CBC Newsworld
| CBC News Network | |
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CBC News Network logo
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| Launched | July 31, 1989 |
| Network | CBC News |
| Owned by | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |
| Picture format |
1080i (HDTV) (2009-2011) 720p (HDTV) (2011-present) 480i (SDTV/16:9 Letterbox) (1989-present; has aired in 16:9 Letterbox since late 2011) |
| Slogan | The Number One News Network in Canada |
| Country | Canada |
| Broadcast area | National |
| Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario |
| Formerly called | CBC Newsworld (1989–2009) |
| Sister channel(s) |
CBC Television Ici Radio-Canada Télé Ici RDI Ici ARTV Ici Explora Documentary Channel CBC North |
| Website | CBC News Network |
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Availability
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| Satellite | |
| Bell TV | Channel 502 (SD) Channel 1564 (HD) |
| Shaw Direct | Channel 390 / 092 (SD) Channel 096 / 596 (HD) |
| Cable | |
| Available on most Canadian cable systems | Check local listings, channels may vary |
| IPTV | |
| Bell Aliant Fibe TV | Channel 233 (SD) Channel 421(HD) |
| Bell Fibe TV | Channel 502 (SD) Channel 1502 (HD) |
| MTS | Channel 140 (SD) Channel 1140 (HD) |
| Optik TV | Channel 9800 (SD) Channel 800 (HD) |
| SaskTel | Channel 15 (SD) Channel 315 (HD) |
| VMedia | Channel 26 (HD) |
| Zazeen | Channel 49 (HD) |
CBC News Network (formerly CBC Newsworld) is a Canadian English-language news channel owned and operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). It broadcasts into over 10 million homes in Canada, and is a Category C specialty channel. It is the world's third-oldest television service of this nature, after CNN in the United States and Sky News in the United Kingdom.
CBC News Network's French-language counterpart is Ici RDI, also owned by the CBC.
According to the Canadian Communications Monitoring report - Broadcasting system 2014, there are 11.3 million subscribers and revenue of $86.7 million.
With CNN already being widely available in Canada during the 1980s, private and public Canadian broadcasters began to apply for a licence for a similar 24-hour news service in Canada. In 1987 the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) awarded a licence to the CBC. Its launch was delayed several times: first when Allarcom, who had filed a competing application for an all-news channel, chose to appeal the CRTC decision; second, when the federal cabinet issued a directive to the CBC to revise its service plan for the network to include private commercial broadcasters and to launch a parallel French language service; and finally when cable companies were reluctant to add the service just five months after a similar launch of numerous other channels.
CBC Newsworld began broadcasting on July 31, 1989 from several regional studios in Halifax, Toronto, Winnipeg and Calgary. However, budget cuts over the years forced the network to centralize most of its operations in Toronto and Calgary.
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