CTV Network
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| Type | Broadcast television network |
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| Country | Canada |
| Availability | Canada northern United States (via cable or antenna) |
| Slogan | Naturally CTV |
| Owner | Bell Media |
| Parent | BCE Inc. |
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Key people
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Mary Ann Turcke President, Bell Media Randy Lennox President, Entertainment Production and Broadcasting Wendy Freeman President, CTV News Mike Cosentino Senior Vice-President, Programming, CTV Networks and CraveTV |
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Launch date
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October 1, 1961 |
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Former names
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Canadian Television Network (CTN) – pre-launch name |
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Sister channels
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CTV Two, CTV News Channel, Business News Network, CP24 |
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Official website
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CTV |
CTV is an English-language broadcast television network in Canada launched in 1961. Since 2000 it is owned by the Bell Media division of BCE, Inc. It is Canada's largest privately or commercially owned network, and has consistently been placed as Canada's top-rated network in total viewers and in key demographics since 2002, after several years trailing the rival Global Television Network in key markets.
Bell Media also operates additional CTV-branded properties, including the 24-hour national cable news network CTV News Channel and the secondary CTV Two television system.
There has never been an official full name corresponding to the initials "CTV"; however, it is generally assumed to mean "Canadian Television", a phrase used in a promotional campaign by the network in 1998, and also in pre-promotion for the network prior to its launch in 1961.
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, or CRTC) as the governing body of Canadian broadcasting, effectively ending the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's (CBC) dual role as regulator and broadcaster. The new board's first act was to take applications for "second" television stations in Halifax, Montreal (in both English and French), Ottawa, Toronto, Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver in response to an outcry for an alternative to the CBC's television service. Calgary and Edmonton were served by privately owned CBC affiliates; the other six markets by CBC owned-and-operated stations (O&Os).
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