Canterbury Television
| CTV – Canterbury Television | |
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| Launched | June 1991 |
| Owned by | Star Media |
| Picture format | 16:9 |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Broadcast area | Canterbury |
| Headquarters | 12 Venture Place Christchurch |
| Formerly called | CHTV, NOW TV |
| Sister channel(s) | VTV Visitor Television |
| Website | CTV |
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Availability
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| Terrestrial | |
| Digital (Ceased 16 December 2016 11:59pm NZDT) |
Freeview Channel 40 Canterbury |
| Analogue (Ceased 28 April 2013 2:00am NZDT) | UHF 44 655.25 MHz from Sugarloaf |
| Cable | |
| Vodafone InHomeTV | Channel 199 |
Canterbury Television was an independent television station broadcasting in Canterbury, New Zealand.
The name is synonymous with regional television in New Zealand as it was the name of the first regional broadcaster to operate in New Zealand. CTV produces and screens more than twenty hours of locally based programming every week. It also screens overseas programming from Deutsche Welle and Al Jazeera. It broadcasts from the Sugarloaf transmitter on the Port Hills.
On 22 February 2011 Christchurch was hit by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake and the CTV Building collapsed killing 16 staff members and destroying all of CTV’s equipment. On 18 April 2011 CTV resumed service in a new base location at the Mainland Press building in the Christchurch suburb of Harewood.
As of 18 March 2013, CTV commenced digital free-to-air transmissions on Freeview Channel 40. CTV is also on Vodafone Channel 199. The station ceased broadcasting on Friday, 16 December 2016 at midnight. CTV will now operate as a web-based platform from 19 December 2016 under the Star Media brand.
In 1999, yet to be signed New Zealand soprano Hayley Westenra performed on CTV. The appearance led to her being signed by Universal Music Group New Zealand.
In 2003, NowTV (formerly known as CHTV) and CTV merged, headquartered into the NowTV Building.
In 2006, CTV was the chief sponsor of the Canterbury United soccer team.
Today in Canterbury, a nightly news programme, started in March 2008.
In late 2008 CTV gained popularity with the New Zealand professional wrestling promotion Impact Pro Wrestling airing IPW Ignition weekly. The first episode premiered on the 5 October 2008.
In March 2009, CTV started screening Graham Kerr's Kitchen and Nick Stellino's Cucina Amore, half-hour cooking programmes from the 1990s.
In September 2010, the CTV Building had received superficial damage in the 4 September earthquake, but was "given a clean bill of health" by structural engineers, according to the owners. Nevertheless, it collapsed in the February 2011 earthquake, resulting in the greatest single source of loss of life in that earthquake. The building had been built around 1986 (although reports of the building's construction date vary: Chip Le Grand of The Australian said - possibly confusing it with the older CHTV3 building - 1960; a 1 March 2011 NZPA report said 1991 or shortly before; and a 4 March 2011 New Zealand Herald editorial said 1972).
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