CTV News Channel (Canada)
| CTV News Channel | |
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CTV News Channel logo
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| Launched | September 30, 1997 |
| Owned by | Bell Media |
| Picture format |
1080i (HDTV) (2012-present) 480i (SDTV/16:9 letterbox) (1997-present, has aired in 16:9 letterbox since 2012) |
| Slogan | CTV News's 24 Hour Cable Channel |
| Country | Canada |
| Broadcast area | National |
| Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario |
| Formerly called | CTV News 1 (1997–1999) CTV Newsnet (1999–2009) |
| Sister channel(s) |
CTV CTV Two CP24 Business News Network |
| Website | CTV News Channel |
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Availability
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| Satellite | |
| Bell TV | Channel 501 (SD) Channel 1562 (HD) |
| Shaw Direct | Channel 391 (SD) Channel 94 (HD) |
| Cable | |
| Available on most Canadian cable systems | Check local listings, channels may vary |
| IPTV | |
| Bell Aliant | Channel 235 (SD) Channel 422 (HD) |
| Bell Fibe TV | Channel 501 (SD) Channel 1501 (HD) |
| MTS | Channel 141 (SD) Channel 1141 (HD) |
| Optik TV | Channel 9801 (SD) Channel 801 (HD) |
| SaskTel | Channel 16 (SD) Channel 316 (HD) |
| VMedia | Channel 62 (HD) |
| Zazeen | Channel 47 (HD) |
CTV News Channel is a Canadian English language Category C specialty channel that is owned by Bell Media (a wholly owned subsidiary of Bell Canada). The 24-hour channel broadcasts national and international news headlines, breaking news, and information. CTV News Channel is headquartered at 9 Channel Nine Court in the Agincourt neighbourhood of Scarborough in the city of Toronto.
According to the Canadian Communication's Monitoring Report - Broadcasting System 2014, there were 8.4 million subscribers to the channel and revenue of $26 million.
In September 1996, CTV Television Network Ltd. (a division of CTV) was granted a broadcast licence by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) for CTV N1, a national English language specialty television service that would broadcast "news, weather and sports reports, as well as business, consumer and lifestyle information", in a 'headline news' format on a 15-minute news wheel.
The channel was launched on September 30, 1997 as CTV News 1. Under the terms of this licence, the channel broadcast news and information on a 15-minute wheel, beginning a new cycle every 15 minutes using a pre-recorded, server-hosted configuration. Not long after its launch, however, it began covering more breaking news. CTV News 1 used news segments from CTV National News and local CTV and BBS affiliates.
The channel began with its news anchors sitting at a desk which would periodically, while the anchor was not speaking, spin in a circle to change the background in front of which the anchor sat. This gimmick was criticized, and soon abandoned. The channel included a large on-screen news ticker that provided news updates, weather, sports scores, stock trading data, among other information.
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