced /ˈfɛtsæn/ is the President and CEO of CTVglobemedia and the CEO of the CTV Television Network. A chief executive officer ( CEO) or chief executive is typically the highest-ranking corporate officer ( executive) or administrator Rick Brace is the current President of the CTV television network, a unit of CTVglobemedia. President is a Title leaders of Organizations companies, Trade unions universities, and countries. Susanne Boyce is currently President Creative Content and Channels CTV Inc Robert Hurst is the president of CTV News. He was senior producer for the Newsmagazine W-FIVE for much of the show's existence Events 331 BC - Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States A television network is a distribution network for Television content whereby a central operation provides programming for many Television stations It is Canada's largest privately owned network, the main asset of CTVglobemedia, one of the country's largest media conglomerates. CTVglobemedia (often abbreviated "CTVgm" or CGM is one of Canada 's largest private media companies. Since 2002, CTV has consistently placed as Canada's top-rated network in total viewers and in key demographics, after several years trailing the rival Global network in key markets. Demographics or demographic data refers to selected population characteristics as used in government Marketing or opinion research or the Demographic profiles Global Television Network (more commonly called Global TV or just Global) is a Canadian English language privately owned Television network [1]

There has never been a full name for the initals "CTV". However, many people take them to mean "Canadian Television", which was used in a promotional campaign by the network in the late 1990s.

Contents

History

See also: History of Baton Broadcasting / Bell Globemedia / CTVglobemedia

Early years

In 1958, Prime Minister John Diefenbaker's government passed a new Broadcasting Act, establishing the Board of Broadcast Governors (forerunner to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission) as the governing body of Canadian broadcasting, thus ending the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's (CBC) dual role as regulator and broadcaster. CTVglobemedia (often abbreviated "CTVgm" or CGM is one of Canada 's largest private media companies. The Prime Minister of Canada ( French: Premier ministre du Canada) is the primary Minister of the Crown, chairman of the Cabinet, and thus The Board of Broadcast Governors was a Canadian Arms-length government agency created in 1958 to regulate Television and Radio CRTC may also stand for Cathode Ray Tube Controller. Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission ( CRTC, in French Conseil The new board's first act was to take applications for "second" television stations in Halifax, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver in response to an outcry for another programming choice. See also Halifax Nova Scotia See also Halifax Regional Municipality municipal election 2008 Halifax Regional Municipality is the capital Montreal, or Montréal in French ( pronounced in French, in English) is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec Ottawa (ˈɒtəwə or sometimes /ˈɒtəwɑː/ is the Capital of Canada and the country's fourth largest municipality. Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario Winnipeg (ˈwɪnɨpɛg is the capital and largest city in the Canadian province of Manitoba, and 7th largest municipality in Canada with a population Calgary (ˈkælgəriː is the largest city in the Province of Alberta, Canada Edmonton (ˈɛdmɨntɨn is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta. Vancouver (vænˈkuːvɚ is a coastal Calgary and Edmonton were served by privately owned CBC affiliates; the other six by owned-and-operated CBC stations.

The eight winners, in order of their first sign-on, were:

The first seven stations were privately owned; the Edmonton station was a CBC O&O. CFCN-TV (also known as CTV Calgary) is a Canadian Television station, broadcasting in Calgary, Alberta. Events 1000 - Battle of Svolder, Viking Age. 1379 - Treaty of Neuberg, splitting the Austrian Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. BCTV redirects here For the former Boston Catholic Television see CatholicTV. Events 445 BC – Ezra reads the Book of the Law to the Israelites in Jerusalem (see Nehemiah 91 NLTse Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. CKY-TV (also commonly known as CTV Winnipeg) is a Television station based in Winnipeg Manitoba and owned by CTVglobemedia. Events 764 - Tibetan troops occupy Chang'an, the capital of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, for fifteen days Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. CFTO-TV (now identifying as CTV Toronto) is a Canadian Television station, licensed to and serving Toronto, Ontario, and surrounding New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. CJCH-TV is a Canadian television station broadcasting in the mainland Nova Scotia area New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. "CFCF" redirects here The call sign CFCF was also previously used by CINW (AM and CFQR-FM. Events 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. CJOH-TV (on-air identity is CTV, verbally referred to as CTV Ottawa before regional programming only is a Television station serving Ottawa, Events 538 - Witiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. CBXT is the Television call sign for the CBC 's Television station in Edmonton Alberta, Canada. Events 331 BC - Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. One of the unsuccessful applicants for the Toronto licence, Spence Caldwell, immediately tried to form a network to link the seven private "second" stations plus CFRN-TV in Edmonton, which was due to lose its CBC affiliation when CBXT signed on. CFRN-TV (also known as CTV Edmonton) is a Canadian television station broadcasting in Edmonton, Alberta. The seven private stations countered by forming the Independent Television Organization (ITO). In early 1961, John Bassett, owner of CFTO, won the broadcast rights to the Canadian Football League Eastern Conference. John White Hughes Bassett, PC, OC, OOnt ( August 25, 1915 &ndash April 27, 1998) was a Canadian The Canadian Football League (CFL ( Ligue canadienne de football (LCF in The East Division is one of the two regional divisions of the Canadian Football League. He needed a network in order to broadcast the games. After some wrangling with Bassett and the BBG, Caldwell finally had his network. The Canadian Television Network (CTN) launched on October 1, 1961; composed of the seven ITO stations plus CFRN. Events 331 BC - Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

(In April 2008, local CTV and A-Channel stations across Canada aired special reports celebrating "50 years of local news". [2][3] While several of the local stations that later joined CTV launched in the early 1950s (as CBC affiliates), neither the network nor any local CTV-owned station launched in 1958; indeed CTV has avoided making claims about the celebration being an "anniversary" of a specific event. [4] The reports instead appear to be timed to a CRTC review of regulations for local TV stations. )

The CTV network's first night on-air began with Harry Rasky's promotional documentary on the new network. Harry Rasky, CM, OOnt, BA LLD ( 9 May 1928 &ndash 9 April 2007) was a Canadian Documentary film That was followed by a fall season preview program. [5]

CTV's initial 1961-1962 season began with the following programs, five of which were Canadian productions:[5]

  1. The Andy Griffith Show United States (CBS)
  2. Checkmate United States (CBS)
  3. Cross Canada Barndance Canada
  4. Maigret United Kingdom (BBC)
  5. The Rifleman United States (ABC)
  6. Showdown Canada
  7. Sing Along With Mitch United States (NBC)
  8. Take a Chance Canada (a quiz show by Roy Ward Dickson adapted from radio)
  9. Top Cat United States (ABC, cartoon)
  10. Twenty Questions Canada
  11. West Coast Canada
  12. Whiplash Australia (ATN-7)

At first, flagship CFTO was the only station that carried programming live. The Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom first televised by CBS between October 3 1960 and April 1 The United States of America —commonly referred to as the CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. Checkmate is an American detective television series that aired on CBS from 1960 to 1962 for a total of 70 episodes The United States of America —commonly referred to as the CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. Cross Canada Barndance was a Canadian television Variety show, which aired on CTV during that network's inaugural season in 1961-62 Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The Rifleman was a Western Television program that ran from 1958–1963 on ABC, a production of Four Star The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. Showdown was a Canadian television Game show, which aired on CTV in the 1961-62 television season Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Mitchell William Miller (born July 4, 1911) is an American Musician, Singer, conductor, Record producer, The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Take a Chance was a Canadian Quiz show by Roy Ward Dickson adapted from radio Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Roy Ward Dickson ( August 18, 1910 - September 16, 1978) was a pioneering Canadian Television producer, Writer, and Top Cat is a Hanna-Barbera Prime time animated television series which ran from September 27, 1961 to April 18, The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. Twenty Questions was a Canadian television Game show, which aired on CTV in the 1961-62 television season Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page West Coast is a Canadian Variety show Television series which debuted on the CTV television network in 1961. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Whiplash is an Australian Television series made by the Seven Network and ATV and ITC Entertainment. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. ATN is the Sydney Flagship Television station of the Seven Network in Australia. During CBC's off-hours, CTV used CBC's microwave system to send programming to the rest of the country on tape delay. Eventually, a second microwave channel opened up, enabling live programming from coast to coast.

The CBC had objected to the network's initial name, apparently claiming it had exclusive rights to the term "Canadian". The private network soon adopted an alternative, "CTV Television Network". Sources differ as to whether this occurred prior to the network launch or in fall 1962. The Globe and Mail referred to the network as CTV upon its 1961 debut. [5]

The Caldwell-led management team immediately ran into financial trouble, and relations between the network and its stations were not smooth at first since CTV had essentially been the product of a forced marriage. For example, most of the rights to American programming rested with the ITO, not CTV. In many cases, CTV found itself competing with its own stations for the rights to programming.

Becoming a broadcasting powerhouse

Caldwell's departure in 1965 did little to alleviate the situation, and CTV soon found itself of the verge of bankruptcy. In 1966, the network's affiliates (which by this time included CJON-TV in St. John's, CKCO-TV in Kitchener and CHAB/CHRE in Moose Jaw/Regina) sought permission to buy the network and run it as a cooperative. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. CJON-TV is a Canadian English language Television station broadcasting on channel 6 ( cable channel 5 in St St John's (ˌseɪntˈdʒanz French Saint-Jean) is the provincial capital of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada and located on the eastern tip CKCO-TV is a Television station broadcasting on channel 13 in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. The City of Kitchener (ˈkɪtʃɨnɚ is a City in southwestern Ontario, Canada. CBKT is the Television call sign for the CBC 's Television station in Regina Saskatchewan. Moose Jaw is a city in south-central Saskatchewan, Canada on the Moose Jaw River 71 km (45 miles west of Regina Regina (rɨˈdʒaɪnə is the capital of Saskatchewan, Canada. The board readily approved the proposal, and by the start of the 1966-67 season, the stations owned their network.

By the mid-1970s, CTV had expanded its footprint across Canada, mostly by twinstick arrangements in smaller cities and with CBC affiliates switching to CTV once the CBC opened its own stations or added rebroadcasters of nearby O&O stations. A twinstick, in Canadian broadcasting is a term for two Television stations, broadcasting in the same market which are owned by the same company In a unique twist, the original Saskatchewan affiliate, CHAB/CHRE, was bought by the CBC in 1968 (and eventually recalled CBKT), allowing Regina's original station, CKCK-TV, to join CTV. Saskatchewan (səˈskætʃəwən) is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of 588276 CBKT is the Television call sign for the CBC 's Television station in Regina Saskatchewan. CKCK-TV (also commonly known as CTV Regina) in Regina Saskatchewan was the first privately owned Television station in Western Canada. In 1994, the CTV cooperative became a corporation.

CTV made a name for itself in news coverage when it convinced star CBC news anchor Lloyd Robertson to switch networks in 1976. Lloyd Robertson, OC, LLD (born January 19, 1934) is the chief anchor and senior editor of CTV 's national evening newscast Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Robertson has been the network's main anchorman ever since. The network also has the country's longest-running national morning news show, Canada AM. Canada AM is a Canadian Breakfast television news show which has aired on the CTV Television Network since 1972 Its weekly newsmagazine series, W-FIVE has been a fixture on the network since 1966, predating the similar American program 60 Minutes by two years. W-FIVE, also known as W5 or W5 with Eric Malling, is a Canadian News magazine Television series which airs on the Not to be confused with the BBC news magazine program Sixty Minutes (TV series.

In the late 1970s, CTV often bought rights to pop and rock songs to serve as theme music for its programming, rather than commissioning original themes. Most notably, W5 used an instrumental portion of Supertramp's "Fool's Overture", Canada AM used The Moody Blues' "Ride My See-Saw", and the game show Definition used Quincy Jones' "Soul Bossa Nova". See also Supertramp (ecology and Alexander Supertramp Supertramp were a British Progressive rock band Fool's Overture is the epic closing track off of Supertramp 's 1977 album Even in the Quietest Moments. Canada AM is a Canadian Breakfast television news show which has aired on the CTV Television Network since 1972 The Moody Blues are an English psychedelic rock band originally from Erdington in the city of Birmingham. Definition was a Canadian Television Game show, which aired on CTV from 1974 to 1989 and filmed at its flagship studio of CFTO-TV Quincy Delight Jones Jr (born March 14, 1933) also known as Q, is an American Music Impresario, conductor " Soul Bossa Nova " is a popular instrumental song composed by and first performed by Impresario, Jazz Composer, Arranger and

Baton takes over

In the mid-1980s, Baton Broadcasting, owners of flagship CFTO in Toronto, began a drive to take over CTV by buying as many affiliates as possible. CTVglobemedia (often abbreviated "CTVgm" or CGM is one of Canada 's largest private media companies. It had already bought CFQC-TV in Saskatoon in 1971. CFQC-TV (also commonly known as CTV Saskatoon) is a Canadian television station serving Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Saskatoon is a city located in central Saskatchewan, Canada, on the South Saskatchewan River, with a Baton purchased the following stations between 1986 and 1990:

One caveat, however, was the "one owner, one vote" provision of the cooperative's bylaws. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) CICC-TV (also commonly known as CTV Yorkton) is a Canadian television station broadcasting in Yorkton Saskatchewan. CIPA-TV (also commonly known as CTV Prince Albert) is a Canadian television station broadcasting in Prince Albert Saskatchewan. Prince Albert is the third-largest city in Saskatchewan, Canada. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) CTV Northern Ontario, formerly known as MCTV, is a system of four Television stations in Northern Ontario, Canada, CICI (also commonly known as CTV Northern Ontario) is a Canadian television station broadcasting in Sudbury, Ontario. Greater Sudbury (2006 Census population 157857 is a city in Northern Ontario, Canada. CKNY (also commonly known as CTV Northern Ontario) is a Canadian television station broadcasting in North Bay Ontario. North Bay ( time zone EST) is a city in Northeastern Ontario, Canada (2006 population 53966 "Cito" redirects here It may also refer to baseball manager Cito Gaston CITO (also commonly known as CTV Northern Ontario CHBX (also commonly known as CTV Northern Ontario) is a Canadian television station broadcasting in Sault Ste Sault Ste Marie (nicknamed "the Sault" or "the Soo" is a City on the St Any acquisition of one station by an existing station owner triggered an automatic redistribution of the acquired station's shares among the other owners. As a result, even though it owned 11 of CTV's 24 affiliates, Baton only had one vote out of eight. Nor were there any retroactive changes when CTV was restructured in 1994 (although Newfoundland Broadcasting, owner of CJON, decided to effectively relinquish its vote, reducing the number of votes to seven).

In 1996, Baton acquired CFCN from Rogers Communications. Rogers Communications Inc (,) is one of Canada's largest communications companies particularly in the field of wireless communications and Cable television, with additional Significantly, Baton also acquired Rogers' CTV vote. It also started a joint venture with Electrohome, owner of CFRN and CKCO. Electrohome is perhaps best known as one of Canada 's largest manufacturers of Television sets in its heyday between 1949 and 1984 and continues to be a popular brand Electrohome allowed Baton to control its vote. The following year, Baton acquired both Electrohome's share of the joint venture and CHUM Limited's CTV-affiliated system in the Maritimes, ATV. CHUM Limited was a media company based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from 1945-2007 This gave Baton controlling interest in the network, triggering a put option allowing the remaining affiliates to sell their CTV shares without selling their stations, which they did. Example of a put option on a stock Buy a Put A Buyer thinks price of a stock will decrease Baton was now full owner of the CTV network and immediately began plastering the CTV brand across its stations, even on non-network programming, and dropped its secondary Baton Broadcast System (BBS) brand. This is about the defunct television system owned by Baton Broadcasting The company changed its name to CTV Inc. in 1998, and eventually acquired two of the final three large-market stations, CKY and CFCF. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) (It replaced the third, CHAN, as discussed below. )

Recent history

See also: 2001 Vancouver, British Columbia TV realignment and 2007 Canada broadcast TV realignment

In 2000, typical of the ownership consolidation trend at the time, BCE Inc. acquired CTV, NetStar Communications and The Globe and Mail newspaper, combining them into a media division known as Bell Globemedia. In 2001, the Vancouver / Victoria, British Columbia television market saw a major shuffling of Television network affiliations involving In 2007 significant ownership changes occurred in Canada 's broadcast television industry involving nearly every network and Television system. Concentration of media ownership (also known as media consolidation) is a commonly used term that refers to the majority of the media outlets being owned by a small number of Bell Canada, commonly shortened to "Bell" is a major Canadian Telecommunications company The Globe and Mail is a Canadian English language nationally distributed Newspaper, based in Toronto and printed in six cities CTVglobemedia (often abbreviated "CTVgm" or CGM is one of Canada 's largest private media companies. BGM also subsequently acquired a minority share in the French-language network TQS, which broadcasts in Quebec. TQS is a Canadian French language privately owned Television network based in Quebec. Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk

CTV has legally been a "television service" in the eyes of the CRTC since 2000, when it allowed its network licence to expire. CBC, Radio-Canada, TVA and Aboriginal Peoples Television Network are the only official television networks in Canada. TVA is a Canadian French language privately owned Television network. Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (more commonly referred to as APTN) is a Canadian broadcast and cable Television network.

CTV lost significant coverage in British Columbia and Newfoundland at the beginning of the 21st century, starting with a major TV realignment in Vancouver. British Columbia (ˌbrɪtɨʃ kəˈlʌmbiə ( BC) ( (la Colombie-Britannique C Newfoundland and Labrador (ˈnuːfɨn(dlənd ən(d ˈlæbrəˌdɔr (Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador is a province of Canada, the tenth and latest to join the Confederation In 2001, the Vancouver / Victoria, British Columbia television market saw a major shuffling of Television network affiliations involving In 2000, CanWest Global bought the television stations of Western International Communications, which owned charter CTV affiliate CHAN in Vancouver and CHEK-TV in Victoria. Canwest Global Communications Corp () operating under the corporate brand Canwest, is one of Canada 's largest International media companies "Allarcom" redirects here For the owners of Super Channel, see Allarco Entertainment. CHEK-TV is a Television station in Victoria British Columbia. Victoria (vɪkˈtɔɹiə is the capital city of British Columbia. A year later, after its CTV contract ran out, CanWest made CHAN the Global O&O for all of BC, taking advantage of CHAN's massive network of repeaters that cover 97% of the province. Global Television Network (more commonly called Global TV or just Global) is a Canadian English language privately owned Television network CTV shifted its programming to CIVT-TV, an independent station it already owned. CIVT-TV (also known as CTV British Columbia, CTV Vancouver or CTV 9) is a Television station in Vancouver, British Columbia Unlike CHAN, CIVT has only one transmitter covering the metropolitan areas of Vancouver and Victoria and has to rely on cable and satellite to reach the rest of the province. CIVT is not available or is carried on a higher channel number across the mountain time zone, where CTV relies on CFCN or CFRN as its main affiliates. CFCN-TV (also known as CTV Calgary) is a Canadian Television station, broadcasting in Calgary, Alberta. CFRN-TV (also known as CTV Edmonton) is a Canadian television station broadcasting in Edmonton, Alberta.

Meanwhile, in 2002, CJON in St. John's dropped its CTV affiliation after CTV attempted to alter its affiliation agreement in a way that Newfoundland Broadcasting found unfair. For 38 years, CJON had aired the base CTV schedule essentially for free since CTV paid it for the airtime. CJON then bought additional CTV programming and sold all advertising. However, CTV tried to make CJON pay for the base schedule as well, with no possibility of airtime payments. It also increased the fees for additional CTV programming beyond what CJON claimed it could pay. Newfoundland Broadcasting also didn't want to continue to carry CTV's national advertising during these programs. At the start of the 2002-03 season, CJON dropped nearly all CTV programming except for CTV's national newscasts; in exchange it provides news coverage of Newfoundland and Labrador events to CTV. In recent years, all of CTV's non-news programming has disappeared from the station. CTV does not currently have a primary affiliate in St. John's, restricting some original programming to satellite only.

CTV has attracted some controversy in the past because of cutbacks to its small-market stations. The four Maritime stations, known collectively as CTV Atlantic (then known as ATV), and the four Northern Ontario stations, known collectively as CTV Northern Ontario (then known as MCTV), each had their local news production cut back to one centrally-produced single newscast for each region, with only brief inserts for news of strictly local interest. The Maritime provinces, called the Maritimes in local English (or the Canadian Maritimes by non-Canadians is a region of Eastern Canada Territorial evolution Those areas which formed part of New France in the pays d'en haut, essentially the watersheds of the Ottawa River, CTV Northern Ontario, formerly known as MCTV, is a system of four Television stations in Northern Ontario, Canada, This was a controversial move in all of the affected communities, especially in Northern Ontario where MCTV's newscasts were the only locally-oriented news programs in those markets. In the late 1990s, cuts were made to the news staff and productions at CTV's two small-market Saskatchewan stations, CICC-TV in Yorkton and CIPA-TV in Prince Albert. CICC-TV (also commonly known as CTV Yorkton) is a Canadian television station broadcasting in Yorkton Saskatchewan. CIPA-TV (also commonly known as CTV Prince Albert) is a Canadian television station broadcasting in Prince Albert Saskatchewan. Prince Albert is the third-largest city in Saskatchewan, Canada. Today, the stations now simulcast supper-hour and late-night news from CKCK and CFQC respectively, placing local inserts into the newscasts.

In September 2005, CTV announced an alliance with MTV Networks which saw the relaunch of MTV Canada. MTV Networks Company, also known as MTV Networks, is a division of Media conglomerate Viacom that oversees the operation of many TV network MTV is a Canadian English language Cable television Specialty channel devoted to talk lifestyle and documentary programming

In July 2006, CTV parent Bell Globemedia announced plans to acquire Citytv parent CHUM Limited, itself a former partner in CTV (via ATV), and presently one of Canada's largest broadcasters. This article is about the general Citytv brand Individual stations are listed according to their call signs. CHUM Limited was a media company based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from 1945-2007 While CTVglobemedia kept all of CHUM's radio stations along with the A-Channel television stations and all of CHUM's speciality channels, the Citytv stations were sold off as a sale required by the conditions the CRTC placed upon CTV when approving the CHUM purchase.

Bell Globemedia was renamed CTVglobemedia as of January 1, 2007. New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.

Programming

The network's programming consists mainly of hit American series (such as ER, Ghost Whisperer, Law & Order, Grey's Anatomy, CSI and Lost), but they have also had success with Canadian-made shows such as Due South, Power Play, Degrassi: The Next Generation, Corner Gas, Instant Star, The Eleventh Hour and Canadian Idol. ER is an Emmy Award -winning American Medical drama series created by Novelist Michael Crichton and airing on Ghost Whisperer is an American television drama - fantasy - thriller that premiered on CBS September 23 2005 Law & Order is an American Police procedural and Legal drama television series created by Dick Wolf. Grey’s Anatomy is an American Primetime television medical drama. CSI Crime Scene Investigation is an American crime drama Television series that trails the investigations of a team of Las Vegas Lost is an Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning American serial drama television series. This article concerns the television program For the television listings magazine see Due South Magazine Due South is an award-winning Power Play was a Canadian television drama series which aired on CTV from 1998 to 2000. Degrassi The Next Generation is a Canadian Teen drama television series, set in the Degrassi Fictional universe created Corner Gas is a Canadian Television sitcom created by Brent Butt and airing on CTV and in the United States on WGN Instant Star was a Canadian Television program and a Gemini Award winner starring adolescent music competition winner Jude The Eleventh Hour is a Canadian television drama series which aired weekly on CTV from 2002 to 2005. Canadian Idol is a Reality television show on the Canadian television network CTV, based on the popular British show CTV also regularly produces and airs Canadian-made television movies, often based on stories from Canadian news or Canadian history, under the banner CTV Signature Series.

News programming consists of the nightly CTV National News, morning program Canada AM, local newscasts branded as CTV News and the newsmagazines W-Five and Question Period, which interviews politicians and recaps political events during the week. CTV National News is CTV 's flagship newscast which airs at 1100pm local time on the CTV stations across Canada, and live at 1000pm ET with repeats Canada AM is a Canadian Breakfast television news show which has aired on the CTV Television Network since 1972 CTV News is the News division of the CTV Television Network in Canada, and the name of the local and regional newscasts on the network's Owned-and-operated W-FIVE, also known as W5 or W5 with Eric Malling, is a Canadian News magazine Television series which airs on the Question Period is a Canadian television Newsmagazine which airs weekly on CTV at 11 a

As well, in recent years, CTV has purchased Canadian broadcast rights to a number of American cable series, such as The Sopranos, Nip/Tuck, Punk'd, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report and The Osbournes. The Sopranos is an American Television drama series created by David Chase. Nip/Tuck is an American television Medical drama series created by Ryan Murphy for FX Networks. Punk'd is an American Hidden camera Practical joke Television series on MTV, produced and hosted by Ashton Kutcher The Daily Show (known in its current incarnation as The Daily Show The Colbert Report (/kolˈbɛr rəˈpɔr/&mdashthe t is silent in "Colbert" is a Peabody Award and Emmy Award winning American The Osbournes was an Emmy Award -winning American Reality television program broadcast by MTV in the U In many cases, CTV has been one of the few conventional broadcast networks in the world to air these series in prime time, which has attracted some controversy from Canadian media watchdogs and parents groups who object to the profanity, violence and sexual content of Nip/Tuck, The Sopranos and The Osbournes (which, unlike originating broadcaster MTV, CTV aired uncensored). Prime Time is the major News analysis current affairs and Politics programme broadcast on Radio Telefís Éireann in Ireland MTV ( Music Television) is an American Cable television network based in New York City. It is also the first broadcast network to broadcast MTV programming live, starting with the MTV's New Year of Music special during New Year's 2005/2006.

In late 2003, CTV started broadcasting select American programmes in 16:9 (widescreen) HDTV. High-definition television (HDTV is a Digital television Broadcasting system with higher resolution than traditional television systems (standard-definition It later began airing Canadian programmes in this format, such as Degrassi. Currently only CFTO and CIVT have dedicated HDTV feeds (sometimes marketed as CTV HD East and West respectively), but both are available nationally via cable and satellite, and do not differ otherwise from their analog counterparts.

In early 2005, CTV was part of the consortium that won the Canadian broadcast rights to the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, as well as the 2012 Summer Olympics. This was considered a serious coup, as the rival CBC had consistently won Olympic broadcast rights from the 1996 Summer Olympics through to the 2008 Summer Olympics. The 1996 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, were an International CTV and TQS will be the primary broadcasters; TSN, RDS and Rogers Sportsnet will provide supplementary coverage. TQS is a Canadian French language privately owned Television network based in Quebec. The Sports Network (commonly known as TSN) is a Canadian English language Cable television Specialty channel and is Canada's leading Réseau des sports (commonly known as RDS) is a Canadian French language Cable television Specialty channel showing Sports Rogers Sportsnet (often referred to only as Sportsnet) is a Canadian English language Cable television Sports Specialty channel The broadcast headquarters for CTV's coverage of the 2010 Winter Olympics is likely to be CTV Vancouver Bureau, with CTV alone promising 22 hours per day during the 2010 Olympics. It is currently uncertain what CTV will do with its American programming during Olympic periods.

In June 2006, CTV and sister network TSN outbid the CBC for coverage of Canadian Curling Association events, although CTV is only expected to carry some championship-round action with TSN broadcasting most of the action. The Canadian Curling Association (CCA is a Canadian Organization responsible for encouraging and facilitating growth and development of the Sport of

On July 2, 2005, CTV broadcast 20 hours of the Live 8 concerts, which was watched by over 10. Events 310 - Pope Miltiades is elected 626 - In fear of assassination Li Shimin ambushes and kills his rival Live 8 was a string of Benefit concerts that took place on 2 July, 2005, in the G8 states and in South Africa. 5 million people - nearly one-third the country's population - at some point during the day; the average audience, however, was much lower. According to at least one source, it was the most-watched program by this standard in Canadian history.

On September 21, 2006, CTV achieved notoriety for airing the second episode of the third season of Grey's Anatomy one week early, in place of the season premiere. Grey’s Anatomy is an American Primetime television medical drama. The season premiere was aired in its entirety on September 28.

On May 22, 2007, it was announced that CTV had acquired the broadcast rights to the National Football League early-afternoon Sunday games, the full NFL Playoffs, and the Super Bowl, effective the 2007 NFL season [6]. The National Football League ( NFL) is the largest professional American football league. professional American football, the Super Bowl is the Championship game of the National Football League (NFL The 2007 season of the National Football League (NFL was the 88th season played by the major professional American football league in the United This ends a lengthy association between the NFL and Global Television Network. Global Television Network (more commonly called Global TV or just Global) is a Canadian English language privately owned Television network TSN, a sports channel which CTV owns, airs prime-time NFL games and produces the CTV broadcasts in tandem with CBS and FOX. The Sports Network (commonly known as TSN) is a Canadian English language Cable television Specialty channel and is Canada's leading

As of June 27, 2007, CTV and The Comedy Network have exclusive Canadian rights to the entire Comedy Central library of past and current programs on all electronic platforms, under a multi-year agreement with Viacom, expanding on past programming agreements between the two channels. The Comedy Network (TCN is a Canadian English language Cable television Specialty channel owned by CTV Television Inc Comedy Central is an American Cable television and Satellite television channel that carries predominantly Comedy programming Viacom ( ( short for " Vi deo & A udio Com munications" is an American Media conglomerate with various worldwide interests Canadian users attempting to visit Comedy Central websites will also be redirected to TCN's website and vise versa for American users. The Canadian channel will keep its own brand name, but the agreement is otherwise very similar to the earlier CTV/Viacom deal for MTV in Canada. MTV is a Canadian English language Cable television Specialty channel devoted to talk lifestyle and documentary programming [7]

CTV stations

CTV-owned

As of mid-October 2005, all CTV-owned and operated stations have adopted a single on-air brand of CTV, rather than use their official callsigns or channel numbers on-air (although some stations, most notably CIVT, promote their cable channel number). Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. CIVT-TV (also known as CTV British Columbia, CTV Vancouver or CTV 9) is a Television station in Vancouver, British Columbia When further differentiation is needed, for example during regional programming, the city or region they serve (eg. CTV Ottawa, CTV British Columbia) may be used as well. Under CRTC regulations, however, the callsign is still the station's legal name. This change is very similar to the British ITV's adoption of a single on-air network brand of ITV1 (region name). The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Independent Television (generally known as ITV) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters set up under the Independent This article deals with the ITV1 brand name as it is broadcast at present

Regional affiliates

Special cases

Alternative names

Although this is no longer the case, for many years some CTV stations were better known by colloquial names rather than by their official call letters (a situation that generally did not apply to CBC Television stations). CIVT-TV (also known as CTV British Columbia, CTV Vancouver or CTV 9) is a Television station in Vancouver, British Columbia Vancouver (vænˈkuːvɚ is a coastal CFCN-TV (also known as CTV Calgary) is a Canadian Television station, broadcasting in Calgary, Alberta. Calgary (ˈkælgəriː is the largest city in the Province of Alberta, Canada CFRN-TV (also known as CTV Edmonton) is a Canadian television station broadcasting in Edmonton, Alberta. Edmonton (ˈɛdmɨntɨn is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta. CFQC-TV (also commonly known as CTV Saskatoon) is a Canadian television station serving Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Saskatoon is a city located in central Saskatchewan, Canada, on the South Saskatchewan River, with a CIPA-TV (also commonly known as CTV Prince Albert) is a Canadian television station broadcasting in Prince Albert Saskatchewan. Prince Albert is the third-largest city in Saskatchewan, Canada. CKCK-TV (also commonly known as CTV Regina) in Regina Saskatchewan was the first privately owned Television station in Western Canada. Regina (rɨˈdʒaɪnə is the capital of Saskatchewan, Canada. CICC-TV (also commonly known as CTV Yorkton) is a Canadian television station broadcasting in Yorkton Saskatchewan. CKY-TV (also commonly known as CTV Winnipeg) is a Television station based in Winnipeg Manitoba and owned by CTVglobemedia. Winnipeg (ˈwɪnɨpɛg is the capital and largest city in the Canadian province of Manitoba, and 7th largest municipality in Canada with a population CTV Northern Ontario, formerly known as MCTV, is a system of four Television stations in Northern Ontario, Canada, Territorial evolution Those areas which formed part of New France in the pays d'en haut, essentially the watersheds of the Ottawa River, CHBX (also commonly known as CTV Northern Ontario) is a Canadian television station broadcasting in Sault Ste Sault Ste Marie (nicknamed "the Sault" or "the Soo" is a City on the St "Cito" redirects here It may also refer to baseball manager Cito Gaston CITO (also commonly known as CTV Northern Ontario CICI (also commonly known as CTV Northern Ontario) is a Canadian television station broadcasting in Sudbury, Ontario. Greater Sudbury (2006 Census population 157857 is a city in Northern Ontario, Canada. CKNY (also commonly known as CTV Northern Ontario) is a Canadian television station broadcasting in North Bay Ontario. North Bay ( time zone EST) is a city in Northeastern Ontario, Canada (2006 population 53966 CKCO-TV is a Television station broadcasting on channel 13 in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. The City of Kitchener (ˈkɪtʃɨnɚ is a City in southwestern Ontario, Canada. CFTO-TV (now identifying as CTV Toronto) is a Canadian Television station, licensed to and serving Toronto, Ontario, and surrounding Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario CJOH-TV (on-air identity is CTV, verbally referred to as CTV Ottawa before regional programming only is a Television station serving Ottawa, Ottawa (ˈɒtəwə or sometimes /ˈɒtəwɑː/ is the Capital of Canada and the country's fourth largest municipality. "CFCF" redirects here The call sign CFCF was also previously used by CINW (AM and CFQR-FM. Montreal, or Montréal in French ( pronounced in French, in English) is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec The Maritime provinces, called the Maritimes in local English (or the Canadian Maritimes by non-Canadians is a region of Eastern Canada CKLT is a Canadian television station broadcasting in Saint John New Brunswick. Saint John is the largest city in the Province of New Brunswick, and the oldest incorporated city in Canada. CKCW is a Canadian television station broadcasting in Moncton New Brunswick. Moncton ( is a Canadian city located in Westmorland County, New Brunswick. CJCH-TV is a Canadian television station broadcasting in the mainland Nova Scotia area See also Halifax Nova Scotia See also Halifax Regional Municipality municipal election 2008 Halifax Regional Municipality is the capital CJCB is a Canadian television station broadcasting in Sydney Nova Scotia. See also Sidney Sydney (2001 population 24115 is an urban community in Nova Scotia, Canada 's CITL-TV is a Canadian television station broadcasting in Lloydminster. Lloydminster is a Canadian City which has the unusual geographic distinction of straddling a provincial CJBN-TV is a Canadian television station It is a CTV affiliate broadcasting on channel 13 and cable 4 in Kenora Ontario. CHFD-TV is a Canadian television station It is a CTV affiliate broadcasting on channel 4 and cable 6 in Thunder Bay, and via a Transmitter Thunder Bay ( 2006 census population 109140 formerly the twin cities of Fort William and Port Arthur, is a City in and the seat of Thunder CJON-TV is a Canadian English language Television station broadcasting on channel 6 ( cable channel 5 in St St John's (ˌseɪntˈdʒanz French Saint-Jean) is the provincial capital of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada and located on the eastern tip WZRA-CA is the Tampa Bay area's first ethnic channel reaching to ethnic groups in Pinellas, southwestern Pasco and northwestern Hillsborough Oldsmar is a city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. Tampa Bay is a large natural Harbor and Estuary along the Gulf of Mexico on the western coast of Florida, comprising Old Tampa Bay CJON-TV is a Canadian English language Television station broadcasting on channel 6 ( cable channel 5 in St CBC Television is a Canadian English language Television network. For example, CFQC Saskatoon was known as "QC8", CKCK Regina as CKTV, and former CTV affiliate CHAN in Vancouver was called BCTV. Today, most CTV affiliates are simply referred to as CTV.

Slogans and logos

The network's original logo was an oval-shaped letter "C", the inside shaped like a television tube. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Contained within the C were the initials "CTV". In 1966, colour programming was ushered in with a new logo, depicting a red circle containing the initial "C", a blue square with "T", and a green inverted triangle with "V". This logo has been used, albeit with minor variations, ever since. For the 1967-68 season, the letters "CTV" were rounded and easier to see, with the "base/TV' graphic added later.

Between 1998-2001/2003-present, CTV uses the three colours of its logo to represent its different divisions. In network branding, the red ribbon and sphere represents entertainment, the blue ribbon and cube represents news, and the green ribbon and cone refers to sports. [8]

Following the acquisition of TSN in 2001, sports programming on CTV adopted a variant of TSN's then-new ESPN-style branding, which was predominantly a darker red.

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The original CTV logo, From 1961 - 1966. A television network is a distribution network for Television content whereby a central operation provides programming for many Television stations A digital on-screen graphic (known in the UK and New Zealand by the acronym DOG; in the US and Canada as a bug; and in The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A television network is a distribution network for Television content whereby a central operation provides programming for many Television stations A logo ( Greek el λογότυπος = el-Latn logotypos is a graphical element ( Ideogram, Symbol, Emblem, Icon, Sign) American Broadcasting Company logos used at various times Early ABC television logos One of the earliest logos for the ABC television network was a microphone The NBC television network has used numerous logos at various times since the 1940s its familiar Peacock design originally introduced for color broadcasts in the PBS idents are the Television idents CNBC has used numerous Logos at various times this article shows all of its television logos The CW Television Network ( The CW) is a Television network in the United States launched at the beginning of the 2006-2007 television season. MyNetworkTV (unofficially abbreviated MyNet or MNT) is a Television network in the United States, owned by the Fox Broadcasting Company Ion Television is a broadcast television network first broadcast on August 31 1998 Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page A television network is a distribution network for Television content whereby a central operation provides programming for many Television stations A logo ( Greek el λογότυπος = el-Latn logotypos is a graphical element ( Ideogram, Symbol, Emblem, Icon, Sign) Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar.

1966 - 1975 CTV logo, introduced with the arrival of colour TV in Canada. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

1975 - 1985 CTV logo. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar)

A Special Presentation from the late 1970s. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970.

Alternate CTV logo from a 1981 episode of Super Pay Cards!

Mid-late 1980s CTV logo, introduced in 1985. Pay Cards! was an American syndicated Game show that first aired from 1968-69 The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989.

CTV HD logo

CTV production logo

References

  1. ^ CTV Recaps #1 Year in Television, CTV press release, June 4, 2007
  2. ^ CTV - Local News Matters
  3. ^ CTV and A-Channel Celebrate Local News, CTV press release, 8 April 2008
  4. ^ CTV - Local News Matters - Background (list of CTV-owned stations that launched in the 1950s)
  5. ^ a b c Braithwaite, Dennis. "Filmed Accolades Put Private TV Network on the Air", Globe and Mail, 2 October 1961, p. The Globe and Mail is a Canadian English language nationally distributed Newspaper, based in Toronto and printed in six cities Events 1187 - Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.  4.  
  6. ^ CTV.ca | CTV News, Shows and Sports - Canadian Television
  7. ^ CTV Strikes Multi-Platform Content Deal With Comedy Central, CTV press release, June 27, 2007
  8. ^ CTV Ribbons Trailer

See also

External links

This is a list of programs currently, formerly, and soon to be broadcast by CTV. This is a list of prime time schedules for the CTV television network by decade starting with the 1961-1962 season (the first year of CTV's operations up to the present Canada has a well-developed media sector, but its cultural output — particularly in English films television shows and magazines — is often CTVglobemedia (often abbreviated "CTVgm" or CGM is one of Canada 's largest private media companies. In 2007 significant ownership changes occurred in Canada 's broadcast television industry involving nearly every network and Television system. CTV Sports is the division of the CTV Television Network responsible for Sports broadcasting.
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