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CTV News Channel is a Canadian
English language
Category C
specialty channel
. It is owned by Bell Media and is located at 9 Channel Nine Court
in Toronto
. CTV News Channel broadcasts news headlines, breaking news, and information on a 24 hour schedule.
) 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 will 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 launched on October 17, 1997 as CTV News 1. As its licence suggested, the channel originally broadcast news and information on a 15 minute wheel, beginning a new cycle every 15 minutes using a pre-recorded, server-hosted configuration. Although, not long after its launch, however, it began covering breaking news
more audaciously.
The channel also originally 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 also included a large on-screen news ticker
that provided news updates, weather, sports scores, stock trading data, and more.
In 1999, the channel was renamed CTV Newsnet, after the launch of then-sister channel, CTV Sportsnet
.
CTV progressively sought amendments to the channel's condition of licence restricting the channel to a 15 minute news wheel to allow greater coverage of breaking news, longer-form news-oriented discussion, and other programming, and was 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.
On August 22, 2005, CTV Newsnet unveild a new, full screen format with a considerably smaller news ticker broadcasting only headline news, and revamped their late afternoon and prime-time programming, with increases to their 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 obliterated 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 Business News Network
). Both share common ownership with 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 rebranded CTV News Channel on May 26, 2009, at the time no channel format or schedule change occurred.
On September 10, 2010, BCE (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. The deal which acquired CRTC approval, was approved on March 7, 2011 and closed on April of that year, CTVglobemedia was officially been replaced by Bell Media on April 1, 2011.
On October 3, 2011, CTV News Channel unveild its new weekday programming lineup which saw 3 new news programming added to the schedule such as Direct, Express and National Affairs and introduced four new news anchors. Most CTV News Channel-originated programming are now co-anchored.
Along with CTV News Channel-originated newscasts, the channel also airs the following programs:
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
English language
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
Category C
Category C services
A Category C service is a Canadian specialty television channel which, as defined by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, are services that provide programming in genres that are exempted from the CRTC's format protection rules and are subject to standard conditions of...
specialty channel
Specialty channel
A specialty channel can be a commercial broadcasting or non-commercial television channel which consists of television programming focused on a single genre, subject or targeted television market at a specific demographic....
. It is owned by Bell Media and is located at 9 Channel Nine Court
9 Channel Nine Court
9 Channel Nine Court is the civic address of an office and studio complex of Bell Media in the Agincourt neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, alternatively known as the CTV Toronto Studios, CFTO-TV Studios or Bell Media Agincourt...
in Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
. CTV News Channel broadcasts news headlines, breaking news, and information on a 24 hour schedule.
History
In September 1996, CTV Television Network Ltd. (a division of CTVCTV television network
CTV Television Network is a Canadian English language television network and is owned by Bell Media. It is Canada's largest privately-owned network, and has consistently placed as Canada's top-rated network in total viewers and in key demographics since 2002, after several years trailing the rival...
) 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 will 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 launched on October 17, 1997 as CTV News 1. As its licence suggested, the channel originally broadcast news and information on a 15 minute wheel, beginning a new cycle every 15 minutes using a pre-recorded, server-hosted configuration. Although, not long after its launch, however, it began covering breaking news
Breaking news
Breaking news, also known as a special report or news bulletin, is a current event that broadcasters feel warrants the interruption of scheduled programming and/or current news in order to report its details. Many times, breaking news is used after the news network has already reported on this story...
more audaciously.
The channel also originally 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 also included a large on-screen news ticker
News ticker
A news ticker resides in the lower third of the television screen space on television news networks dedicated to presenting headlines or minor pieces of news. It may also refer to a long, thin scoreboard-style display seen around the front of some offices or public buildings...
that provided news updates, weather, sports scores, stock trading data, and more.
In 1999, the channel was renamed CTV Newsnet, after the launch of then-sister channel, CTV Sportsnet
Rogers Sportsnet
Sportsnet was launched on October 9, 1998 as CTV Sportsnet. The name was chosen to match the regional "Fox Sports Net" operations across the United States...
.
CTV progressively sought amendments to the channel's condition of licence restricting the channel to a 15 minute news wheel to allow greater coverage of breaking news, longer-form news-oriented discussion, and other programming, and was 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.
On August 22, 2005, CTV Newsnet unveild a new, full screen format with a considerably smaller news ticker broadcasting only headline news, and revamped their late afternoon and prime-time programming, with increases to their 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 obliterated news programming on CBC Television
CBC Television
CBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.Although the CBC is supported by public funding, the television network supplements this funding with commercial advertising revenue, in contrast to CBC Radio which are...
(outside Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
) and CBC Newsworld
CBC Newsworld
CBC News Network is a Canadian English language Category C specialty news channel owned and operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . It broadcasts into over 10 million homes in Canada. It is the world's third-oldest television service of this nature, after CNN in the United States and...
.
Before the 2005 format change, sports segments were co-branded with TSN
The Sports Network
The Sports Network, commonly abbreviated as TSN, is a Canadian English language Category C specialty channel and is Canada's leading English language sports TV channel. TSN premiered in 1984, in the first group of Canadian specialty cable channels...
, and business news with Report on Business Television (now Business News Network
Business News Network
Business News Network ' is a Canadian English language Category A specialty channel. BNN broadcasts programming related to business and financial news and analysis. As of December 2010, the station is based from 299 Queen Street West in Downtown Toronto and is owned by Bell Media...
). Both share common ownership with CTV and Newsnet. Earlier in the network's history, weather reports were provided by The Weather Network
The Weather Network
The Weather Network is a Canadian English language Category A specialty channel that broadcasts weather-related news and information 24 hours a day....
, 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 rebranded CTV News Channel on May 26, 2009, at the time no channel format or schedule change occurred.
On September 10, 2010, BCE (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. The deal which acquired CRTC approval, was approved on March 7, 2011 and closed on April of that year, CTVglobemedia was officially been replaced by Bell Media on April 1, 2011.
On October 3, 2011, CTV News Channel unveild its new weekday programming lineup which saw 3 new news programming added to the schedule such as Direct, Express and National Affairs and introduced four new news anchors. Most CTV News Channel-originated programming are now co-anchored.
Programs
- Express, anchored by Dan Matheson and Jacqueline Milczarek, airs weekdays at 9:00 a.m. EST.
- Direct, anchored by Sandie RinaldoSandie RinaldoSandie Rinaldo is a Canadian television journalist and anchor for CTV News.-Youth and education:...
, airs weekdays at 12:00 p.m. EST. and by Marcia MacMillan at 6:00 p.m. EST - National Affairs, anchored by Tasha KheiriddinTasha KheiriddinTasha Kheiriddin is a conservative public policy analyst and commentator. In November 2005 she co-wrote Rescuing Canada’s Right: Blueprint for a Conservative Revolution, with journalist Adam Daifallah....
and Rudyard GriffithsRudyard GriffithsRudyard Griffiths is a TV co-anchor, author, and social entrepreneur. He is the co-host of the daily business and politics television show National Affairs on the CTV News Channel. He has edited eleven collections of essays on Canadian and international political and historical themes and is the...
Mondays-Thursdays and Tasha KheiriddinTasha KheiriddinTasha Kheiriddin is a conservative public policy analyst and commentator. In November 2005 she co-wrote Rescuing Canada’s Right: Blueprint for a Conservative Revolution, with journalist Adam Daifallah....
and Scott ReidScott ReidScott Reid may refer to:*Scott Reid , Conservative Party of Canada MP*Scott Reid , advisor to former Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin*Scott Reid , baseball player...
Fridays, airs weekdays at 4:00 p.m. EST. - Power PlayPower Play (Canadian political affairs series)Power Play is a Canadian public affairs television show which airs weekdays on CTV News Channel. Interviews are conducted with important Canadian political figures as well as political journalists and strategists, and includes a regular segment with CTV's Craig Oliver...
, Canadian public affairs television show hosted by Don MartinDon Martin (journalist)Don Martin is a Canadian television and newspaper journalist, currently the host of Power Play on CTV News Channel. Formerly a political columnist for the National Post and the Calgary Herald, he joined the show in 2010 following the departure of Tom Clark.-References:...
, airs weekdays at 5:00 p.m. EST. - CTV News Weekend
Along with CTV News Channel-originated newscasts, the channel also airs the following programs:
- Canada AMCanada AMCanada AM is a Canadian breakfast television news show, which has aired on the CTV Television Network since 1972. It is currently hosted by Beverly Thomson and Seamus O'Regan, with Marci Ien reporting from the headline news desk and Jeff Hutcheson presenting the weather forecast and sports...
- CTV National NewsCTV National NewsCTV National News is CTV's flagship newscast, which airs at 11:00 p.m. local time on the CTV stations across Canada, and live at 10:00pm ET, with repeats hourly up until 2 a.m. ET on CTV News Channel, CTV's 24-hour cable news television channel, and the previous day's can be seen on the Internet. ...
- Question PeriodQuestion Period (TV series)Question Period is a Canadian television newsmagazine which airs weekly, currently excluding the summer months, on CTV at 11:00 AM ET in Ontario and east, and 4:00 PM local on stations in Western Canada. It also airs on the CTV News Channel at 5:00 PM EST...
- and special coverage airing live on the CTV stations across Canada
Anchors
- Marci IenMarci IenMarci Ien is a Canadian broadcast journalist. Born in Toronto, Ontario on July 29, 1969, Ien currently works as the host of Canada AM Early Edition and is the news anchor for CTV's Canada AM...
- Dan MathesonDan MathesonDan Matheson is a Canadian journalist and news anchor currently presenting the news in the primetime hours on CTV News Channel, since September 2001.-Early life and career:...
- Sandie RinaldoSandie RinaldoSandie Rinaldo is a Canadian television journalist and anchor for CTV News.-Youth and education:...
- Don MartinDon Martin (journalist)Don Martin is a Canadian television and newspaper journalist, currently the host of Power Play on CTV News Channel. Formerly a political columnist for the National Post and the Calgary Herald, he joined the show in 2010 following the departure of Tom Clark.-References:...
- Marcia MacMillanMarcia MacMillanMarcia MacMillan is a Canadian news anchor for CTV News Channel broadcasting the weekday evening news. She started working for CTV News in November 2005. MacMillan started her broadcasting career as a reporter for MCTV in Sudbury, Ontario then for MCTV in North Bay, Ontario. She then moved on to...
- Lisa LaFlammeLisa LaFlammeLisa LaFlamme is a Canadian television journalist, and currently the chief anchor and senior editor of CTV National News....
- Jennifer BurkeJennifer BurkeJennifer Burke, née Mather, is a Canadian television journalist, currently a fill-in anchor for CTV News Channel. She was formerly a reporter and anchor for television stations in Vancouver, British Columbia, including a stint as host of CBC Television's Living Vancouver.She is married to Brian...
- Amanda Blitz
- Tasha KheiriddinTasha KheiriddinTasha Kheiriddin is a conservative public policy analyst and commentator. In November 2005 she co-wrote Rescuing Canada’s Right: Blueprint for a Conservative Revolution, with journalist Adam Daifallah....
- Scott ReidScott ReidScott Reid may refer to:*Scott Reid , Conservative Party of Canada MP*Scott Reid , advisor to former Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin*Scott Reid , baseball player...
- Jennifer WardJennifer WardJennifer Ward is a Canadian broadcast journalist. Ward joined CFTO in August 1988 as a reporter and was promoted to news anchor in September. She then moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. in July 1991 to become anchor and reporter for KYW-TV.She currently works as a news anchor for CTV News...
- Brad GiffenBrad GiffenBrad Giffen is a Canadian news anchor who has worked on television in both Canada and the United States.Over his broadcasting career he has also worked as a radio personality, disc jockey, VJ, television reporter and television producer....
- Jacqueline MilczarekJacqueline MilczarekJacqueline Milczarek is a Canadian news anchor for CTV News Channel broadcasting on weekend afternoons. She started working for CTV News in 2007. Before she joined CTV News, Milczarek was a reporter and part-time anchor to Global TV's First National with Peter Kent...
- Scott LaurieScott LaurieScott Laurie is a Canadian news reporter and news anchor for CTV News Channel and CTV News since May 2000. He appears on CTV News Channel during the weekend primetime hours from 8 p.m. to midnight....
- Jee-Yun Lee
- Craig OliverCraig OliverCraig Oliver is a reporter for Canada's CTV television network. He is currently variously identified as chief political correspondent and chief parliamentary correspondent, and is co-anchor of the weekly public affairs series Question Period..Oliver was born in Vancouver, British Columbia and grew...
- Kevin Newman
- Zuraidah Alman
Reporters
- Todd Battis - Halifax Bureau Chief
- Genevieve Beauchemin - Montreal Bureau Chief
- Amanda Blitz
- Janet Dirks - Calgary Bureau Chief
- Avis FavaroAvis FavaroAvis Favaro is a Canadian medical correspondent for CTV News since 1992. She has won numerous awards including a Gemini Award....
- Medical Specialist - Merella FernandezMerella FernandezMerella Fernandez is a Canadian reporter and was an anchor for CityNews in Toronto.Born in Karachi on 22 November 1973 to Goan parents Eulogio and Maura, she is the youngest of six children...
- Robert FifeRobert FifeRobert Fife is a Canadian journalist and author, who has been the CTV News Ottawa bureau chief since February 2005. Fife is also executive producer of CTV's daily political show, Powerplay with Tom Clark, and CTV's Question Period that airs on Sunday. He is a native of Chapleau, Ontario. Fife has...
- Ottawa Bureau Chief - Alan Fryer
- Sarah Galashan - Vancouver Bureau Chief
- Danielle Hamamdjian - Ottawa Bureau Chief
- Jill Macyshon - Winnipeg Bureau Chief
- Richard MadanRichard MadanRichard Madan is a TV personality and currently a Parliamentary reporter with CTV News. Until January 2010, he was Political & Money Specialist on Citytv in Toronto...
- Ottawa Bureau Chief - Victor MalarekVictor MalarekVictor Gregory Malarek is a Canadian journalist and author. Currently, he is a senior reporter for CTV Television's W-FIVE-Biography:...
- Craig OliverCraig OliverCraig Oliver is a reporter for Canada's CTV television network. He is currently variously identified as chief political correspondent and chief parliamentary correspondent, and is co-anchor of the weekly public affairs series Question Period..Oliver was born in Vancouver, British Columbia and grew...
- Ottawa Bureau Chief - Lloyd RobertsonLloyd RobertsonLloyd Robertson, OC is the currently the co-host of CTV's weekly magazine series, W5. Robertson previously served as the chief anchor and senior editor of CTV's national evening newscast, CTV News with Lloyd Robertson, until September, 2011, when he retired from the CTV National News...
- Chief corrospondent (also the voice-over of CTV News Channel) - Omar SachedinaOmar SachedinaOmar Sachedina is a Canadian television journalist, currently a news anchor and reporter for the CTV Television Network.Sachedina was born and raised in Vancouver in an Ismaili Muslim household. His family immigrated from Uganda, tracing their roots to India. He speaks Kutchi, Gujarati and French...
- Roger SmithRoger Smith (journalist)Roger Smith is a Canadian journalist. Since 1994, he has been a reporter for CTV Ottawa primarily focusing on federal politics. Smith began his career in journalism as a print reporter with The Canadian Press, then joined CTV Ottawa in 1984 and took over the Beijing bureau in 1985. His career has...
- Ottawa Bureau Chief - Mercedes Stephenson
- Paula ToddPaula ToddPaula Todd is a Canadian journalist, lawyer and author, currently an investigative reporter for W5. She was the founding host of "The Verdict with Paula Todd" a prime-time legal and justice affairs program on CTV News Channel...
- John Vennavally-Rao - Toronto Bureau Chief
Foreign correspondents
- Martin SeemungalMartin SeemungalMartin Seemungal is a journalist and foreign correspondent who has reported for the ABC News, CBS News, CBC National News, and Worldfocus television programs. Seemungal was based in Nairobi, Kenya for ABC in 2003 after joining the station in 2000...
– Middle East Bureau Chief - Ben O'Hara-Byrne – Beijing Bureau Chief
- Tom KennedyTom Kennedy (journalist)Tom Kennedy is a Canadian journalist. He is currently the London bureau chief for CTV News....
– London Bureau Chief - Janis Mackey FrayerJanis Mackey FrayerJanis Mackey Frayer is a Canadian journalist. She is currently the CTV National News South Asia Bureau Chief based in New Delhi. She was the network's Middle East Bureau Chief from 2003-2009....
– South Asia Bureau Chief - Joy MalbonJoy MalbonJoy Malbon is a Canadian journalist with CTV National News, based in Washington D.C. A veteran of more than 20 years in television, Malbon has covered a variety of major events first hand including the death of Princess Diana, the second Palestinian Intifada, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the...
– Washington, D.C. Bureau Chief - Tom Walters – Los Angeles Bureau Chief
- Paul WorkmanPaul WorkmanPaul Workman is a Canadian journalist. He is currently the CTV News Washington Bureau Chief, filing his first report on February 3, 2009. Workman was formerly the South Asia Bureau Chief based in New Delhi, India. Prior to joining CTV News on July 13, 2006, he was a journalist for CBC News for over...
– Washington, D.C. Bureau Chief
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