Canadian television news channel
Television channel
CTV News Channel
is a
Canadian
specialty
news channel owned by
Bell Media
(a wholly owned subsidiary of
Bell Canada
). It broadcasts national and international news headlines, breaking news, and information. The channel is headquartered at
9 Channel Nine Court
in the
Agincourt
neighbourhood of
Scarborough
in
Toronto
,
Ontario
.
History
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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",
[1]
in a 'headline news' format on a 15-minute news wheel.
[1]
The channel was launched on October 17, 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. For many years, the network has aired the
CTV National News
at 10 pm Eastern ? or 11 pm Atlantic, when the newscast begins its nightly run across the network (it airs at 11 pm local time over the air, or 11:30 pm in Newfoundland and southeastern Labrador). It is repeated every hour until 2 am Eastern, or 11 pm Pacific.
At launch, this channel was carried to cable companies. The network added a sports news format for sports updates like
Sky Sports News
.
On September 8, 1999, the channel was renamed
CTV Newsnet
,
[2]
after the launch of then-sister channel,
CTV Sportsnet
.
CTV sought amendments to the channel's condition of licence that had restricted it to a 15-minute news wheel, in order to allow greater coverage of breaking news, longer-form news-oriented discussion and other programming. These requests were met with mixed decisions from the CRTC. On April 7, 2005, the CRTC removed the condition mandating a 15-minute news cycle, substituting new but much more liberal conditions including the allowance of a small percentage of airtime devoted to long-form discussion programming.
[3]
On August 22, 2005, CTV Newsnet unveiled a new, full screen format with a considerably smaller news ticker broadcasting only news headlines, and revamped its late afternoon and primetime programming, with increases to its anchor, reporting and production teams, and a greater emphasis on general news from the main anchor desk, eliminating sports and business coverage. The network hoped to capitalize in part on the lockout which had nearly eliminated news programming on
CBC Television
(outside
Quebec
) and
CBC Newsworld
.
Before the 2005 format change, sports segments were co-branded with
TSN
, and business news with Report on Business Television (now
BNN Bloomberg
). These channels are owned by the same companies as CTV and Newsnet. Earlier in the network's history, weather reports were provided by
The Weather Network
, which is independently owned, and sports segments were once co-branded with
Headline Sports
, and then later by CTV Sportsnet, which CTV owned before it acquired TSN.
CTV Newsnet was renamed CTV News Channel on May 26, 2009, though at the time no channel format or schedule change occurred.
[4]
On September 10, 2010,
Bell Canada
(a minority shareholder in CTVglobemedia) announced that it planned to acquire 100% interest in CTVglobemedia for a total debt and equity transaction cost of $3.2 billion CAD.
[5]
The deal, which acquired CRTC approval, was approved on March 7, 2011
[6]
and closed on April of that year, CTVglobemedia was renamed Bell Media on April 1, 2011.
On October 3, 2011, CTV News Channel unveiled a new weekday programming lineup, which added three new news segments to the schedule (
Direct
,
Express
and
National Affairs
) and introduced four new news anchors.
[7]
On December 19, 2011, CTV News Channel underwent a major overhaul which consisted of a new logo, a new on-air presentation designed by Troika Design Group, and a newly renovated studio set as the channel began production in
high definition
for the first time. An HD feed was launched on the channel's co-owned Bell Fibe TV service in February 2012.
[8]
The set still consists of the traditional CTV newsroom background.
On July 5, 2017, CTV News Channel relaunched with a new look and automation package utilizing Super Ticker and Brando provided by Bannister Lake Software, a software application company located in
Cambridge, Ontario
.
Programs
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CTV News Channel broadcasts as an all-news format, consisting of local, regional, national and international news. The channel draws contents from the CTV News newsrooms across Canada. It simulcasts
Your Morning
from the main CTV channel on weekdays from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.,
CTV National News
nightly at 10:00 p.m. and weekends at 11:00 p.m.,
Question Period
with
Vassy Kapelos
on Sundays at 11:00 a.m. with an encore at 5:00 p.m., and the investigative journalism show
W5
on Sundays at 7:00 p.m. It also provides by itself public affairs show
Power Play
weeknightly at 5:00 p.m. with an encore at 8:00 p.m., and the late night newscast
CTV News Overnight
weeknights at 10:30 p.m. Live rolling news programming are provided by rotating anchors at all other times, with weekend coverage being branded as
CTV News Weekend
. CTV News Channel starts looping programming (
CTV National News
on the hour and
CTV News Overnight
at half past) after 11:00 p.m. weekdays and 11:30 p.m. weekends.
Revenue
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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.
[9]
Notable current on?air staff
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Anchors
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Reporters
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Foreign correspondents
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Notable former on?air staff
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High-definition feed
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On December 19, 2011, CTV News Channel began broadcasting in
high definition
, although a dedicated HD feed was not launched until February 16, 2012. It is available on all major television providers in the country.
References
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- ^
a
b
"Decision"
. CRTC. 1996-09-04.
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CTV News 1 changes its name to CTV Newsnet
The Record 1999-08-18
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(CRTC), Government of Canada, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (7 April 2005).
"ARCHIVED - CTV Newsnet - Licence amendment"
.
www.crtc.gc.ca
. Retrieved
2 April
2018
.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (
link
)
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CTV news release 25 May 2009
Archived
May 31, 2009, at the
Wayback Machine
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Bell Canada (2010-09-10).
"Bell to acquire 100% of Canada's No.1 media company CTV"
. CNW Group
. Retrieved
2010-09-10
.
- ^
CRTC approves BCE's purchase of CTVglobemedia
Archived
June 29, 2011, at the
Wayback Machine
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"CTV News Channel Invests In New Programs, Anchors; Revamps Format, Starting Today"
.
bellmediapr.ca
. Archived from
the original
on 2012-04-05
. Retrieved
2 April
2018
.
- ^
CTV News Channel Unveils New On-Screen Look
Archived
2016-03-05 at the
Wayback Machine
Broadcaster Magazine 2011-12-19
- ^
(CRTC), Government of Canada, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission.
"Communications Monitoring Report 2014: Broadcasting system"
.
www.crtc.gc.ca
. Archived from
the original
on 1 September 2015
. Retrieved
2 April
2018
.
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