CIII-TV
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Toronto, Ontario Canada |
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| Branding | Global Toronto; Global (general) Global News (newscasts) |
| Slogan | We Believe In A Greater Toronto |
| Channels |
Digital: 41 (UHF) Virtual: 41 () |
| Subchannels | 41.1/.2 Global |
| Translators | see Transmitters |
| Affiliations | Global (O&O; 1997–present) |
| Owner | Corus Entertainment |
| First air date | January 6, 1974 (in Paris; moved to Toronto in 2009) |
| Call letters' meaning |
C III - Canada's third television network, and the station's channel 3 position on many cable systems in Ontario |
| Sister station(s) | CFMJ, CFNY, CILQ |
| Former callsigns | CKGN-TV (1974–1984) CIII-TV (1984–2011) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 22 (UHF, 1974–1988) 41 (UHF, 1988–2011) |
| Former affiliations | Independent (1974–1997) |
| Transmitter power | 100 kW |
| Height | 503.0 m |
| Transmitter coordinates | 43°38′33″N 79°23′14″W / 43.64250°N 79.38722°W |
| Licensing authority | CRTC |
| Website | Global Toronto |
CIII-DT, virtual and UHF digital channel 41, is the flagship station of the Global Television Network serving Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The station is owned by Corus Entertainment. CIII maintains studio facilities located at 81 Barber Greene Road (near Leslie Street) in the Don Mills district of central Toronto, and its transmitter is located atop the CN Tower in downtown Toronto. The station serves much of the population of Ontario through a network of 13 transmitters across primarily the southern and central portions of the province. On cable, CIII is available on Rogers Cable channels 3 and 116 and in high definition on digital channel 517; on satellite, the station is also available on Shaw Direct classic lineup channel 331 and advanced lineup channel 39, and on Bell TV on channels 211 (standard definition) and 1052 (high definition).
Ken Soble, the founder of CHCH-TV (channel 11) in Hamilton, Ontario envisioned a national "superstation" of 96 satellite-fed transmitters with CHCH as its flagship. In 1966, he filed the first application with the Board of Broadcast Governors for a network to be branded as NTV — however, the application faced various regulatory hurdles and underwent numerous revisions over the next number of years. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission eventually decided to go ahead with the publicly owned Anik satellite system instead of relying on private communications companies to build Canada's satellite broadcasting infrastructure, placing the NTV application in jeopardy after Power Corporation of Canada, a key investor in the plan, backed out.
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